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Underage Drinking: A Problem For Society
<view this essay>.... devastating effects on those who drink but also on our society. “Young people illegally consume almost 3.6 billion drinks annually-- or 10 million drinks each day.” (http://www.cspinet.org/booze/alcyouth.htm.) Underage drinking has serious social, health, and economic consequences. It is a major factor in crime, violence, mental-health problems, and injuries including both those that are fatal and non-fatal. Unfortunately, these are problems that all of society will have to deal with.
There are a number of reasons why teenagers feel the urge to drink. Social environment, peer influence, stress, and even factors such as media influence contribute to under .....
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Peer Pressure
<view this essay>.... care about what their peers think, and they really are working very hard to gain acceptance and status within the peer group.” Another theory says that it simply feels good to be accepted by a group, and that acceptance satisfies a need to belong, and one theory points out that life becomes easier when we act like others, or conform, rather than be different from others. Still another theory says people tend to view themselves as they think others see them, so they change to conform to others expectations. (Kowalski)
is defined as influencing other teens exerts whether it is a comments, criticism, persuasion, or pressure to be someone else. It can be as .....
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Are Females More Observant And Critical?
<view this essay>.... may hold truth to those statements or it could be seen to be false.
The motivation in this experiment is to use humor or unique styles. This unique style that I composed is used to get reactions, whether reactions be good or bad it will help to determine that of different sexes reactions as well as their memories. Memory is a huge roll in this project, it is an important part because of the use of short term memory. The short term memory will also lead to the stereotype of males and females. The short term memory links into observation as a huge component to judgment also. Different ages of these two sexes may or may not actually have any effect on .....
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Sexual Harrassment: We Need To Take Action
<view this essay>.... stands on the front line in the battle against harassment, pushed there by judicial decisions in the 1980s that hold employers financially liable for workers' transgressions unless the company actively strives to prevent offenses and responds effectively when they occur (Sexual Harassment, Deutschman, page 92)." As a result, corporations are getting tough about the subject. They hold seminars for employees, establish 24-hour hotlines and provide security for victims, and initiate and establish inquiries. Companies should create and publicize a forceful policy against sexual harassment. Companies must act before a problem occurs. The EEOC encourages employe .....
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Gender Roles: The Discrimination Against Men
<view this essay>.... As William Farrell states, "With all the focus on discrimination
against women, few understand the sexism directed against men." (249) Women
and men should be treated as equals, however, more attention is directed
towards discrimination towards women. In the 1990s, the men's movement
arose in society to try and deal with the problem of sexism against men.
This movement came about due to a medley of factors: women's criticisms of
men's shortcomings as husbands, fathers, and lovers; the debilitating
pressures of the economy and men's unequal responsibility to succeed in the
workplace, to prove their worth by making money; and men's confusion over
what .....
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Family Unity And Moral Values
<view this essay>.... and technology has corrupted the
minds of children in America. Less religious influence, persistent underclass
unemployment and alternative lifestyles have contributed in the downfall of
families and moral values. The nation and state have done little or nothing to
provide help rebuild families and values.
Family value has reference to what we believe about the family. It's
concerned with quality of living and how you define quality of living. It
basically gets down to what you think is the most important, in other words what
you value.
"Family values is nice when you've got Ward and June and Wally and
Beaver. Unfortunately, the world ha .....
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The Increasing Prison Population
<view this essay>.... to locally run jails. The grand total: more than 5.1
million adults were under some form of correctional supervision two years
ago. That is more than the population of Wisconsin.
The number of state and federal prisoners has more than tripled since 1980,
due in large part to a national wave of tough anti-drug laws. While those
laws removed thousands of drug dealers from America's streets, they also
created a huge and rapidly growing industry funded by American taxpayers.
The private sector is heavily involved in prison management, and prison
privatization is one of the country's hottest industries. Some companies
manage entire prisons, while others specia .....
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Notes: Americanization Or Candaisnism?
<view this essay>.... -Canadians wanted more education so the King goverment
introduced
the old age pensions. -Natural resource earning came to the prairies. -
Prosperity was not shared equally between the provinces. Quebec,
Ontario and B.C. were the prime winners. The Maritimes were the
loosers. -Farmers of the West profited from Aaron Sapiro advice and raised
their annual wheat pools above $2.00/bushell. -Most magazines came from
the states and most Canadians immigrated
there. -There were new American films and media in Canada. -Canadian
resistors made a law to migrate any person that was
interfearing with the Canadian opinions and that tried to shape .....
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