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Censorship
<view this essay>.... the growth in violence and sexual abuse in our movies and on television. Have they gone away? According to researchers at the University of Pennsylvania, by the time an average child leaves high school, he or she will have watched the happening of 18,000 murders on television. Prime time says the National Coalition on Television Violence, is filled with degrading sexual material and incidents ‘where violence is strongly glamorized or used to excite.’ There have been 85 major studies of the effects of such violence on children. Eighty-four of the eighty- five concluded that it caused an increase in all manner of aggressive behavior, up to and includin .....
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The Role Of Women In India And South America
<view this essay>.... than many
Aliberalized@ Western nations. After all, India boasts of the first woman
Prime Minister in the world! However there are no end of reports of wife
burning, female infanticide, battery, rape that take place in a democratic
India. However it is hardly mentioned that women and men in India are
doing something about this situation. The average record of the last
decade though is still very disturbing. According to a newspaper in New
Delhi, every 6 minutes, a crime is committed against women. Every 7
minutes a woman is raped, every 45 minutes a woman is kidnapped or abducted.
335 of women are subjected to cruelty. 17 dowry deaths are reported .....
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America And Affirmative Action
<view this essay>.... the virulent disease of racial discrimination. Affirmative action is, and should be seen as, a temporary, partial, and perhaps even flawed remedy for past and continuing discrimination against historically marginalized and disenfranchised groups in American society. Working as it should, it affords groups greater equality of opportunity in a social context marked by substantial inequalities and structural forces that impede a fair assessment of their capabilities.
Perhaps the biggest complaint that one hears about affirmative action policies aimed at helping Black Americans is that they violate the 14th Amendment of the Constitution and the Civil Rights .....
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The Publics Right To Know
<view this essay>.... opinions and the privilege to consent with the majority.
In a hypothetical situation , a man running for president is caught
in a bind where media has to decide if his private life should be published
or not. Involving media forms such as newspapers and television news.
When investigating matters in an individuals private life there is
a question of fairness. The possibility of invasion of privacy is also
present. If this information is printed , How will it make the person feel?
In most situations the person's life being exposed would feel he is being
treated unfairly. However, by not reporting such information could elude
the voters knowledge .....
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The Obstacles In Raising Nonracist Children
<view this essay>.... as poor, lazy, uneducated and criminally inclined. I have singled out this particular program because is it done in claymation, a form of animation normally reserved for children's programs. A few adults may be fooled by the claymation and allow their children to watch the "The PJ's." But, if the parents studied the content of the program, they would recognize the racial undertones that their children might perceive as truth. The program revolves around the superintendent of an apartment building in "the projects." This building is dilapidated and the majority of tenants are poor black families. The superintendent spends his time fixing broken sinks .....
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TV Violence And Children
<view this essay>.... of values and morals, to all youngsters' minds of all ages, all
socioeconomic levels, and all levels of intelligence. These programs "play"
with kids' minds; these programs have a tremendous negative effect on our
children. We, as a society, must save our future and take an active role in
protecting our children from the violence on our television.
Television cartoons often feature dehumanized characters, such as
Transformers and the Ninja Turtles, who engage in the destructive acts of
violence by fighting our real life social problems. With acts of violence, kids
learn to think that's how they should solve their problems. MTV's Beavis and
Butt-head .....
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Blue Collar Student: Are Jobs Good Or Bad?
<view this essay>.... a car
and the insurance required to drive it. It also allows students to get a sense
of independence as they are not always relying on mom and dad to give them money.
For example, your friend Jim has a job making sundaes at dairy queen. Jim works
about 24 hours a week and makes $4.50 an hour. At the end of that week , Jim
has $80 that he can call his own. Jim could go to the movies, buy a new pair of
shoes, or do whatever he wants to do with it. Jim worked hard for his money and
after all, it is his money. Another alternative to spending this hard earned
money is to save it in a bank and use it for college.
This is all fine and dandy but what about schoo .....
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American Male Pigs
<view this essay>.... future male populations, so
that they might be better able to distinguish between the different types of
females and notify all other members of their findings.
Everyone is unique. However, most women can be herded into three basic
groups. Those groups are:
Those who do,
Those who don't,
and those who do, that you won't do.
The last group and by far the least important, are those who would do
Anything with Anyone that you won't do. These women aren't usually very
attractive. They are more often than not, quite heavy. They are NOT desirable.
These are the wom .....
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