Video Games: Gender-stereotyping' Finding a suggestive or gender-stereotyping video game in a local Blockbuster Video, Rogers Video or any retailer such as Wal-Mart or Best Buy for that matter isn’t really a hard thing to accomplish. Now, finding a video game that encompasses attributes that don’t target specific gender groups is a much harder task. Most of the top video games on the ma

Violation Of A Social Norm Field Experiment: Violation of a Social Norm In this project, we were asked to violate a social norm in a public setting and make observations on what we saw and how our audience responded. The social norm that I chose to violate was simply that of common courtesy. I decided to go to the mall and walked around, bumping into random people and saying ab

Violence In Hockey Introduction Violence in hockey has been around for a very long time. Although, violence in hockey was never thought of a serious issue because it was thought to be part of the game. Without violence in sport, games would be very boring and tedious to watch. Violence brings excitement to the viewers and it also gives energy to players on the same team. Although it

Violence In Television Do the television shows children watch today negatively affect the way they act' The television shows of today differ very extremely from the ones of ten years ago. Ten years ago shows like “Leave It To Beaver”, “The Brady Bunch”, “The Facts Of Life”, and “I Love Lucy” were popular because they were very funny and the characters encountered everyday problems which

Violence On TV Violence on Television In spite of much research and findings, violence on television and how it affects its viewers, especially children, is still under heavy debate. I constructed a very crude experiment of my own, trying to see any difference between children’s cartoon and primetime television. Three hours of cartoons was viewed on Cartoon Network and three hours o

Violent Effects Of Child Abuse  This paper will investigate the relationship between the observing, or being the recipient of, family violence by children, and consequential violent actions by these children. A survey was given to compare the attitudes of people with and without children, as well as determine if education, gender, age or income might affect student’s opinions

W.E.B. Dubois Children learn more from what you are than what you teach. —WEB Dubois, 1897 W.E.B. (William Edward Burghardt) Dubois was born on February 23, 1868 in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. He was one of the most influential black leaders of the first half of the 20th Century. Dubois shared in the foundin

Wake Of The Plague In the Wake of the Plague The Black Death of the 14th century was the largest biomedical disaster in the history of Europe. The black plague spread rapidly, killing off at least one third of Western Europe’s population, estimating around 20 million deaths, and threatening the stability of civilization. This had enormous economic, political, and social effects on th

War On Drugs WAR ON DRUGS Modern society is facing many problems. One of the biggest problems is drugs, or at least we think so. United States has become the world leader in fighting drugs. Ever since President Nixon our laws have been tougher but does that mean that the number of people using it has decreased or that number of people selling it decreased. Well neither one is true

Crime And Deviance I aim to look at crime and deviance from a Marxist perspective & a Right Realist perspective. I will provide a definition of crime and deviance. Throughout my assignment I aim to cover just how extensive crime & deviance is in contemporary Britain, also to consider who are the offenders and more so, why do people commit crimes' I will also be exploring how crime is me

Outsourcing Summary: According to the election-year bluster of politicians and pundits, the outsourcing of American jobs to other countries has become a problem of epic proportion. Fortunately, this alarmism is misguided. Outsourcing actually brings far more benefits than costs, both now and in the long run. If its critics succeed in provoking a new wave of American protectionism, the co

Water My presentation is about a substance vital to everyone and almost everything. If you haven’t guessed by now, yes it is about water. It covers why water is needed for the human body to work, what happens without enough water, and how much water is used and wasted in the U.S. The first topic to be covered will be how your body uses water. Water is used in all of the major sy

SIMBA: A Program Evaluation Introduction In an effort to improve the quality of services for the Safe in My Brother’s Arms community outreach program, there will be an evaluation that measures the effectiveness of the programs in the agency. This evaluation will be used as an instrument to exhibit the necessity of the program to the community. The evaluation will also be utilized a

What Do Sociologist Mean' When sociologist speak about the “social construction of reality”, they mean/ are describing the process by which people creatively shape reality through social interaction. Quite a bit of reality remains unclear in everybody’s mind, esp. in unfamiliar situations. So we present ourselves in term that fit the setting and our purposes, and, as others do the same,

What Do Sociologists Mean By Culture' What Functions Does It Perform In Society' How, If At All, Does It Help Us To Understand The Differences Between Human And Animal Societies, Seen In The Context Of The Long Term Process Of Biological Evolution' What do sociologists mean by culture' What functions does it perform in society' How, if at all, does it help us to understand the difference

What Is Hero' What Is A Hero' Throughout history many people have stepped up to the challenges of leading a nation to independence, guiding a nation through turmoil, rising to the occasion to defend his or her religious beliefs, or by simply putting their lives on the line every day to protect and secure the safety of others. These individuals, by their bravery and determination, h

Welfare Welfare is one of America’s most important social policies aimed at helping the poor. Most of the current poor come from poor neighborhoods where dilapidated living conditions and deteriorating neighborhoods shape failure. Young people are cheated of the basic foundation from which to grow because of the lack of jobs available to their parents, forcing them into the welfare syste

Marx Vs. Durkheim The seventeenth and eighteenth centuries were full of evolving social and economic ideas. These views of the social structure of urban society came about through the development of ideas taken from the past revolutions. As the Industrial Revolution progressed through out the world, so did the gap between the class structures. The development of a capitalist society was

Wellness I agree with National Wellness Institute’s definition of “wellness”. National Wellness Institute defines Wellness as “an active process of becoming aware of and making choices toward a more successful existence”. This means that when person is healthy, he/she is able to clearly see all possible choices in their life, and that he/she is able to logically make the right choices

What Are People Really In Search Of What Are People Really in Search Of In his play, Joe Turner’s Come and Gone August Wilson dramatizes the introduction of African Americans into the industrial economy of the twentieth century. Wilson’s play takes place in a Pittsburgh boarding house in 1911. This setting is appropriate since most of the characters are displaced people, migrating no

What Are The Main Arguments For And Against Pornography' This essay will briefly look at the historic aspect of pornography, from ancient times, through the risque Victorian period to what preceded the page three girl. It will look at the feminist theories, which say that, pornography leads to the subordination of women, and how men’s exposure to pornography can lead to sexual violence

Gambling Over the past twenty or so years, great wealth and improved economic and social conditions have been promised to the communities that have embraced legalized gambling. However, with twenty years of experience it is time to look back and analyze whether this is true or not. It could easily be said that gambling is as American as apple pie. Gambling has shaped American history s

Death Penalty For Juveniles Annotated Bibliography The Death Penalty for Juveniles The following research draws upon different opinions and perceptions for and against the further enactment of the death penalty for juvenile offenders. The various articles that are presented draw conclusions on the pros and cons of using the death penalty as punishment for young offenders. Numerous v

What Cops See And Know What Cops See and Know Criminal investigators have numerous responsibilities when conducting investigations such as following certain procedures and overcoming obstacles to obtain crucial evidence. Jackall describes how officers are required to write a report and research a case. However, Jackall described that in officer Tebbens’ situation in researching a

White Collar Crime White-collar crime is a term that has been applied to a wide variety of non-violent crimes that are often committed in offices and boardrooms rather than on the street. Crimes are committed by means of unlawful paper transactions rather than with weapons, by middle-class people rather than by career criminals (Sutherland, 1983). It includes the crime of fraud in its

What Is Unique About Human Reality What is Unique About Human Reality' When first confronted with this question I thought that the thing that made human reality unique was that it was always changing. I also stated that reality has the tendency to change based on individual and cultural environments. In this paper I will attempt to further explain my statements by taking a look a

What We Learn From Discrimination Recently my sociology class and I have been studying the Holocaust and discrimination as a whole. Going in depth on such a sensitive subject was difficult at first, but I realized that it is something everyone should learn about. In order to prevent such events as the Holocaust from reoccurring, we must understand why discrimination is wrong and how it c

Why Me' Borderline Personality Disorder By: Jenna Brown Borderline Personality Disorder “Two persons in one body—one day laughing, so gay that any stranger seeing her at home will sing her praises: ‘Never a woman so sweet in all the world so loveable, let a day pass and she is insufferable to come near or to look at….” Borderline personality disorder: a clinical guide, Gunderson, J

Why People Are Homeless The Construction of the Statue of Liberty The construction of the Statue of Liberty began in France in 1875 by sculptor Auguste Bartholdi. He was commissioned to design a sculpture that would be completed by 1876. It was not finished until June of 1885.The Statue was a joint effort between America and France. The American people were to build the pedestal, and

Women Women In The Media Television is the most powerful form of media in our society. The American society is probably the most visually oriented society in the world. It is hard for one to go through a day without placing his eyes on the television at least one time (Munger 23). Many look to the television in order to catch a glimpse of what is going on outside of their world, an