Teen Pregnancy An increasing number of teenagers in America have and are becoming sexually active, and as a result, they are having children at a young age when they cannot properly provide for another human being. I believe that the reason teenagers are becoming sexually active at a young age is because today’s youth is maturing at younger age than in the past. They are also receiving a

Alcholism in Pre Teens Alcoholism has been a very important malady of the modern society and has attracted much attention from sociologists, academicians and medical practitioners since many years. Much progress has been made in either containing or mitigating the adverse effects of alcoholism in adults as well as adolescents in the past few years. However, as much as there have been suc

Conflict And Feminist Perspective on Domestic Violence "A wife married is like a pony bought, I'll ride and whip her as I like." Chinese Proverb Welcome to Canada, land of free speech and happy people' Behind every "Eh", or "Aboot", there is a possible victim of domestic violence. Some are men, though most are women. Some may end up slaughtered, while others have put ab

Terrorism Since the events of September 11, 2001, the United States of America as a whole people do not feel nearly as secure as they used to. In light of the terrorist attacks, citizens have taken a much closer look at the tremendous vulnerabilities America has. Dams, chemical plants, malls, and stadiums are just a few of the numerous potential terrorist targets. Obviously these faci

Women In Combat Women in Combat The idea of women in combat is not unusual anymore. They should be able to hold combat positions because although physical strength matters, the military still needs the intelligence that women can bring. Also, banning women from the combat hurts their military careers. Although women account for a very small percent of the enlisted personnel they are s

Mexican Culture Country name: United estados mexican states Capital: Mexico CityMexico city Country ñame in Sans: estados unidos mexicanos Country’s capital in spanish motto None, thoughsufragio efectivoo efectivo – no reelección (Spanish: effective suffrage - no re-election) is widely in use on government documents___ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexico http://appliedlanguag

Should Gays Be Able To Form Civil Unions' Should gay and lesbian couples have the right to marry or form civil unions' For decades, our society has antagonized things that have differed from the norm, such as interracial marriages, and women’s acceptance in the work world and various other issues. As time evolves, so does society. Conventional and traditional practices, although widel

Social Classes Social Classes have always been a part of society. Whether or not we choose to admit it, every one of us is a prejudiced against other classes. Many years ago, African-American people were used as slaves because it was assumed that were lower class just because they were different in color. Today, I see a black man who looks like is from a “ghetto” and I am a little sca

Solving Medicaid How to Solve the Medicaid Crisis Medicaid is a joint federal-state program that covers more than 47 million people, including 24 million children, 11 million adults and 13 million elderly and disabled people. In fiscal year 2003, combined federal and state payments totaled $247 billion; the program is the largest source of federal funds to the states. Most programs ar

Affirmative Action: Keeping The Minorities Down For 30 Years. The subject of affirmative action in college admissions has been hotly debated since its inception. Although affirmative action was originally supported by the vast majority, that same majority is now starting to wonder if there is a better way. Commonly asked questions include: “Is affirmative action still working'” and “Is

Being A Minority In A Country Being a Minority in a Country Of One Cultural Majority The current situation races are going through right now has only changed somewhat than what it was years ago. Different races are still learning to work and coexist in our current social model. All races have to still cope with discrimination and intolerance. However, there are other cultures that dea

Faces Of Evil And Innonence The Faces of Evil and Innocence When one thinks of a young child one thinks of joy, innocence, and being carefree. Too often than not though that innocence is taken from a young child through sexual abuse. Studies have shown over and over again that a child who has been sexually abused carries those scars with them into adulthood, many times affecting adu

Gun Control While many people believe there should be more gun control and the possibility of banning guns all together, I believe the gun control laws should not be changed. Although there are many reasons that may persuade people to choose to ban guns, I believe that there are several other reasons that lead to all the tragedies with guns in America. Banning guns is not an answer the g

DARE Is Ineffective DARE Is Ineffective DARE is a costly sugar pill that lulls parents, police and educators into a dangerous, false confidence that their kids won’t do drugs. The fact of the matter is that forty three percent of DARE graduates said DARE had no affect on their decision to do drugs. Bottom line, DARE is a costly and ineffective way of keeping kids off drugs. The tr

Are Fathers Really Important' Are Fathers Really Important' According to Wade F. Horn, clinical child psychologist, faculty member at Georgetown University Public Policy Institute, and President of the National Fatherhood Initiative, nearly four out of ten children in America are being raised in homes without fathers and soon it may be six out of ten. The absence of a two parent int

Steroids Anabolic-Androgenic Steroids are man mad substances related to male sex hormones. Anabolic refers to muscle building and Androgenic refers to increased masculine characteristics. Steroids are supposed to be available only through prescription to treat abnormally low amounts of testosterone, such as delayed puberty and some types of impotence. They can also be prescribed to

Indian Philosophy Is there such thing as history repeating itself' In an American society, history is more or less forgotten only to be remembered annually on occasion. Most people remember holidays such as Christmas, Thanksgiving, The Fourth of July and even Mother’s Day. However, does one even know the framework behind the history' Furthermore, how is history applied in today’s Ame

Easy Death Euthansia, meaning "easy death," is one of the most acute and uncomfortable contemporary problems in society. The debate concerns one question: is euthanasia ethical' The case rests on one fundamental moral principle: mercy. Terminally ill patients often request that doctors put them out of their misery. However, because of medicine's new technological xapacities to extend

Community Service Learning My experience with doing my community service hours were very important to me and special for many of different reasons. Throughout this paper I will explain to you why I thought this was important for me and everyone should try this as well. I was truly able to learn a lot and being familiar with the situations I was being put in gave me a bit of an advantag

Abortion Abortion The article I chose is the ongoing concern of abortion in the world today. Abortion is the ending of pregnancy before birth. An abortion results in the death of an embryo or a fetus while destroying the lives of helpless, innocent children. By aborting these unborn infants, humans are only taking the easy way out of their responsibilities. They are finding a loop

Life Life as 1 In the 1800’s, it was not out of the ordinary for a child to work sixteen-hour days, seven days a week. Michael Thomas Sadler tried to show in the Sadler Report of the House of Commons, how brutal it was. The Sadler Report was volumes of testimonies from children workers and older people, who once had to work as children in the mines and factories. The treatment of chi

Bushmen Bushman: a member of a group of short-statured peoples of southern Africa who traditionally live by hunting and foraging. While the term bushman has come to be known as both racist and sexist, it is easily the most recognized term when describing the people living amongst the bush of southern Africa. The San, as they are now known as, are a cluster of indigenous peoples of southe

Women & Cutting Opinion/ Research Paper Best Kept Secret of the Blade The least talked about of all disorders, and addictions among women is cutting. The question I would like to answer is what are the reasons that these women are cutting themselves' Many of the reasons women are cutting themselves are interwoven, just as the systems of oppression are.I believe that the main reaso

Media Violence Two hundred thousand.........................................believe it or not, by the age of eighteen, the average American child will have witnessed this many dramatized killings (Television 1). The glamorization the media gives to violence is polluting children’s thoughts and desensitizing them to reality. One reason, among many others, the media has this control, is be

Methamphetamine: Moonshine For The New Millinium There was a time, here in the hills of Kentucky, when police and government agents combed the mountains for illegal distilleries used for the production of illegal liquor. The ingredients used seemed harmless and the process was somewhat safe. The product itself, aside from the occasional bad batch, yielded virtually side effects aside fro

Pro Choice Abortions Americans live in a nation built on the idea of freedom; freedom of expression and freedom of choice, which is a constitutional right. Yet people are attempting to infringe on our constitutional rights. Pro-lifers want to take away the rights of women by prohibiting their right to an abortion. Due to the moral, social, constitution and medical dilemmas the abortio

Expectations and Society Expectations and Society The question of the matter is whether you should do something or not because you’re expected to. Whereas its really a question of how you view our society. Take, for instance, the boy who sees these big guys going off to war carrying big weapons. He’s probably going to dream about being in the army. Then some day when he gets old enou

Human Nature The roots of human nature are sunk deep into our history and experiences. When in our own lives we are to find the basis of our human nature, we must look to our early years, the formative years. Now take for example if we placed a newborn in the wild or in a high-class, well-mannered, wealthy family. The human nature of the newborn in the wild will be exactly that, wild and

Euthanasia Euthanasia is often called “mercy killing”. It is intentionally making someone die, rather than allowing that person to die naturally. It is sometimes the act of ending someone’s life, who is terminally ill, or is suffering in severe pain. Euthanasia is mostly illegal in the world today. Euthanasia can be considered a form of suicide, if the person afflicted with the problem a

Hunger Eat Your Words Hunger is not just a feeling of being hungry. Hunger is a disease, a plague that inflicts men, women, and children of every city in every nation throughout the world. Hunger is not just a characteristic of the oppressed or the poverty stricken. Few people realize the severity of the global hunger issue. While some may argue that the hunger population is decrea