Argentina And IMF Argentina has experienced a severe recession for almost the past three years. The recession is due to the combined effect of tighter financing conditions, trade loss, election-related uncertainties, external shocks such as the crises in Asia, Russia, Mexico, and Brazil, as well as numerous other factors. Argentina first experienced a major debt crisis in the 1980’s whe

Beauty And Culture Beauty and Culture Perhaps no time in history have body image standards had such an enormous impact on society. With today’s mass media, people can be subjected to thousands of images and messages daily portraying the “ideal” body image. The people most often portrayed and affected by these messages are young women in a variety of cultures. Females are constant

Prison Prison Drugs and crime over the last ten years have increased for women, at about twice the rate of drug use in men. In 1999 a survey of inmates in state correctional facilities, the percentage of women in prison for a drug offense exceeded that of men. (2000, Bureau of Justice statistics) Drug usage is the grounds for many women going to prison. Drug use is on the rise among

Best Friends Definition of Best Friend We often use different terms for the word friend. Confidant, acquaintance, patron, and best friend are the most common. We tend to develop our own definitions for the different types of friends. The word best friend means a person of the highest quality or standing that is closely attached to another by feelings of affection or personal reg

Euthanasia The Right to Choose The main issues of euthanasia are maintaining the status of illegality, legalizing the procedure, and regulating the procedure. The controversy of euthanasia involves moral, ethical, and legal concerns. "In this country, according to a survey reported in the Journal of American Medical Association, nearly 63 percent of Americans favor legalizing physician-a

Bill Of Rights The Bill of Rights originates from 13th century England when King John attempted to curb baron dominancy over the people of the colonies. The Bill of Rights at the time protected the people from exploitations through due process and the ruler of the land. When the English settlers came to America they formulated the Bill of Rights which contained 10 Amendments outlining th

Binge Drinking On College Campuses “Me and my friends were all sitting in a circle playing the drinking game power hour, but instead of drinking a beer every minute for an hour we all took a shot every five minutes. Being the sneaky guy that I am, I took a few extra shots in between. By the end of the two hours we played, I must have at least taken twenty shots. That was the most I ha

Asian Women in America Eastern and western societies have been in constant conflict with one another in moral and social issues. One recurring issue is the role that women should play in society. In America, the idea that “All men are created equal,” applies to both men and women. Women are given the choice to work and to be independent from their families, even without a husband. As

Assimilation Throughout the years, the United States has been as the land of opportunity. Millions of people have come to the United States in search of economic, religious, and other opportunities. A newcomer's life is filled with obstacles to overcome and problems to solve. He or she must find a place to reside, find a job, survive with learning a new language, and adopt a new way of l

Black Feminism African & African-American Feminism, The Black Woman’s Search for her Identity and Role in Society Although women have been involved to some degree in all kinds of organizations in Africa and America from church groups to liberation movements, in many ways it was the trade union movements that became the spawning ground for women organizers and in which women first r

Body Image And The Media BODY IMAGE IN THE MEDIA How does the media influence our body image' In what forms, does the media influence our perceptions about our body' These were the two questions that I asked myself in order to do the research paper and the panel discussion. In my opinion, I would agree that the media does influence and promote women and men to believe that the culture

Black Like Me The book is a real life report of the experiences of a white author, John Howard Griffin, who temporarily transforms himself into an African American for six long and forceful weeks. This is so that he can personally experience African American cruelty and abuse. It begins on October 28, 1959, with the author’s incredible decision to go through medical treatment to change t

Black Men In Public Spaces In the late 1940’s, racial prejudice began a presumably unending journey, winding through decade after decade, usually lessening, though never completely disappearing. In more recent years, racial acceptance has become much more commonplace and laws formed by United States lawmakers have been implemented to ensure the fair and equal treatment of everyone, rega

Blacklisting: The Human Ruin Generated By The McCarthy Hearings During the 1940s and 1950s there was a "witch hunt" against so called communists in America, led by Joseph McCarthy. In 1947 the House Un-American Activities Committee started an investigation of suspected Communists in the film industry. The investigation ruined hundreds of careers and tarnished hundreds of reputations.

Blind Date Blind Date Many people go on blind dates through out the year. A blind date is when two people who have never meet each other before go on a date. Most of the time mutual friends set up this kind of date. This is a time when two strangers get together to get to know each other on a one on one level. Sometimes a blind date may work out and sometimes it may not. A blind

Assisted Suicide Assisted Suicide Most people want to live their life with dignity and die with dignity. People live their life the way they choose to. They make important choices and decisions all through their life. Some of these decisions are very difficult, life changing decisions. We live in a democratic society where we can be free to make these decisions. Death is an inevitabl

Assisted Suicide Assisted suicide brings out some of the deepest feelings amongst human beings. It is a hard decision that nobody wishes to take, and is the power over life and death. Is killing a terminally ill patient justifiable' Who determines the worth of ones life' God or human' The answer to this question varies, as there are many points of view to this controversial issue.

Assisted Suicide Physician assisted suicide presents one of the greatest dilemmas to the medical profession. Should someone who is mentally competent, but deemed terminally ill, be allowed to engage in physician-assisted suicide' According to the First Amendment of The Constitution of The United States, "one has the freedom to petition the government for a redress of grievances." The Fou

Bookert And Dubois Two of the most popular advocates of the political and civil rights for the African Americans, in the nineteenth century were Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Dubois. They both had different views of how approaching the ways to achieve the goals of civil and political rights for the African Americans. W.E.B. Dubois addressed the Negro population, while Booker T. Washi

Bowling For Columbine School violence has been a very controversial and serious issue in America over the past decade. Perhaps the most shocking, however, was the shooting at Columbine High School in Littleton, Co, where two students, Eric Harris and Dylan Clebold killed 12 classmates. Michael Moore, an activist filmmaker, bases his documentary around this horrific incident focusing on t

Boys Dont Cry The film, Boys Don't Cry, is based on a true story and raises numerous real-world issues in its story of a murder case in middle America in which the victim was a girl who successfully passed herself off as a boy. The film delves into gender issues, questions of identity, and the ethics of interpersonal relationships. First, the viewer asks why so many people were fooled

Bullies: How They Impact Our Society Table of Contents I. Abstract (Summary) II. Define Bullying A. Abuse B. Intimidation III. Type of Bullying A. Verbal & Non-Physical B. Physical IV. Bullying A. Why some bully others. B. Describe those who get bullied. V. Repercussions A. Bullies B. Victims VI. Consequences of Ignoring Bullying A. Parents

Burning The American Flag Burning the American Flag is a slap in the face Thousands of men and women have died for the idea that the United States of America flag stands for. The burning of the flag is only done to anger and sadden on lookers. This one piece of cloth means much more than the eye sees, to burn it shows ignorance and a disregard for the American society. Burning th

By Any Other Name By Any Other Name Santha Rama Rau writes the story “By Any Other Name”. She was born in 1923. Santha was educated in England and America. She later went to India to study and live. The setting of “By Another Name” is in India before the 1950’s while under British control. The book is about Indian and British students going to school together. The Indian children a

Bystander Effect The Bystander Effect: A shocking Phenomenon In the early morning hours of March 13, 1963, a women named Kitty Genovese was brutally stabbed to death in front of her New York apartment. Her desperate cries for help were heard from blocks away, yet nobody lifted a finger to call for help until about thirty minutes after the horrifying attack began (Newman 21). Was it

Terrorism Terrorism in the Webster’s New American Dictionary is defined as “the systematic use of intense fear as a means of coercion.” In this day and age, the term terrorism is more than just the use of intense fear as a means of coercion but includes the use of terrorism as a means of revenge and pure sport and also as a means of suppression. While the dictionaries definitions says th

C.R.A.C.K. Barbara Harris founded a nonprofit organization which pays drug addicts $200 to get long-term birth control or to get sterilized. Harris' plan was dazzling in its simplicity: Drug addicts care about drugs, not babies, and they respond to money, not motivational moral-speak. Why not pay them to stop having drug-addicted babies they can neither support nor nurture' It sounds c

Can a Women do a Mans Job Better' Is it fair that men make more money than women do, even though they both have the same qualifications' Is it fair that women are less likely than men to get promoted are' Is it fair that women will start at lower positions in the work place than men do' Discrimination in the work place is widening the already large gender gap in today’s modern society. I

Capital Punishment The Debate over the merits of capital punishment has endured for years, and continues to be an extremely indecisive and complicated issue. Adversaries of capital punishment point to the Marshalls and the Millgards, while proponents point to the Dahmers and Gacys. Society must be kept safe from the monstrous barbaric acts of these individuals and other killers

Capital Punishment This day and age murders’ actions are becoming more and more incomprehensible. They are no longer just committing murder; they are torturing, mutilating and engaging in extremely inappropriate acts against their fellow human beings. Behavior such as this will continue if nothing is done to stop them. The action to take here is capital punishment. The death penalty