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Term Papers on Social Issues
Sexual Abuse And Children
Number of words: 633 - Number of pages: 3.... it isn't a big problem and it won't affect you or
someone you love then you're wrong. There are 300,000 to 500,000 reported
every year in the united states and experts say “for each case that is
reported there are two more that aren't.” Why in Virginia Beach alone in
1993 the social services office counted 6,613 sexual abuse cases reported.
The reason only a third of the cases are reported because most of
the time the abuser is a friend or family member. In fact the book Child
Abuse: an american epidemic says “only 28% of child molestors are
strangers.” Mos .....
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Fantasy's Integral Role In The Creation Of A Killer
Number of words: 1248 - Number of pages: 5.... the killer may depending on the psychological state they are in. But
then regarding the fact most serial killers grow up in violent households one
might say that the killer does not or even can't feel remorse because violence
is what they were brought up in and to believe is true so it is what they have
been conditioned to believe. Or you could take the approach that the killer
feels they are being threatened by their victims so they had to be removed from
the picture altogether. Or finally it might be the killer is so mentally
unstable that they have .....
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Women In Africa
Number of words: 2373 - Number of pages: 9.... from what men
wanted? Did women attain their goals, and if not, why not? If women were not
successful in getting their concerns at the forefront of national interest, at
what, if anything, were they successful?
In several instances women became so angered by their lack of voice,
that they were moved to act. In some of these cases, women were relatively
successful in organizing and mobilizing. The story of the Aba Riots, which is
discussed in both The Warrant Chiefs and African Women, proves this point well.
In Nigeria, in the late 1920's, the Warrant Chi .....
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Sexual Harassment
Number of words: 765 - Number of pages: 3.... the male is the
person who is sexually harassed. In the movie the male character Michael
Douglas is sexually harassed by the Female character Demi Moore. The two
characters used to share a very sexual relationship at one time. The two split
up and did not here from each other in a long time. Demi than shows up at the
job where Michael works. She is Michael's boss.
Demi calls Michael into her office one night to go over a few things a
bout work. She than asks Michael to rub her back. Taking it as a friendly
gesture Michael returns the favor. The back .....
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Why People Feel Gun Control Is Unfair
Number of words: 542 - Number of pages: 2.... known as the NRA,
argue that the "right To bear arms" is guaranteed in the second amendment
of the Constitution of the United States of America and licensing
restrictions penalize law-abiding citizens while in no way preventing
criminal use of handguns. It is also argued that by making it difficult
for guns to be bought and registered for the American public there is a
threat to the personal safety of American families everywhere.
However controlling the sale and distribution of firearms is
necessary because of the homicide rate involving guns. In 198 .....
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Voyeurism
Number of words: 511 - Number of pages: 2.... both females and males, but it is primary a male disorder. Scientists know very little about paraphilia in general. can begin in late childhood or adolescence and continue throughout adult life. Intensity and occurrence of the paraphilia is variable, and it usually decreases as people get older. It might be related to hormonal or development factors that influence brain development before birth. does not emerge until later in life.
Regardless of how society looks at the “odd” behavior, the crucial points are: The person did not voluntarily “choose” the .....
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Stereotyping
Number of words: 1419 - Number of pages: 6.... for
example, then a stereotype attitude would be to assume that all Japanese
boys are good at math. It is quite obvious that this is not always so.
Knowing this, does that mean that stereotyping is “wrong”? When is it
considered “correct”, if ever? We are provided with prerogative to think
however we like, but is it correct in assuming that stereotyping is immoral
and unfair? This topic will be more discriptive through the proceeding.
Stereotyping
As it was mentioned in the Introduction, stereotyping is relative
to making generalizations towards a who .....
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Nontraditional Tradtions
Number of words: 876 - Number of pages: 4.... simply follow
the examples of old. It is up to us to create new family traditions.
Celebrating is not hard. We all know about celebrating and have some ways of
doing it. The only challenge is to find new ways. Why do we need to celebrate
tradition? It gives us something to look forward to and makes a formal
statement that there are some things in life to be grateful for.
The notion of honoring tradition is unsettling for some people; let
alone creating new ones. We understand that we need something to add a sense of
order and stability to our lives. But .....
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