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Term Papers on Social Issues
Treatment Of Women In Voltaire's Period
Number of words: 1499 - Number of pages: 6.... education by the philosopher Pangloss. They were not formally taught and if they wanted to learn things, they would have to go to private tutoring without the knowledge of the Baron. Women didn’t know anything about money or about the sciences. Cunègonde, was so fascinated by the sciences that she would hide in the bushes to listen to Pangloss teach a private lesson to her mother’s maid.
The Baroness’s who were wealthy, were viewed primarily as hostesses. The reason why the Baroness’s were liked so much was because their husbands had beautifully decorated ca .....
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Social Acceptance Of Homosexual Marriages
Number of words: 321 - Number of pages: 2.... pregnancy, foster, or adoption have conquered a
very difficult task.
So, is this family an abnormal family because there are no opposite sex parents.
Or is it a normal family because of the love its' members share? Can we say
what it is that makes a family. Perhaps, if we can answer these questions, we
will find the solutions we need to fulfill the doubts in our minds.
Should we ever condemn someone for loving? When we judge, is this what morality
is?? I think not! If we would teach our children to accept "love" as that
which it is, a mutual feeling of l .....
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Pollution And Its Consequences
Number of words: 1883 - Number of pages: 7.... the earth with care. Knowing how sensitive the earth can be corporations are not doing enough for the environment. Belching chimneys, strong detergents, smoking incinerators, exhaust fumes from automobiles are the cancer of modern society. Poisoned by carbon monoxide and sulfur dioxide is the air we breathe. Our rivers are filled up with industrial waste, trash and broken bottles, and stained with oil. Each and every year the pollution of the air and water takes its toll, causing diseases, and shortening lives. The economic cost annually is several .....
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The Population Solution
Number of words: 1305 - Number of pages: 5.... as much as the entire planet.... Even
if that were possible, it wouldn't give us much time. If the growth-rate stays
at 2.0 per cent, then in a little over 2,200 years - say, by 4220 AD - the human
populat i on would weigh as much as the entire Solar system, including the Sun...
and by about 6700 AD - the human population would weigh as much as the entire
Universe." The preceding paragraph, by Isaac Asimov describes quite alarmingly
just how bad the population problem really is, that in considerably less time
that has passed since the days of Julius Caesar the .....
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Violence In Music And The Media
Number of words: 557 - Number of pages: 3.... obviously explain why it was discontinued. The chorus goes as follows, “I’m a….COP KILLER, better you than me. COP KILLER, f**k police brutality! COP KILLER, I know your family’s grievin’ …F**K ‘EM! COP KILLER, but tonight we get even. I think just from those few lines you can understand why it was necessary to remove this album from stores. The first amendment right to free speech is crucial but you have to think of the safety of others when doing something like this and that is why the first amendment rights of this band were not damaged.
Another big p .....
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Role Of Women In The Developing Countries
Number of words: 600 - Number of pages: 3.... methods to control their family size. In this case, "on average, women in poor countries tend to have twice as many babies as women in the rich countries¡± ("Women¡± 10). As we know, China is taking on "One Child Policy¡±. Actually, it's very hard to be implemented, especially in poorly educated areas. In America, although women also have "double burden¡±, which means that women now work "in factory, shop or office as well as in the home as cook, cleaner, child rearer, shopper and homemaker¡± (Hall 21), they don't think the family is the most important thing .....
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Working Mothers
Number of words: 1128 - Number of pages: 5.... support, increases self-esteem because they are contributing to the world they live in. These women receive a renewed interest in life because they are in the thick of it. They are living life to the fullest. This model is the one that is constantly referred to as "bad" because it paints the woman as someone who does not really care about the effect of working will have on the baby. In fact, most of these mothers have made this choice with painstaking care. They are constantly feeling what everyone is thinking, and this in turn causes undue stress on thes .....
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Hate Crimes
Number of words: 3046 - Number of pages: 12.... was engaged in activities
promoting the rights of the targeted group.
· Coincides with a religious or cultural holiday, such
as Yom Kippur or Gay Pride.
There are many different types of hate crimes that surround us in the world. Many hate crimes are performed by actual hate groups such as the Ku Klux Klan (KKK), skinheads, and many other groups. Hate crimes and bias crimes are now recognized as a new category of violent personal crimes. Research by sociologist Jack McDevitt finds that "hate crimes are generally spontaneous incidents motivated .....
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