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Term Papers on Social Issues
Television And Movie Violence
Number of words: 1699 - Number of pages: 7.... statistics about the amount of television watched by the public and the amount of violence that is shown on television. Such statistics highlight the potentially strong influence TV can have on those who watch it. It is believed that people learn by imitating what they see, and children are particularly receptive to such learning. I feel children model things they see and learn their aggressions from family members and from television. Therefore, I feel that TV violence is a contributing factor to the aggressive behavior that is needed to commit violent ac .....
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Effects Of Gambling
Number of words: 525 - Number of pages: 2.... go to jail.
A person might become addicted to gambling from going to the casino too often. I consider going to the casino more than three times a week being addicted. Also a person might become addicted to gambling if when one of the first couple times that they go they win money. So that might lead in to them thinking that they are going to win money every time they go but the casinos are not in the business to lose money. The odds are set so that more often then not that the casino will make money after all when you are playing slots or video poker you a .....
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Mockery Of Native Americans
Number of words: 653 - Number of pages: 3.... a chief. Since all Native Americans look up to the chiefs of the tribe it is not respecting them or their whole tribe.
The Native Americans would also like to be treated with the same respect that other racial groups have gotten. The African American people were mocked with a doll with a big black head and huge lips to mock an African American. The African American people complained about it and the doll was terminated from society forever. Now the Native Americans are complaining that the mascots of collegiate and professional teams are mocking them and no acti .....
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Body Modifications
Number of words: 2977 - Number of pages: 11.... the area, or when she moved the skin near her navel. Aside from the pain, she felt a sense of satisfaction.
Then there’s Dillon. Dillon was a senior in High School, in fact he had just turned eighteen. Dillon decided to get a tattoo. He spent countless hours deciding on the design he wanted. Then, he visited some of the local tattoo parlors. He wanted to check the atmosphere and cleanliness of each environment. Finally he came to a place where he felt secure and satisfied with the artist’s work. Dillon spent the next few days deciding if this was wh .....
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Impact Of Television Violence In Relation To Juvenile Delinquency
Number of words: 2404 - Number of pages: 9.... a series of hearings during 1954-55 on the impact
of television programs on juvenile crime. These hearings were only the beginning
of continuing congressional investigations by this committee and others from the
1950s to the present.
In addition to the congressional hearings begun in the 1950s, there are
many reports that have been written which include: National Commission on the
Causes and Prevention of Violence (Baker & Ball, 1969); Surgeon General's
Scientific Advisory Committee on Television and Social Behavior (1972); the
report on children and .....
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Susan B. Anthony And The Women's Movement
Number of words: 1004 - Number of pages: 4.... her tests of the U.S. Constitution, though the right to vote was not secured until after her death.
Susan B. Anthony taught school in New Rochelle and Canajoharie, NY, and discovered that male teachers were paid several times her salary. She devoted her first reform efforts to anti-slavery and to temperance. However, when she rose to speak in a temperance convention, she was told, “The sisters were not invited here to speak!” Anthony promptly enlisted in the cause of women's rights.
In a lifelong partnership with Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Anthony's organizat .....
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Communication Skills
Number of words: 803 - Number of pages: 3.... If
you hear a bird chirping, you might incorporate it to what you where just about
to say. This makes the person you're talking to even more comfortable with what
you are trying to convey with your thoughts and ideas. This is how different
things can effect one's communication skill, speaking.
A second communication skill is body language, a very personal way of
expressing yourself without words. One's body language can carry a whole
conversation without even saying a word. Sign language is an excellent example
of this, one can spend there whole life com .....
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Women's Fashion And Cosmetics
Number of words: 653 - Number of pages: 3.... of the Edmonton
Journal says, "Part of the problem with worrying about how you look is that
it drains you of time, money and energy which you could use for other
things. Like pursing a career, reproductive rights, or equal pay for work
of equal value. Or maybe just having fun." It is also money consuming.
Make-up and hair products are expensive. The money used to buy cosmetics
and hair styling products could be spent for more important things. If one
has that much money to give away, why not save it for a college education
or donate it to a charitable o .....
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