...Daniel Velez Professor Garcia ENG 088 “Friend Indeed” Date: 9/23/14 Reading Log: Friend Indeed Part A: Vocabulary: Participatory: affording the opportunity for individual participation. Adjective. This is a world of "participatory surveillance. Promiscuity: The fact or state of being promiscuous: Noun: Some parents of New Jersey fear this will lead to greater sexual promiscuity among teens. Ostracism: exclusion from a society or group: Noun: Donald suffered social ostracism. Jaundiced: affected by bitterness, resentment, or envy: Adjective: Tim looked at Rob with a jaundiced eye because he took Amanda to prom. Postmodern: Subsequent to or coming later than that which is modern: Adjective: John lives in New York City where he edits the online journal of postmodern poetry. Part B: Journal Entry: Direct quotes from the text & Paraphrase: Direct Quote: Who will lend you lunch money? Who will bail you out of jail? Who's got your back? Paraphrase: Who’s going to actually be there for you in the long run of life? (My) Response: The quote says it all. Not a lot of people are going to be there for you in life. You as a person need to trust yourself. Friends come and go. The ones who stay are true. Direct Quote: "I'll be there for you, when the rain starts to pour," Paraphrase: No matter what the conditions are that person will be there for you. (My) Response: I’ll go through a storm just to make sure your good. Part C: Summary: This essay is...
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...Leadership and Values Erika Hawkins Argosy University Would you vote for a political candidate who was honest, competent, and agreed with you on most issues if you also knew that person was alcoholic, sexually promiscuous, and twice divorced? Candidate can campaigns before the voting day and in these campaigns, they leaks most of his appearances to the community. Several political candidate try to assurances to the public such as health and education facilities. The partisan candidate starts their projects for the assurances that he or she has made, this attests that can be that candid person. In addition, these political candidate also disclosures their critical thinking by evolving and creating different projects that help to the community that these candidates are competent. Concluded in these campaigns, the political contender would be harmonizing some issues with the public. In line for to the honesty and competence of the contender, he will be able to fulfill the assurances made (Wilcox & Ebbs, 1992). Conversely, voting for someone who is an alcoholic can become a bad rule to the society. The effect on the society will crumble, as the peers would be misled later will lack of future for the children in the society. If a leader is alcoholic, then the individuals governed would be uninhabited. Also, the comment goes, two birds of the feather flocks together, the friends to such a political candidate runner tells more about that person. If all of these...
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...Moving the Capen House Transcript of 12:00 to 17:30 Guest: After consulting with the movers and looking at the many pieces of the puzzle that came together we concluded that it was very viable and made our plans the house over the lake with a barge. Host: How do you actually do that because I’m guessing, first of all you’ve got to get a barge that’s big enough to put this house on and to put that barge on the lake, you would have to move the house from its position on the property onto the barge on the lake, or just walk me through that process and how it works? Guest: Well, what we do is we have to assemble the barge, the barge is big, it’s going to have to be 40 feet by 60 feet and so you can’t just come up with a 40 foot by 60 foot barge, truck it into town and roll it to the dock. So the way it’s done is the barge is comprised of individual smaller barges that typically 10 feet wide and 20 or 40 feet long. Those are brought in on flatbed trucks brought down onto the property, dragged down onto the lake into the water, and then another piece and another piece. Those pieces are pinned together to form a large raft. And you can keep adding those individual pieces until you get a large barge as long as you need to carry the weight of a house. The way that the house is calculated and by knowing what it’s made out of and the sizes, and so, the barge is assembled and then a couple of small motor boats one in the front and one in the back pull and push it slowly across the lake...
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...Nowadays, young children and teenagers have considered the 'ghetto lifestyle' to be the latest and most desired style. What are they on a quest for? Who can own the most guns? Who can pimp the most 'hoes'? Who can possess the most expensive, fanciest cars? Who can sell the most cocaine, marijuana, heroin without getting caught? These children are brainwashed into believing that living a life of crime is a glamorous lifestyle. These uneducated children think that shooting the trigger just for excitement, robbery or the release of fury, rather than for self-defense, is the way to go. These sadistic males believe that abusing and prostituting women is the 'thuggish' style, while it's actually degrading the gender that brings life into the world. These children think that smoking weed is fun, when in the long run, it alters and destroys their cerebral systems and will lead them to being ostracized by employers, teachers, and the civilized members of society. While some deadbeat fathers spend hundreds to thousands of dollars on the latest Bathing Ape or other most fashional clothing brand and the most attractive vehicle, they somehow always manage to find an excuse as to why their child support bills are overdue. While they blindly accept that being 'gangsta' and succumbing to the criminal mindset is fun, they are virtually practing being menace to society. "Menace II Society" is a drama concerning a young man named Caine, who lived in the slums of Los Angeles, California. His grandparents...
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...Rainer Maria Rilke once said, “The only journey is the one within”. The journey everyone takes at least once in their lifetime is the great unveiling of who we truly are. In J. D, Salinger’s novel, The Catcher in the Rye, Holden is a troubled teenager on a journey to find himself. However, on the path, he latches onto the image of being a hypocrite by exemplifying all the characteristics he hates of others onto himself. Throughout the book, Holden often expresses his deep displeasure for nearly every action done by his roommate from Pencey, Stradlater. It is specifically shown towards Stradlater's techniques with girls but Holden really is no different with his own "womanizing" ways. Pencey, where Holden attends is a prestigious all boys school in Pennsylvania where competition of who gets more girls is considerably fierce. Later when Stradlater tells he is going on a date with Jane Gallagher who had been someone Holden was pining for since they spent a summer together in Maine, Holden is furious knowing Stradlater's womanizing reputation. After the date, Holden hounds Stradlater for answers about the date but Stradlater just says, "that's a professional secret, buddy."(49) in response. Holden becomes so enraged and makes a move to plummet Stradlater only to have "missed. [I] didn't connect" with his face. Holden's evident rage towards Stradlater proves that he doesn't approve of womanizers but, in a later scene, Holden himself talks exactly as a womanizer would claiming he...
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...Promiscuity- A Self-Destructive Behavior in Correlation with a Lack of Paternal Authority: A Single Case Study Rebecca M Bauman 2015 MAR LIB-495-GS001 Abstract Paternal authority, according to the existing literature, is of upmost importance to the healthy psychosexual development of a child. Women who were raised with a lack of paternal authority can often face significant setbacks when dealing with everyday life issues. Promiscuity as a self-destructive behavior has substantial consequences often resulting in mental and physical suffering. This qualitative single case study was designed to explore the correlation of promiscuity- as a self-destructive behavior with women who were raised in single-mother households where there was a lack of paternal authority. A single intrinsic case study was used to explore one woman’s battle with promiscuity. The data obtained formed a narrative generated by the triangulation of psychoanalytical therapy sessions, a client intake form and the woman’s journal. A case analysis was performed and later reviewed by an attending mental health clinician. The results indicated the woman manifests the self-destructive behavior of promiscuity at the expense of poor self-esteem which directly correlates with a lack of paternal authority. The disruption of the woman’s psychosexual development in childhood negatively altered her self-image. The woman uses transference in her intimate relationships as a desperate attempt to gain control of her...
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...Leaving Unbelief and Promiscuity to Finding Jesus When I was 21 years old, I began to have a desire to get closer to God. Having grown up in the Catholic Church, I figured that getting back to weekly mass was the best place to start. I was dating a girl at the time, and we were involved sexually. I knew this was against the will of God, and I wanted to stop, but it's pretty hard to quit. One night I told my girlfriend that I didn't want to have sex anymore. After that, our relationship lasted about a week. I felt good about my decision, but I knew I still needed to ask God to forgive me for having sex outside of marriage. I decided to go to confession. I told the priest what I'd done. He asked if I used protection when I had sex. I asked him if he meant a condom. He said yeah. I said yes. He said that it was O.K., as long as I use a condom. I walked out of that church a happy man. I resumed my sexual activities. A few months later, however, the guilt returned. I knew it was wrong, condom or not. I stopped having sex, and decided that I would try not to have sex until I got married. A friend of mine invited me to Horizon Christian Fellowship in San Diego. Having never studied nor read the Bible (or been encouraged to by the Catholic church), I enjoyed the sermons very much. I heard the gospel and understood it, and believed it, but I wasn't ready to repent (change my ways). I thought I was cool with God, since I wasn't having sex anymore. Then I heard the Sermon on the Mount...
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...January 22, 2014 Ethics in Contemporary Society Sexual Ethics The debate between complete promiscuity and the idea of monogamy in our society today seems to be an ongoing battle between the good, and the bad of whether to have sex whenever with whomever we want or wait till marriage. It appears as if the more someone tells us its wrong or sex is forbidden till marriage, the more determined we are as a society to do just the opposite. The ethical and unethical views of sex is all over the television, in music videos, on social media, and even cartoons making this debate between Russell and Scruton relevant in discussing sexual ethics. Russell and Scruton’s opposing and compelling points of view on sexual ethics has described the structure of our society. First, Russell points out that, for men, “It is much better that, if they have temporary relations, they should not be with professionals but with girls…whose motives is affection rather than money” (p.62). This means that promiscuity should be excusable in order to find true love. On the contrary, Scruton states that “sexual morality is morality embodied in emphasizing an attitude to one’s own body and its uses” (p. 75). Meaning, it’s more to sex than just the act but respecting one’s body. Secondly, the concept of polygamy to Russell is accepted by how a man can sleep with multiple partners but is in the right to be jealous if the woman desires the same, even if he has no feelings for her (p.62). Scruton believes...
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...Brave New World: Relevant or too Relevant? In the 1930s and 1940s, Aldous Huxley and George Orwell presented notions of a lurid future society in their novels. Huxley’s Brave New World is a dystopian novel that tells a tale of humans born in laboratories who are free to use drugs and have sex at their leisure, which mirrors a few aspects of today’s world. Today, sexual promiscuity and prurience has increased. Substance abuse has also proliferated. Moreover, many rapid scientific/technological developments have been made. Despite Orwell’s 1984 prophesying that telescreens and totalitarianism will be copious, our world is steadily racing toward a society that echoes Huxley’s Brave New World. The eerie resemblance is more than just a coincidence. Whether the circumstance applies to a teenager or an adult, sexual promiscuity has become increasingly common. By human nature, men and women will be aroused by someone whose attributes are in his/her favor (such as a large bosom or wide hips of women for men and muscularity or great hair of men for women), even if they are married and devoutly committed to his/her partner. Monogamous relationships are also threatened by divorce and extramarital affairs. Another reason marriages break apart is due to pornography— men and women may feel unsatisfied in their relationship and/or seek sexual gratification from a third party. A study by the Family Research Council and the Marriage and Religion Institute claims that 56% of divorces...
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...as a tool to reveal his controversial views on religion. Voltaire takes aim at organized religion and other organization to prove the point that all were completely corrupt in thoughts and actions. He criticized many aspects of humanity at that time. Throughout Candide religious leaders are portrayed as hypocrites who do not live up to the religious standards that they set for others. Religious leaders ought to be the epitome of goodness and morality and are supposed to live lives worthy of emulation, but in this play, the church is found to be infested with hypocrisy and its leaders, hypocritical, greedy, and immoral. There are hypocrisies of sexual promiscuity, threat, belief in superstitions, stealing, lack of charity and oppression seen in this satire. High ranking church officials are deeply involved in sexual promiscuity. Despite his vows of celibacy as a priest and leader of the Catholic Church, Pope Urban the Tenth has a mistress and a daughter. The old woman stated, “I am in fact the daughter of...
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...the rites of passage transformation between childhood to adulthood is for the Maasai people, another common culture has the similar believes is the Americans concerning the rites of passage which Naomi Wolfs explains in her story “Promiscuities: The Secret Struggle Towards Womanhood.” In both the Maasai and American cultures, both men and women go through rites of passage in order to learn responsibility and respect for family needs. When it comes to honoring your family’s name you’ll do anything to make them proud. In “The Initiation of Maasai Warrior” Tepilit Ole Saitoti tell “Ours has always been a proud family, and we would like to keep it that way. We will not tolerate unnecessary embarrassment, so you had better be ready. If you are not, tell us now so that we will not proceed.”(1) The key words in this quotation are “Tolerate” and “unnecessary” Webster’s new dictionary defines “tolerate” as the exixting presence, practice or act of without prohibition or hindrance and “unnecessary” as essential, needless. The children of Maasai must do what is needed for a family need and to not disappoint there family reputation because then it will effect there life style and the kids childhood would be rough. In “Promiscuities” Naomi Wolf's tells “In addition to the sexual education, a family's friends can commit to being part of a wisdom initiation: transmitting...
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...generations of today are quite similar. Our parents were able to discuss sex openly. It was readily introduced in the media, as my parents were those of the late 60s and early 70s. Sexual promiscuity was commonplace and the concept of free love was encouraged. Women of the late 60s and early 70s had all the advantages of post WWII antibiotics and the readily available distribution of contraception allowed for a focus on more guilt free sex for pleasure than that of the generation before; one focused on establishment of the nuclear family. The 80s brought about the conservative idealism of the 1950s and a return to family values once again took a foothold. Though sexual promiscuity was frowned upon in both the 50s and 80s, it occurred more behind closed doors. Social propaganda discouraged discussions of sex in open forums including churches and classrooms. Both generations also saw a rise in STDs; syphilis in the 50s and HIV/AIDS in the 80s, Extramarital affairs were also often kept within the family unit as the image of the perfect nuclear family was more important than the mental health and well being of the spouse cheated upon. With the rise of STDs of those generations, sex talks were once again encouraged, more for education and prevention than for the encouragement of sexual promiscuity. In all generations, our parents and ours respectively, there was still social stigma attached to women who were a bit more free and forthcoming with...
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...for one man who treats her as if she is just a piece of meat but the man who is attentive to her feelings and needs she is not. This is happens to many of us here in our culture because we are fed this artificial sense of life we feel obligated to follow. Men have a sense of promiscuity, as they want to sleep with as many women as they can with no real strings attached. In our culture men and women who go to night clubs go with the intention to mingle with the opposite sex, whether that leads to sex or not they place themselves in these places to interact with each other. Chips funga in a sense refers to these men meeting women and essentially sleeping with them with no real actual commitment. Towards the end of the video the young lady is shown devastated on how she is being ignored by the same man who she had slept with and as the chorus echoes in the back ground, “you wont forget, you’ll remember me”, which refers to how he tried warning her that she’s just a chips funga or one night stand to him. She was blinded by the others charm, wealth, good looks, but even after being warned she did not resist. I believe this shows us how even in a developing country like Kenya we see the same antics of promiscuity we see in western culture. Older traditions of marriage and family, either religious or cultural are now taking a back seat to men and women being completely more open to sleeping...
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...Korn, 2002; Esselstyn, 1968). Yet, there are many activities that can fall into this category, and it can be argued that getting married for the purpose of having a home and livelihood qualifies as prostitution (Edlund & Korn, 2002). Some add that to differentiate prostitution from other forms of nonmarital sexual activities, it must be devoid of emotional attachment between partners (McGinn, 1998). Others, such as Edlund and Korn, argue that an element of promiscuity must also be involved. However, the notions “devoid of emotional attachment” and “promiscuity” are also vague. A young woman maintaining a long-term sexual relationship with a “sugar daddy” may not fall in this category, while others may argue that this is indeed a form of prostitution. There is also difficulty in determining the number of partners one should have to be considered promiscuous. For example, the following was noted: A woman who had sex with more than 23,000 men should be classified as a prostitute, although 40 to 60 would also do. However, promiscuity itself does not turn a woman into a prostitute. Although a vast majority of prostitutes are promiscuous, most people would agree that sleeping around does not amount to prostitution. (Edlund & Korn, 2002, p. 183) John Ince, a lawyer and leader of the Sex Party, a Canadian political party, wrote an interesting letter to ProCon.org (an Internet-based organization that provides pro and con discussions on social issues). He argued that the key elements of prostitution...
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...James C. McKinley Jr. talks about a recent study of popular song lyrics at the State University of New York in Albany that shows that not only do the messages about sexual relationships dominate the songs at the top of the charts, but also that songs about sex sell much better than other songs. Not surprisingly, the study found that there were gaps in between music genres. Successful country songs tended to have messages about long-term commitment to marriage, parenting children, breaks-ups, and then oaths of fidelity. But, on the other hand, the top three themes in POP songs were, in order, the singer’s sex appeal, a person’s promiscuity, and one-night stands. For the popular R & B songs, the most frequent themes were the singer’s sex appeal, boasts about the singer’ wealth, and descriptions of erotic acts. Although most POP music songs have promiscuity, some songs show it explicitly, while others imply it through their lyrics. One example of such songs is the song “If You Seek Amy” by Britney Spears. This song very subtly spells out the...
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