...The Sexual Revolution. The "sexual revolution" of the 1960’s has been stopped dead in its tracks by the AIDS epidemic. The danger of contracting AIDS is so real now that it has massively affected the behavior of both gay and straight folks who formerly had elected to lead an active sexual life that included numerous new sexual contacts. The safest option regarding AIDS and sex is total abstinence from all sexual contact. For those who prefer to indulge in sexual contact, this is often far too great a sacrifice. But it IS an option to be considered. For those who wish to have sexual contact with folks on a relatively casual basis, there have been devised rules for "safe sex". These rules are very strict, and will be found quite objectionable by most of us who have previously enjoyed unrestricted sex. But to violate these rules is to risk unusually horrible death. Once one gets used to them the rule for "safe sex" do allow for quite acceptable sexual enjoyment in most cases. Note that even when one is conscientiously following the recommendations for safe sex, accidents can happen. Condoms can break. One may have small cuts or tears in ones’ skin that one is unaware of. Thus, following rules for "safe sex" does NOT guarantee that one will not get AIDS. It does, however, greatly reduce the chances. There are many examples of sexually active couples where one member has AIDS disease and the other remains seronegative even after many months of safe sex with the diseased person. It...
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...THE SEXUAL REVOLUTION: EFFECTS OF THE PILL Candice Huntsman Contemporary America and the World Professor Burkholder June 16, 2011 Until the sexual revolution of the 1960's, women were the victims of a strict double standard; single men had freedom to be promiscuous but women did not. This double standard revolved around the risk of pregnancy for women that men obviously did not have concern for. One of the main events that triggered the revolution that changed women's sexual freedom was an oral contraceptive, also known as "the pill". This new effective form of birth control changed many major aspects of society including women's freedom, social morality, and informed consent on prescription medications. Women's Freedom The birth control pill was developed in the 1950's but the FDA approved it to be released to the public in 1960. (1) The release of the pill was "welcomed by [the] generation" of young women because of the freedom it gave them; they could do whatever they pleased without the high risk of pregnancy. (2) The freedom to control contraception allowed women freedom of dependence on men and to pursue careers because they could control when they had children. After being distributed for two years, 1.2 million women took the pill every day. (3) Before the it was available, men had a significant advantage over women in the workforce because women had the risk of becoming pregnant. Also, women did not have control over when or how often they became pregnant...
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...La Revolución Sexual lesbiana SHEILA JEFFREYS En los años 80 se produjo un repentino entusiasmo por la obra de los Maestros del postmodernismo -Lacan, Foucault y Derrida- seguido de su incorporación a la teoría feminista. Algunas críticas feministas han señalado que este hecho causó cierta despolitización del feminismo. En el campo de la teoría lesbiana y gay la obra de las grandes figuras masculinas del postmodernismo, así como la de otros teóricos inspirados por ellos, ha sido acogido con más entusiasmo aún. No debe sorprender que la llamada teoría lesbiana-y-gay, a saber, aquella que homogeneiza a lesbianas y varones gays, resulte tan atractiva a los ojos de estos últimos. Todo lo que remita de forma demasiado explícita al feminismo es contemplado con suspicacia. En el momento actual el proyecto de elaborar una teoría lesbiana independiente aparece como una empresa extravagantemente separatista. Las estrellas de la nueva teoría lesbiana-y-gay, Judith Butler y Diana Fuss, son ambas mujeres, aunque se dedican a reciclar un feminismo fundamentado en los Maestros postmodernos -en su mayoría gays- que no hiera la sensibilidad de los gays. No es una empresa fácil. ¿Cómo lograr, pongamos por ejemplo, que el fenómeno del travestismo se considere no ya aceptable sino revolucionario en la teoría lesbiana y gay, cuando ha sido un tema sumamente controvertido para la teoría feminista desde que las lesbianas se distanciaron del movimiento de liberación gay? Sólo se logra con un retorno...
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...hard work, and service to their country. Eventually, much of the youth in America began to question these beliefs. They felt that their parents' values were not enough to help them with the social hardships of the 1960s. They rebelled by against their prior ways by letting their hair grow long, and wearing odd clothing. Their anger was strongly communicated through music. Rock-and-roll music had become very prominent in America in the 1960s. Many people did not approve of it because they thought it was too sexual and demeaning, and they found the words inappropriate and harmful. The beatles came out with a protest song called “Revolution”. A revolution defined is, a forcible overthrow of a government or social order in favor of a new system.” This song was mainly about revolting against the social order of our society. They wanted to “change the world” as they state in their song. This reflects the concerns of the society at the time because if the rebel and start a revolution, they can not let the government control everything they do. Therefore the fear of control would be alleviated. Also, this song was about wanting peace within our society. As they...
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...Family Life The family life has changed a lot through time. There have been different values that were valued higher or lower depending of what decade we lived in. Only a hundred years ago the family life was completely different. You did not talk to your parents the same way you do today. You could not behave the same way that you do today, and most of all, you could not misbehave the same way as you do today. There have been a lot of changes through time because the adults have had different ways to look at children. A child today is not the same as a child from 1900. The child today is not only viewed as a child, but also as a human being who is growing up. The children today are viewed as the future of our world. In modern family life, there are a lot of values that you have to be focused on. Sometimes it is difficult to balance all these different aspects of life, but somehow we seem to figure it out anyway. Based on how the modern family life is in Denmark today we have some negative and some positive sides of family life. There have been a lot of changes of how the decisions in the house are taken. A hundred years ago the children had nothing to say when it comes to that, but now the parents always think of what the children would like to do. There is a lot of ways to raise your children, and some may work better than other. I have been raised by a mother who is very concerned about how I behaved when I was around other people. As a child I was very shy, when...
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...The definition of a revolution is an “overthrow of government” or the “overthrow of a ruler or political system”. This term is generally used to describe an uprising by a disenchanted mass to overthrow existing ideology and practice and bring about major political, economic, social or cultural change in a society. Revolutions are mainly caused because of social and economic inequalities between classes causing the oppressed masses to become disillusioned with extreme excesses of the ruling classes. They then come together and revolt against the existing ruler or regime, often in a bloody movement. This is certainly true when describing the French Revolution and the Bolshevik Revolution, which not only brought about regime change through violent mass mobilization, but also overhauled the social, economic institutions of the time. So a revolution is essentially a struggle in which the holder of a power loses that power against their will. Aristotle’s view on revolutions was rather confined than its modern day interpretation. He suggested the doctrine of ‘stasis’ as a reason for revolution and decline of institutions, ‘stasis’ being an arrest of the political processes of a healthy polis leading to its political system breaking own and degenerating into violence and internal warfare. For him, the condition that led to all revolutions was the desire of the many for equality versus the desire of the minority for effective superiority. In an overview of Book V of ‘Politics’, it can...
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...Michael Bennett Page 1 Dr. Alla Boldina ENG 110-60 REVOLUTION AND ROMANCE Creedy: “Why won’t you die!?” V: “Beneath this mask is more than flesh…there are ideas. And ideas are bulletproof.” With these words, the film, “V for Vendetta” dramatically demonstrates the power of ideas to challenge and overcome the evil of oppression. In film critic Robert Ebert’s review of “V for Vendetta,” he notes the power of ideas, especially the belief that people should not be afraid of their governments, but rather that governments should be afraid of their people. Although Ebert questions the necessity of fear, and believes that governments and people should be able to happily co-exist, I think he trivializes the significance of the film’s message. Although it is an in-depth, well written look at the story, it is one-sided. He gives credit to a novel written by Allen Moore in 1983, on which the film is based, and compares “V for Vendetta” to other movies and stories. The main character, V, is described in detail, and Ebert explains his purpose in the story. The other characters, however, are not mentioned very much, leaving the reader a bit blank. I appreciate that he mentions the main idea of the film, and is generous with quotations. I do fin d his criticism a bit excessive, as he puts down the mask that V wears because the lips don’t move and his vision would be obstructed. Ebert seems biased on behalf of London’s architecture, as he expresses his disappointment...
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...Army Reserve: A Better Choice Stacy Tharpe Devry University With tensions building around the globe, it takes a multi-tiered force of highly trained, committed Soldiers to protect our freedoms and uphold democracy. This force consists of Active Duty Soldiers and Soldiers in the Army Reserve. (US Army) Many families struggle with the decision to enlist Army Reserve or Active Duty. Evaluating your current living situation can help in the final decision. Army Reserve allows you to serve your country while still having a civilian life. I believe Army Reserve is a better choice for someone with a family, despite the limited benefits, because it allows personal choice of living, more time with loved ones, and provides benefits. The Army Reserve allows soldiers more flexibility in making living decisions. The Army Reserve is stationed at home unless called to active duty. The Army Reserve makes up a significant portion of the Army. One of the positive factors about the Army Reserve is the ability to live a civilian family life in their local hometown. The soldiers also have the option of living on or off base. Being able to remain in their local hometown, the Army Reserve soldiers can hold full-time civilian jobs. A civilian job helps the soldiers strengthen their technical skills that are also taught in the Army. The flexibility makes it easier to rely on the Army Reserve to meet complex demands for the future at home. Its Citizen- Soldiers embody the warrior mindset and spirit...
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...Crystal Cook April 12, 2012 CWV101-Crawford Family Television Review The situation comedy that highlights family values and functions for this Family Television Review is the show called The Parkers. The name of the family is The Parkers which is a family with a single mother and a daughter both attending college. Observations of the family lead me to the conclusion that their worldview is between a naturalism and secular worldview. While watching the show The Parkers I have observe that The Parkers live they life base off naturalism and secular because they are fulfilling their dreams in life regardless of what people might say or believe. On the following episode e the the mother Nikki Parkers truly believes her and the professor is a couple and he is cheating on her with some skinny women. The Nikki character is following the professor around and trying to find out what he is up too even though it is clear they are not a couple and will never be. The other character is Kimberly Parker she is clearly not the smartest character on the show but her personality makes up for it. She has this bubbly personality that is easy to get along with and she always has some silly or funny to say that make people take a double take. They both do things that make them feel good about themselves like going to college to farther themselves in life, they both like fashion and attention from men. The Parkers are there for each other regardless of what might happen and they do not...
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...Solve the problem Solve the problem Describe creative process The four stages in the creative process as described in Ch. 5 of the text are the following: searching for the problem, expressing the problem or issue, investigating the problem or issue, and producing ideas. * Stage one of the creative process – searching for the problem – emphasizes the importance of responding to problems in triggering one’s creativity (Ruggiero, 2009). * Stage two centers on expressing the problem or issue in numerous ways and finding the most creative and helpful ideas. * Stage three objectives is obtaining the information necessary to solve the problem or issue. * The fourth and final stage of the creative process deals with producing the ideas necessary to solve the problem or determine a stance on the issue. Personal Challenge Considering the four stages in the creative process that work to solve an issue or problem, a personal challenge that I can apply the stages to would be in re-evaluating myself as a whole and making life changes to become a better wife, mother, and person in general. I used and applied three out of the six techniques described in Ch. 6 to determine which areas needed the most work. The first technique, “being observant,” help me realized how tired my husband has been in dealing with our children shown through his look, the faint circles under his eyes and slower movement in his style. I realize that I can be from more help and...
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...Joaquin Caceres AP WORLD HISTORY ESSAY: Japan & China Between the years 1750 and 1900, China and Japan had different reactions towards the influence of western culture. Both nations had movements that incorporated Western influence and had opened a few ports in order to establish a trading connection with the western economies. However, Japan avoided a military conflict and remained powerful while China didn’t accept Western influence causing a western revolution. Also, China refused to introduce foreign influence which led to many revolts and wars while Japan continued accepting this influence. Both China and Japan had movements that introduced western ideas. In Japan, the Meji restoration was based on a German model with a democratic constitution. Some of these influences were seen in their army that incorporated western technology and in the businessmen that started to use western methods. In China during the self-strengthening movement the western influence had an impact on their society. They incorporated railroads, small scale industries, arsenal factories and they improved structure in many fields. Both nations opened ports for western trade. Japan at first had a limited interaction with western people by establishing just one port for trading. Later on the Japanese government realized that this wasn’t a smart move for their economy since trade was extremely important. The Canton System was the base on which the Chinese relied on. They set strict restrictions...
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...Reading 93 Francisco Jimenez Do you know about illegal people cruzing the line board? Well this is boy name Francisco Jimenez immigrated with his family to California from Tlaquepaque Mexico. He and his family came to the United stated because they wanted a better life. This family passes through very difficult moments.. Francisco had too much travel going to school, having a career and getting his goals true. Frist of all Francisco Jimenez had too much travel going to school. It was difficult to him, he failed his first grade by knowing any of English and even though his teacher reported him to the border patrol he didn’t want to return to Mexico. Francisco enjoyed leaning and he knew that there was no school in El Rancho Blanco. Every year in winter time he had to miss a few months of school to help his parents to support the family working in the fields. Francisco never left the school. Furthermore, Francisco Jimenez wanted to be a teacher and have his career. In addition when he passes to college he was very impact because it was very expensive. Francisco keeps working hard picking fruits in the field but he did pay much, but he never give up. Francisco started to talk and insist more with Mr. Robert Penney his counselor about the way to get into colleges and get a scholarship for the time he will spend there and he got it. More over after a long and difficult hard work Francisco got his goals true. In short Francisco Jimenez got accepted in Santa Maria University...
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...How is the family meeting affective, socialization, reproductive, economic and health care functions (See Chapters 14, 15 and 16 for more detail explanations of functions)? Identify the developmental stage of this family; what are the developmental tasks this family must achieve during this stage? What do you believe is their present ability to achieve these tasks? (See Chapter 5). What are the short and long-term stressors impinging on this family? What strengths counterbalance these stressors? How is the family reacting to these stressors (identify functional and dysfunctional coping strategies)? Formulate one nursing diagnoses for this family. If there is not enough data in the case study to assess the above, what questions/information is needed to assess these criteria? Nursing dx ineffective role performance??? The Smith family case study was very interesting in many ways as I began pin-pointing and comparing their lifestyle to other families I have had the pleasure of meeting and knowing in the healthcare setting as well as out of it. It introduces various, both positive and negative, factors and concepts the family experiences on a daily basis allowing the reader to depict and critique those concepts. Family meeting affectiveness and socialization. An example addressed in this particular case study is the family meeting’s affectiveness. In my opinion the delayed and not often constructive gatherings or meetings the Smith’s have place the family in danger of total familiar...
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...Balancing Work and Family Having enough time for work and family can cause various issues within the family. In today’s society there are more families that have both parents working to provide for the family. When you look at the majority of single parents especially mothers that may only get paid minimum wage and are having to work multiple jobs this can affect the family structure greatly as the children are left with babysitters or family or sometimes even alone. One of the biggest factors families face is family versus money. With the economic decline more individuals are fearful of losing their jobs which can also cause added stress and pressure on the family. Even when individuals are not at the office they may bring their work home so they are investing more time in work than with their family. With the advances in technology we as a society are constantly plugged in this can be a challenge due to not engaging with our children and having quality time with them and our spouses or significant others. When it comes to work-life conflict, studies have found that about half of all working parents say it is difficult to balance career and family responsibilities, with “no significant gap in attitudes between mothers and fathers.” given that mothers’ and fathers’ roles have converged dramatically in the past half century. Since 1965, studies have found that, fathers have tripled the time they spend with their children. Finding the balance between work and family...
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...Social change is being reintroduced through trade and commerce – the idea that social responsibility does not only mean volunteerism and community service, but also by responsible spending. Nowadays, consumers consider social and environmental specifications on their products, aside from the nature of products. A number of consumers would consider buying 100% organic materials compared to those that weren’t. A big percentage of consumers purchased products because of the social or political values of the company that produced the product. Some even said that they’ve supported local or neighborhood businesses. These are examples of a changing mind-set. We can now see a rise of the citizen consumer – and the beginnings of a responsibility revolution. A big number of companies in today’s market, both large and small, are practicing Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in order to achieve organizational sustainability. The concept of organizational sustainability increasingly impacts the nature of organizations’ operations. Green management in organizations has to go beyond regulatory compliance and needs to include conceptual tools such as pollution prevention, product stewardship and corporate social responsibility. Hence, determination and measurement of organizational sustainability does not only consider profit – it should also involve efforts that consider both people and planet. This concept of triple bottom line helps companies to focus on running a business while improving...
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