Gay Child Adoption: There is no Middle Ground

Introduction The word gay is the term used to refer to same-sex relationships in which two partners from the same sex choose to live together as a married couple. However, though the term has popularly been used to refer to male same-sex partners while their female counterparts go by the...

Animals Should Be Used for Scientific Testing

Introduction The reality of the contemporary world includes different testing processes maintained and used all over the world for better improvement of peoples’ lives and further researches in the scientific framework. Scientific thought goes farther than it is known for today. Right at this moment throughout the world scholars are...

Self-Analysis Options: Gender Differences

The treatment of genders in language (How do genders communicate in within a hair salon environment): Male vs female (especially in a female driven setting? female and female? Could also discuss how the treatment of language is between Landis (the heterosexual male salon owner) and his female employees. Number of...

Immigration: Reasons and Main Problems

Immigration in United States has been high since the time of its reputation as the “New World” especially during Westward extension. This issue has been a subject of concern in the nineteenth century (Walker, 1896) as well as in the twenty-first century (CNN, 2008). Immigration issues has been a vital...

Racial Segregation in the United States

Introduction The Civil rights were signed by president Lyndon in the year 1965; it was meant to end the ill-treatment that Blacks and other minority groups were being subjected to. Though there has been a change that has been noticed over the past years since the signing there is still...

Basque and Catalan Ethno-Nationalistic Movements

Introduction The society and community of Spain has gone through tremendous transformations over time immemorial. The particulate transformation that this paper is interested in spans the developments that have characterised the time frame of the Françoism and the Post Francoism eon to date. The paper will zero in other dynamics...

Gender Studies. Wal-Mart and Sex Discrimination

Wal-Mart is one of the biggest retailers involved in anti-ethical issues and violations of workers’ rights and freedoms. Discrimination based on sex and gender differences is the main problem for many workers. The downgrading of women’s work has been a foremost cause of the current status problems of women. Even...

Alcoholism and Its Influences on Family

Introduction In this paper, we are going to discuss the dangerous influence of alcoholism on family. In particular, we need to focus on such issues as the rupture of family ties and alienation of parents and children. For this purpose, we may refer to various scholarly articles dedicated to this...

Ethics of Athletes Using Performance Enhancing Drugs

Drug testing began as an intervention to remove any unfair advantage that an athlete who uses drugs might have. This reason was especially valid for drugs such as central nervous system (CNS) stimulants and anabolic steroids–two groups of drugs that are believed to improve physical performance and endurance. The banning...

Rhetoric of “Ground Zero” by Suzanne Berne

Introduction In her essay Ground Zero, Suzanne Berne explores the aftermaths of September 11 attacks. In particular, the author tries to render this feeling of loss and incredulity in the hearts of many American people. The work describes her pilgrimage to the site of the World Trade Center, and she...

Legal Rights of Students With Disabilities

Introduction Children with disabilities make up a group of the population, requiring special education services. The Individuals With Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), which was enacted under the administration of President Ford in 1975, has become a significant base for guaranteeing the special educational services to children with disabilities. On the...

Hate Groups’ Evolution in the USA in 1949-2009

Introduction The United States is considered to be one of the most successful multi-religious and multiethnic societies in the world; despite this fact, the history of the country is blighted by a number of deplorable incidents of ethnical, racial, homophobic, and antireligious violence motivated by social prejudices. (Schaefer, 2010) It...

Interracial Marriages and Immigration

Introduction Like it or not, America is a nation of immigrants (Kennedy 10). Eight great waves of immigration fueled, first, the expansion to the West and Southwest and second, grew the mighty sinews of an industrializing America from the late 19th century onward. Along the way, resentment of the new...

Ideology and Social Movements in Modern China

Introduction Nowadays, many overly naïve people believe that it is namely the specific form of political governing in every particular country, which defines its citizens’ existential mode. However, when we adopt a historical approach towards analysing the actual essence of political ideologies, it will appear these ideologies closely relate to...

Pornography – No Harm No Foul?

Introduction To most, the word ‘pornography’ quickly brings to mind other terms such as immoral, degenerate behavior, both on the actors and viewer’s part. This society, through its justice system, punishes many types of behavior generally deemed immoral and degenerate. So why shouldn’t pornography be illegal and those who engage...

Race and Ethnic Gangs in Chicago and Los Angeles

Introduction The chapter on Race and Ethnicity throws the spotlight on the ethnic gangs that have made Chicago and the Southside of Los Angeles grist for national headlines and evening news broadcasts. This section of the book aims for a dispassionate analysis of the variations across gangs by nationality or...

Utopia as a Mythic Destination for Society

Introduction Since the time of the early Greek philosophers, there has been a continuing pursuit to establish an ideal society that could aid or make life a little bit better than what is usually experienced even in a perfectly stable or well-functioning government. The need to seek utopia is even...

The Human Rights Issue in Rwanda

Human skulls and rotting bodies were scattered all over. Vultures circled hungrily looking for a place to land and devour the abundant supply of food. Hungry children clutched firmly on their empty plates waiting for the next humanitarian aid to arrive and distribute the little food and other medical supplies...

Drug Use Among Young British People

Introduction Drug use and abuse among British youth have been on the increase, especially in the recent past. This has raised much concern to most parents and the country in general. This has led to the question as to why most of these youth have turned to drugs. In response,...

Moving to the United States: Causes and Effects

Introduction Leaving ones country is always a strenuous decision one is forced to make especially when it is a long time one. This is especially so when one is leaving a peaceful and stable nation to seek greener pastures. On the other hand it can also be an exciting endeavor....

Masculinity and Femininity as Different Cultures

It is no doubt that men and women are different in many ways. First of all, they are different in their physiology and psychology, perform different social roles, dress in different ways, etc. The question is if they are really so different that they can be referred to as bearers...

Gender Influences on Men and Women Differences

Introduction “Many pop psychologists (like John Gray, author of Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus) and also more serious natural scientists (like endocrinologists, who focus on hormone research) tend to perpetuate existing gender stereotypes by trying to persuade us that there exist essential differences between men and women”....