Social Issues Essays
Television Drugs and Alcohol
Television Drugs and Alcohol Television Violence Violence in television, is it turning our children into violent, destructive, and hateful toddlers. Yes or no? In today’s society television plays such a big role in our everyday lives that it is hard to see if it effects our children’s behavior. Television has the potential of being a very constructive learning tool, if used correctly. On the other hand if used in a destructive manner it could, hypothetically, tur...
Television Families
Television Families Television is not just a form of entertainment, but it is an excellent form of study of society’s view concerning its families. This study focuses on the history of television beginning in the early 1950s and will run through present day. It examines the use of racial, ethnic and sexual stereotypes to characterize the players of these shows. The examples assist in tracing what has happened to the depiction of the American family on prime time television. It...
Terrorism
Terrorism Terrorism in the Webster’s New American Dictionary is defined as “the systematic use of intense fear as a means of coercion.” In this day and age, the term terrorism is more than just the use of intense fear as a means of coercion but includes the use of terrorism as a means of revenge and pure sport and also as a means of suppression. While the dictionaries definitions says that it is the use coercion to promote certain ideologies, some of the most cleverly hidd...
The Apathy of Generation X
The Apathy of Generation X Subject: Political Science Title: The Apathy of Generation X For the past 25 years it has been wondered why the young people of America have shared the same apathetic attitude towards politics as the older generation of Americans. Indeed, the issues concerning young voters are just as important as those concerning older voters. Why the newest voters choose to abstain their right has long been studied. While it has been proven that the vote of young peo...
Rise of the American Women
Rise of the American Women The rise of the “American” women There are many things that were impacted after the World War I and World War II. For instance, there was the “great migration” that changed the lives of an estimate of a half of a million African-Americans, which were given the opportunity to migrate from the South to the North. They were given the opportunity to find new jobs in the south as well as the north; they could now purchase their ow...
Same Sex Marriage
Same-Sex Marriage Same-Sex Marriage “Each individual’s journey through life is unique. Some will make this journey alone, others in loving relationships- maybe in marriage or other forms of commitment. We need to ponder our own choices and try to understand the choices of others. Love has many shapes and colors and is not finite. It can not be measured or defined in terms of sexual orientation.” (From the Statement of Affirmation and Reconciliation by the Quaker Meet...
School Dress Code
School Dress Code When thinking about what a school uniform might look like, Angus Young of AC/DC comes to mind. His uniform, or performance costume, is that of an English schoolboy, dressed in a suit type uniform with shorts instead of pants and a funky golfers hat. A group of girls and boys all wearing the same colored uniforms assembled in front of the catholic school down the block is another picture that comes to my mind when thinking about school uniforms. The image of sch...
School Shootings and Their Causes
School Shootings and Their Causes On April 20, 1999, in the moderately sized town of Littleton, Colorado, at approximately 11:20 a.m., two young men, Eric Harris, 18, and Dylan Klebold, 17, stormed into Columbine High School. No more than twenty minutes later, 15 people were dead, including the two of them, and another twenty-three wounded (Gibbs 28-29). Knowing that the duo are teenagers, and probably played many violent video games and watched hundreds of violent shows, pe...
School Vouchers An Overview
School Vouchers - An Overview “Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country.” — John Fitzgerald Kennedy. Throughout the thousands of political speeches given during our country’s history, there might not be a better anthem for political participation on an individual level. After letting JFK’s famous phrase sink in it is obvious that he wanted the American people to take charge of their political and social futures. Kennedy real...
Sexual Abuse 2
Sexual Abuse 2 Sexual abuse plagues people of all shapes, sizes, ethnicity’s, and backgrounds. It can include anything from making a sexual reference, to someone feeling uncomfortable and even rape. In this project, we will break down the different types of sexual abuse and explain why they occur all over the world, every single day. First it is best to define the most violent kind of sexual abuse, which is rape. Rape is the forceful or non-forceful attempt or action of a ...
Sexual Abuse
Sexual Abuse The impact of sexual abuse reaches all levels of a childs emotions. These emotions and the effects are listed below: Confusion: This is usually the initial reaction of the child. They will usually question, “What is going on?” and ” Is this right or wrong?”. For a young child these types of questions can be an emense burden on their physcological development. Once the abuse begins the victim experience a tremnedous conflict with their emotion...
Sexual Harassment
Sexual Harassment Over the years, many people have believed that the issue of sexual harassment should not be discussed in public. Sexual harassment was to be discussed behind closed doors. In spite of this, the social and political systems have changed instantaneously. This social problem has affected men and women throughout time, however, it seems that the women of our society more closely look at this issue. This social topic has encouraged women to establish organi...
Should Racist Speech Enjoy Protection under the First Amendment
Should Racist Speech Enjoy Protection under the First Amendment Prejudice and racial stereotyping are two of this country’s greatest problems today. Many people in our society have tried to find ways to eliminate or at least limit these types of behavior, but have met with very limited, if any, success. Because of the complex nature of racism and racist acts, coupled with the fact the first amendment prohibits the government from limiting the publics’ ...
Should a moment of silence be legal in public schools
Should a moment of silence be legal in public schools In 1962 the Supreme Court decided that public schools did not have the power to authorize school prayer. This decision made public school in the U.S. more atheistic than many European nations. For example, crosses still hang on the classroom walls in Poland, and the Ten Commandments are displayed in Hungary. There are prayers held at the beginning of legislative and judicial sessions and every President has mentioned a divine...
Smoking
Smoking Everyday 3,000 children start smoking, most them between the ages of 10 and 18. These kids account for 90 percent of all new smokers. In fact, 90 percent of all adult smokers said that they first started smoking as teenagers. These statistics clearly show that young people are the prime target in the tobacco wars. Smokers say they need to smoke because it makes them feel good and more relaxed. It helps to concentrate more and feel at ease. Or, they may just need to smok...
Social Cognition
Social Cognition Social cognition is a sub field of social psychology that studies the mental representation and the processes that underlie social perception, social judgment, and social influence. Social cognition gives humans the ability to deal with socializing components that compound the elements of socialization. These elements can sometimes hurt us more than the usual help. Thanks to the ability of thought we can better understand this process of socialization and break ...
Social Comparison between Morocco and Pakistan
Social Comparison between Morocco and Pakistan Abstract For those of us located within the United States, we often take or granted the nornal day to day business operations. Though the United States has a mix of several distict cultures, most companies operate in the same manner. In fact, Americans often make the mistake of assuming that standard business models are the norm in other countries as well. For the corporate executive charged with creating an overseas operation, lack...
Social Welfare in the United States
Social Welfare in the United States Introduction (History of Welfare): The United States is the richest country in the world. Our democratic system of government and free market economy has the potential to provide all citizens an equal opportunity to live a decent and productive life. Despite all the resources, millions of Americans still live in poverty (LeVert, 1995). The welfare system in the United States is very complicated. There are many goals that the government is ...
Preferred Hiring Practices
Preferred Hiring Practices In recent years preferential hiring has become an issue of great interest. Preferential hiring, which was devised to create harmony between the different races and sexes, has divided the lines even more. Supporters on both sides seem fixed in their positions and often refuse to listen to the other group’s platform. In this essay, the recipients of preferential hiring will be either black or female, and the position in question will be a professor...
Press Freedom
Press Freedom From the moment she stepped foot outside, Princess Diana of Whales had camera lenses and microphones pushed in her face. She was constantly pursued and for this reason she sometimes had to hide or disguise herself in order to avoid the unyielding persistence and constant harassment of the press. Eugene Robinson, a journalist in England said, “For the tabloids, day in and day out, no story is bigger than the royal family. All the tabloids employ royal-watching...
Prison System
Prison System Prison inmates, are some of the most “maladjusted” people in society. Most of the inmates have had too little discipline or too much, come from broken homes, and have no self-esteem. They are very insecure and are “at war with themselves as well as with society” (Szumski 20). Most inmates did not learn moral values or learn to follow everyday norms. Also, when most lawbreakers are labeled criminals they enter the phase of secondary deviance. They will admit...
Privilege and Justice
Privilege and Justice Privilege & Justice Privilege, like a beautiful gift, comes in many shapes and sizes. The value of a privilege is infinite depending on who the recipient is. The privilege of luxury bestowed upon a wealthy person may not be as greatly cherished as the privilege of health insurance given to a person of a lower economic class. In our world today, privilege is dispersed in many forms and among many social classes. However, privilege seems to favor th...
Pro Capital Punishment
Pro Capital Punishment In the eighteenth century,England would punish by death for pickpocketing and petty theft. Ever since the 1650’s colonist could be put to death for denying the true god or cursing their parents advocates. Capital Punishment have clashed almost continuously in the forum of public opinion in state legislatures and most recently in courts. In 1972,the case of furman vs.Georgia reached the supreme court. The court decided that punishment by death did ind...
Pro Euthanasia
Pro Euthanasia Throughout the twentieth century, major scientific and medical advances have greatly enhanced the life expectancy of the average person. However, there are many cases where doctors can preserve life artificially. The term euthanasia has recently been employed by some scientific men in advocating the reasonableness of relieving the sufferings of those afflicted with incurable disease bye administering to the anesthetics or narcotics in sufficient doses to prove fat...
Questioning the Constitutionality of Celebrating Religious Holidays at Public Expense
Questioning the Constitutionality of Celebrating Religious Holidays at Public Expense It is unconstitutional for local, state or federal governments to favor one religion over another? Government can show favoritism toward religion by displaying religious symbols in public places at taxpayer expense, by sponsoring events like Christmas concerts, caroling, or by supporting the teaching of religious ideas. It appears the United States government has had a history of favoring Chris...