... wondered if and when freedom would ever come to them. What is this thing called freedom? The definition given in Webster’s College Dictionary states the following: 1. the state of being free or at liberty rather than in confinement or under physical 2. exemption from external physical control. 3. the power to determine action without restraint. 4. political or national independence. 5. personal liberty: slaves who bought their freedom. 6. exemption; immunity: freedom from fear. 7. the absence or release from ties or obligations. 8. ease or facility of movement or action. 9. frankness of manner or speech. 10. a lib ...

... proves time and time again that aggression and television viewing do go hand in hand. The truth about has been shown. Some are trying to fight this problem. Others are ignoring it and hoping it will go away. Still others don’t even seem to care. However, the facts are undeniable. The studies have been carried out and all the results point to one conclusion: Television violence causes children to be violent and the effects can be life-long. The information can't be ignored. Violent television viewing does affect children. The effects have been seen in a number of cases. In New York, a 16-year-old boy broke into a c ...

... a molding of ourselves together with what is said to be normal in society instead of using our differences to enhance ourselves as humans. Known for having strong opinions, Malcolm X seems to be an unlikely victim of blind conformity. However, as shown in his essay, My First Conk, Malcolm X, in fact, was victimized by this malignant disease. Straightening black hair, though, is just one impulse that is bought on by blind conformity. Changing one's self to look or behave like another because it is more desired by the public is due to a disregarding of one' s self-claimed morals and values, an over emphasis of th ...

... do not actually depict the average person. Instead, advertisers create a stereotype that will appeal to the opposite gender's needs and desires. Attributes that appeal to male stereotypes include power, prestige, good health and longevity, sex, and new experiences. Attributes that appeal to female stereotypes include comfort, family affection, tenderness, fear, romance, generosity, and sensory pleasure. Advertisers, therefore, use actors or actresses who can trigger an emotional response from one of the above-mentioned attributes, encouraging the consumer to buy the product. Since effectiveness is gender linked, demo ...

... will panic, and desperately try to take the weight off. They are not aware that once the physical changes during this time cease, their weight will usually stable off and go to their bodies natural set point, without the need for dieting. Once they start losing weight, people might compliment them, which would make them feel good. They may start to believe that losing weight will make them happier, but no matter how much weight is lost, it is never enough, and they are never happy. Going through puberty early can be very upsetting, especially if the teenager is being subjected to sexual advances. These advance ...

... think liberals, or others for that matter, should have much problem with the clause dealing with assault, since a causal connection to specific works is demanded by it. However, s. 3.2(iii) which deals with trafficking would be very problematic for liberals and legal conservatives because it creates a cause of action for a person contrary to the traditional conception of a rights holder's cause of action. This subsection reads: Any woman has a claim hereunder as a woman acting against the subordination of women. Any man, child or transsexual who alleges injury by pornography in the ...

... world, who have studied nonhuman primates, argue that these animals possess the capacity to communicate. They go on to explain that a communication barrier is all that separates humans from animals. If they bridged that barrier, then humans could talk with animals. Beatrice and Robert Gardner, two psychologists of the University of Nevada, realized that the pharynx and larynx of the chimpanzee are not suited for human speech. Since chimpanzees are far superior to humans in manual dexterity, the Garners decided to try to teach chimpanzees American Sign Language or Ameslan. The Gardners and others studied these c ...

... product of social aspects rather than biological. The most influential aspect that affects the gender rules of women and men is the social. When somebody says social, it means family, friends, neighbors and the whole society. The most important source of pressure of a society is the family. The members of a family are always mentioning what to do, how to dress, where to go, and more. A clear example of how that family or a member of a family influences a lot in the gender behavior of a person is the little Dorothy, who is discriminated in the use of guns by her Uncle Bo in Gun Crazy. Although Dorothy knows that ...

... the previous domestic system. The new system was the factory system. Children were used in this system from as young as the age of five. Children were used extensively to tend the machines. Children were also used in coal mines, from as young an age as six. These children would work long hours in the dark and damp mines, often carrying coal in packs on their backs up long ladders to the surface. During the 1830's the English Parliament decided to create an investigation into the mistreatment of child laborors. One child in a textile mill testified that he began working when he was eight years of age and since tha ...

... president was lenient on the southern whites and because of this, the southern whites were able to do what they pleased. Consequently, they then passed the black codes. The black codes were laws that took away black’s privileges. An economic privilege taken away from the blacks was their right to vote. Without the black’s rights, they were kept enslaved because they were not able to do anything and had to depend on the whites. They were now dependent on the white southerners because they had no land and couldn’t vote to do anything about the land they lost. They had to depend on the whites for survival. Later ...