... At this rate the world's population will double in 47 years. Already, more than 3/4 of a billion people will suffer from malnutrition. Much of the world's hunger problem stems from an uneven food distributions. To feed future populations, agriculture output levels must keep pace with exponential population growths. Unless population growth is slowed, food production shortages and environmental degradation will persist. Today, more than 99 percent of the world's food supply comes from land, the continous production of adequate food supply is directly dependent on land, water, and energy. As the population incre ...

... how society’s view on gender affected a woman’s position in the labor force along with her personal body image. Evaluating an individual by gender is a part of everyday life. Gender places individuals in a certain norm that must be followed, for if not followed s/he is in disconnection with society. Lorber illustrates how society’s “gendering,…or successfully [placing] the other person in a gender status,� is a means to not “feel socially dislocated.� (14) Unfortunately, the gender norms that have developed over history are unequal. Women are looked at as the “abnormal� (17 Tavris) of the gend ...

... The constitution did not contemplate setting any limit on our harmless activities. “If we are willing to set a number upon our liberties, then we are without liberty.�(Cunningham, 1986) The Ninth Amendment makes this point quite clear. “The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.�(Cunningham, 1986) If the citizens of the United States are willing to set a number on the liberties then we will become slaves in our own country. This country has been suppressing the liberties of people through their thwarting of protest ...

... lives at different ranks. Education, everyone needs it to get a halfway descent life today. Technology will be the most important in the future because it could be the answer to most of our problems. The single word that most Americans know and sometimes fear is WAR. It hurts, maims, and kills millions of Americans. And why are wars started? Because some power hungry dictator wants more space, money or natural recourses. I think that a lot of the wars that we have had in countries could have been prevented. Especially with all the new technology we have today. Back when it was George Washington leading h ...

... shifted to the workplace. Know women may be able to work like men but they get paid less and hold less important jobs. This is not because they are less qualified but because they are women. still remains a problem in our society today. Today you see in so many different places, like Commercials, Magazines, and TV shows all take part in , and therefore contribute to the problem of . Just about every add you see in a magazine is some beautiful female, this is not how females should be portrayed. Very seldom do you see a everyday female that is working in these adds. takes place everyday. is found in the work plac ...

... in an effort to help minorities and immigrants leap the discriminative barriers that were ever so present when the bill was first enacted, in 1965. At this time, the country was in the wake of nationwide civil-rights demonstrations, and racial tension was at an all time high. Most of the corporate executive and managerial positions were occupied by white males, who controlled the hiring and firing of employees. The U.S. government, in 1965, believed that these employers were discriminating against minorities and believed that there was no better time than the present to bring about change. This action, that started ...

... society;smoking, drinking, and violence. The author refers to these as part of the "masculine code of conduct" an item every male must follow verbatim. "On Self-respect " faces the every day pressures of adolescent life. The main premise of this essay is that you must respect yourself for anyone to respect you. Both essay's rely on self respect to relate to the rites of passage in today's society. Peer pressure is a very major dilemma in that friends or peers try to get a person to do what they, the majority, like and not what the individual likes. Peers create some of the so-called rites, then when on ...

... numbers of people it is no laughing matter. "Intended as an informational conduit for researchers, academicians, students and computer professionals, the Internet… now hosts a growing number of lay users, and a growing number of addicts", says Sarah Lehrman, a psychiatrist who, realizing the problem, has started an on-line support group for users hooked on cyberspace (58). This new addiction, developed by our technological nation, has become a "condition from which an estimated 5 million Americans suffer, or one out of every nine Internet users", estimates the author of Digital Drug Marilyn Elias (13). Acc ...

... that this mother gave was filled with love and compassion. Many parents to comfort children while explaining divorce use doublespeak and jargon. Doublespeak is language that makes the bad seem good, and the negative appear positive (William Lutz, "The World of Doublespeak." 188). There are many ways that parents can explain to their children that they are getting divorced. Children usually know when their parents aren't happy and may feel confused about the situation. Barb Clark, a divorce counselor and psychologist, suggests different ways to communicate to your children about divorce. She recommends ...

... and they're willing to pay a premium to be protected from the elements. If they can find someone who can afford it, they will even put their sports stadiums under a gigantic bowl, and they love to stay indoors for a day of shopping, perhaps never seeing the sun from the time they first enter until they leave, hours later, relieved of money, oxygen, and much money. Second, Americans love convenience and, except during the crush of major holidays, malls offer plenty of convenient parking. A happy, enormous island of commerce in a sea of asphalt, the mall offers plenty of docking points — usually next to major commerc ...