You are what you say The essay‚ " you are what you say " is written by Robin Lakoff‚ a Professor of Linguistics at University of California. She has explicated her view on how English language has functioned to revile and debase women‚ why women are thought to be juvenile‚ dependent and frivolous species. Certain views which makes fair sex less thriving than men. The subject is of great interest as it illustrates that women only say what they mean‚ but what they say is inferred by men in a pejorative
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unchanged; it follows that cultural inertia‚ a topic in sociology‚ is the resistance for a culture to change. Cultural inertia may work to prevent a more desirable or efficient outcome for society. Nevertheless‚ there are often attempts to break free from cultural inertia to increase the quality of life for a group of people. Soylent is one of these attempts. Rhinehart and the other makers of Soylent are seeking to streamline our daily lives by partially doing away with the cultural norm of eating food;
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Monkey Do” and “You Are What You Eat” came from? Although they may sound funny‚ there is truth in both of these statements. When children watch TV‚ do they pay attention to how each gender is being illustrated? Growing up‚ children watched Batman and Scooby-Doo. Children imitated what they saw on TV. Little boys tied bath towels around their necks trying to save helpless girls‚ and little girls played with dresses and makeup like Daphne. These shows start the grooming process to what is acceptable
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If you could change any event in history‚ what would you change and why? Last summer vacation‚ I watched two movies directed by ClintEastwood (Clinton Eastwood Jr.).Their titles ware “Flags of Our Fathers”‚ and “Letters from IWO Jima”. These two movies ware said to have been taken faithful to reality. These movies were released in 2006‚ and these ware famous at that time because they were simultaneously produced at USA and Japan. If I could change any event in history‚ I want to change “The
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questions‚ “If you knew you were going to die tomorrow‚ what three people would you call and why?”‚ many names and faces come to mind. Along with these‚ come a mix of emotion and feelings. Although it is a tough decision‚ my first call would be to my mother. Seeing how she is the woman who brought me into this world‚ it would only be fair that she would be the first to know that I was leaving it. Calling my mom would also serve two other purposes. The first being that my father would more than likely
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strategies. For example‚ if a student were to get stuck on a word‚ they can use the chart to help them decide what to do. Sounding out the word‚ using context clues‚ or asking a neighbor are a few of the suggestions. When going a field trip‚ Mrs. Carey-Sweeney provides her class with an anchor chart that describes the writing assignment that they will do. This way‚ it gives students a guide on what to look for and pay attention to during the field trip because they know they will be writing about it afterwards
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1 million pound spend: 25% in Ryanair shares - currently at c. 3.50 - will be up at 5 in five years time Youngest airplanes (avg age = 3 years)‚ all their fuel costs have been paid for until the end of this year (at a fixed price)‚ they fly larger aircraft on shorter haiul flights‚ which is in demand‚ so recycling of their aircraft will be much easier than say easyjet 15% in agricultural land - world population has just hit the 7bn mark - more mouths to feed. Also‚ the emerging nations diet
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spaceships‚ cars‚ or people on the street. Confused and feeling lost‚ I kept walking down the street hoping that I would eventually find at least one person. Finally I got to the top of a hill and looked down. There were thousands‚ maybe even a few hundred thousand people in the downtown area of this city. I was overwhelmed by the site‚ but I slowly hiked down the hill to see what was going on. There were teams of people playing with an orange bouncy ball and trying to throw it through a hoop
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believe that you can tell a lot about a person by observing what they wear. Is this true? A man in a nice pressed three-piece suit‚ carrying an expensive briefcase is obviously a businessman‚ right? A woman wearing a long ruffled colorful dress‚ with many jewelry pieces around her neck and wrists and colorful beads braided onto her hair must be a hippy or a gypsy‚ right? It is easy to label people based on how they dressed‚ sometimes too easy. Let’s face it; the first thing you do to a person
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That girl you called a slut in class today. She’s a virgin !! The "gay boy" you punched in the hall today. Committed suicide a few minutes ago. The boy you called poor. He has to work every night to support his family. That girl you pushed down the other day. She’s already being abused at home. That girl you called fat. … She’s starving herself. The old man you made fun of cause of the ugly scars. He fought for our country. The boy you made fun of for crying. His mother is
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