FEMALE MATE CHOICE IN POECILIA RETICULATA Abstract: In this experiment we examined female mate preference in the Trinidad guppy‚ Poecilia reticulata. Female guppies prefer to mate with brightly colored males in numerous species. From the jealousy experiment‚ the modeled female is jealous with the other female which is in the same section with 2 different males. The modeled female significantly preferred the males with 1 female than 3 males in other section. Introduction: Intrasexual selection
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FEMALE CIRCUMCISION AND KENYAN LAW: A CASE STUDY Michael A. Stanfield Bioethics Program Iowa State University TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction Introductory Materials Activity Activity Schedule Interest Groups Maendeleo Ya Wanawake Organization (MYWO) Resource 1: Female Genital Mutilation in Kenya Resource 2: Alternative Rite to Female Circumcision Resource 3: Girls Flee Circumcision in Kenya Kenyan Government Representatives Resource 1: Female Genital Mutilation Cases Rise Resource 2: Minister
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CONCERNING THE HIGH LEVEL OF LITERACY FROM WEBSTER’S AND OTHER SYLLABLE-BASED METHODS‚ AND THE OPPOSITION TO THEM Concrete records are available concerning the success of Webster’s speller and those like it with little children. What is surprising is that perhaps the best testimony concerning its success came from someone who spent massive effort trying to remove the Webster speller and those like it. He was one of the change-agents of the period‚ William Andrus Alcott‚ an associate of Gallaudet’s
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threatens all of society. That threat is the growing occurrence of Female Sex Offenders. Many times‚ when a child reports that he/she has been victimized by a female‚ that claim is either not believed‚ or it is perceived as not a big deal.(Center for Sex Offender Management; 2007) Traditionally‚ it has been assumed that sex crimes are perpetrated by males. The result of this assumption is that
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Stereotypes and misconceptions do not define female firefighters and do not prevent them from protecting the the public. In an interview conducted about female firefighters‚ the interviewer‚ a long time reporter of female careers‚ asked Danita Mickens a firefighter in the state of Maryland‚ if females go through a different physical training than males. Mickens responds‚ “All training is through a University in Manfrey. We have to go through the same training hours as the others.” In addition‚ Mickens
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Having Female Friends and Male Friends Keether Tucker English 121 09/01/12 Introduction Some people think that females can’t have male friends with out something going on. On the other hand we as females could say that a man couldn’t have a female friend. Could females and males have a few friends that are different sex‚ now I ask the question are they similar or are they different. They are the same but the roles are different. I use the block format Female Friends and Male Friends
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Male Vs. Female Friendships How different is a friendship with a woman from the one with a man? What do you prefer? Are they the same kind of friendship or does it depend on the person? I have my own opinions to compare and contrast about these two kinds of friendships‚ such as confidence‚ places to go out and the way of thinking. Confidence is very important to establish in a friendship. Confessing something is difficult but when you have someone important who can listen to you and give you
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Selective Female Fetus Killing Picture this‚ you are at the doctors and you have just found out that you are pregnant‚ so many ideas and feelings will run through your body. However‚ not all people react with excitement in most third world countries this can either be a happy moment or the dawn before the pain. At the beginning of history you can see that infanticide has been carried out. From prehistoric times to the times of many great empires‚ the deaths of infants were accepted as a way to
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Female Genital Mutilation By: Kasey Jordana Female genital mutilation is cutting of the female genitals and it was considered a right of passage in Asia‚ Africa‚ and the Middle East. It’s a reflection of inequality between sexes and it is discrimination against women. Most of the time it is done on minors from age infancy to 15 and it is considered violation of rights of children. The procedure violates a persons rights to health because it can hurt you physically or it can even lead
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The Fifth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution forbids the use of coerced confessions in criminal proceedings (Peak et at‚ 2010). However‚ internal investigations are a different matter. The U.S Supreme Court case of Garrity v. New Jersey defined what must be done. The case got its start when officers under investigation for fixing citations were ordered to give statements or be fired (Roufa‚ 2014). The statements were then used to convict the officers and they appealed saying that their statements
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