necessity. For example‚ women are mistreated and undervalued in athletics. Sharon Lennon‚ author of What is Mine‚ was taught this lesson young‚ as an excellent female softball player on a male team. After asking to play catcher in a game‚ the coach responded‚ "All right but you’ll have to wear a cup" (Lennon‚ 215). This continues through less attention and money allotted to female teams‚ as well as fewer and lower-valued scholarships for female athletes. In academics‚ women also suffer from sexism
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Depression is currently the fourth most common cause of disability worldwide (Culbertson‚ 1997). With depression being such a large issue in society‚ it cannot be looked at as a “one size fits all‚” particularly when it comes to examining gender differences associated with mental health disorders (Smith and Jaffe‚ 2012). There are many social causes prevalent in society‚ varying by gender‚ which contributes to the risk of being diagnosed with depression or the rate to which they experience depression
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African-American women continue to be sorely in need of an anti-rape to have this matter changed. According to the 2010 U.S. Census‚ 13.6% of the population self-identified as African-American (Rastogi‚ Johnson‚ Hoeffel‚ & Drewery‚ 2011). African-American women reported substantial rates of criminal and sexual victimization‚ including rape and violence. Specifically‚ 18.8% of African-American women in the National Violence Against Women Survey and 22% of African-American women in the National Intimate
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Internalized Racism Among African-American Women: A Journey to Wholeness introduction The legacy of racism in American spans some two hundred years and has been linked to a number of behavioral and mental health problems for people of color and especially African Americans. For African Americans‚ the struggle to understand and cope with the insidious affects of racism dates back to slavery and are as real today as they were during that time (Gilbert et al 2009). African Americans are regularly exposed
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There is health crisis among young African Americans‚ and prudishness‚ politics‚ and lack of focused resources is damaging our ability to respond. The salient facts are these: one in four new HIV infections in the United States occur in people under the age of 22. AIDS is already the sixth leading cause of death among 15 to 24 year olds in the United States (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention‚ 1996) and the leading cause of death among 25 to 44 year olds. In the 12 month period preceding
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Depression Among the Elderly Though depression and anxiety are common throughout the life cycle; depression and older age have commonly been associated with one another (Mulsant‚ 1998). Unfortunately‚ many elderly people are not satisfied and look at this stage as depressing. After years of planning‚ dreaming‚ and expecting the golden years to be the highlight of one ’s life‚ the increased number of stressors related to aging causes feelings of depression. Depression can happen at any age from
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Mistreated Minorities During the 1920’s and 1930’s‚ the Great Depression hit America unexpectedly. Men and women feared the future after World War I‚ and the Stock Market crash. They could not bare the sight of the country drowning in debt and unemployment. Farmers were forced to move from midwest states‚ such as‚ Kansas‚ Oklahoma‚ Texas‚ and others to find work. Other midwestern land owners bought more property so they could produce a higher abundance of crops in order to make the same amount of
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Illiteracy Among African Americans Becca White Writing 123 Instructor Sydney Darby 27 May 2008 Illiteracy is a growing issue in America. The U.S. Department of Education funded the National Adult Literacy Survey (NALS) in 1992 that estimates over 90 million Americans fall well below an eight grade literacy level (Rome‚ 2004‚ pp. 84). Nowhere is this tragedy more prevalent than among the impoverished African Americans. Illiteracy has always been higher among African Americans now the gap
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Women and Depression Christina Eddy October 2012 Women and Depression WOMEN AND DEPRESSION Introduction A. What is causing more women to be depressed then men? B. Depression is one of the leading causes of death in women today. 2. Depression in women is caused by many different reasons a. Hormonal changes due to pre menopause and menopausal conditions. b. Women of all ages seem to suffer from depression at one time
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divided by the number of live births that year. Infant mortality rate is very important as it relates to the health of pregnant women‚ children and infants and it’s associated with maternal health‚ quality and access to medical care‚ socioeconomic conditions‚ and public health practices. The most important purpose of this review is to examine and understand why African American infants are disproportionately affected and the factors(Low birth weight‚ preterm birth weight and very low birth weight and
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