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    Deviance – Any violation of a widely held norm. Crime – An act that has been declared illegal by some authority. Deviance‚ like beauty‚ is in the eyes of the beholder. There is nothing inherently deviant in any human act‚ something is deviant only because some people have been successful in labeling it so. (J. L Simmons) The definition of the situation implies that if you define a situation as real‚ it is real only in its consequences. What is deviance? Technically deviance is any violation

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    Lets start this by defining beauty-Well‚ I think it’s something that is pleasing to eyes. What about a beautiful thought? Well then beauty has to be pleasing to mind and what about beautiful music? So lets just extend it and say-beautiful to our ears. Wait didn’t we leave a few things behind? like for instance beautiful smell‚ and beautiful texture? and a beautiful poem or literature or work of art? Wow So beauty may involve a perception of pleasure to all our senses....Yes indeed I think that’s

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    McNulty‚ J.‚ Neff‚ L.‚ Karney‚ B. (2008). Journal of Family Psychology. Beyond Initial Attraction: Physical Attractiveness in Newlywed Marriage‚ 22(1)‚ 135-143. “Beauty lies in the eye of the beholder”. A famous statement that normally holds true. However‚ how long will this beauty last in the beholder’s eye? Will physical appearance affect a relationship over time as the relationship deepens and develops? A study was conducted by James K. McNulty‚ Lisa A. Neff‚ and Benjamin R. Karney

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    into your head when you hear Africa? Before coming to Africa‚ I pictured a big‚ open‚ sandy desert‚ packed with elephants‚ zebras‚ and cheetahs. For you‚ it may be different but if you’ve never been here‚ you probably can’t picture everything that lies within this complex continent. If you asked me that same question now after being in africa my answer would be townships. Townships are areas originally created in times of Apartheid. Their original purpose was to separate races‚ blacks‚ coloreds‚

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    The Eye of the Beholder Beauty is all around us. It is in everything we do and see. What one may view as beautiful another may disagree. It all depends on the person and the insight they have and the things around them. Beauty has many different elements and functions. Dictionar.com states “the quality present in a thing or person that gives intense pleasure or deep satisfaction to the mind‚ whether arising from sensory manifestations (as shape‚ color‚ sound‚ etc.)‚ a meaningful design or pattern

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    beauty in the eye of the beholder‚ and is it only skin-deep?” This saying (eyes of the beholder) first appeared in the 3rd century BC in Greek. (2) This issue will be discussed in the following paragraph. The other will be mentioned after that. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder means that each person sees things differently. Someone or something that one finds beautiful‚ another person does not. That is why‚ beauty is truly in the eye of the beholder. As to skin-deep

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    Beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder This phrase " beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder" was written by Shakespeare‚ the famous author of many good classical English novels and literature. Anybody who read  English literature should know who Shakespeare is‚ otherwise ‚ he will look very foolish. What is the meaning of this phrase ? It simply means that the perception of beauty is different for different people. There is a similar Chinese saying " Each type of flower attracts different admirers

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    Beauty in the eye of the beholder! Cultures in the 21st century- • African Culture • Maori Culture • Eskimo/Inuit Culture African culture in the 21st century- • In the African culture the ladies wore bright coloured clothes with a piece of patterned fabric wrapped around the head. If they didn’t have a piece of fabric wrapped around their head they had dangling beads around their forehead. • In African culture women were thought to be beautiful if they had the bright colours men thought

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    Beauty is in the Eye of the Beholder We have all looked at magazines and seen the portrayal of the perfect man or woman‚ but is that necessarily the only perspective we should have? Every day‚ you come across average people with countless insecurities and it’s all because society says they aren’t good enough. Whether it’s changing the color of their hair or becoming part of a weight watching program people are constantly trying to conform themselves to receive acceptance. Media has ruined us. Daily

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    Justice is in the eye of the beholder There is a very distinct difference between justice and law. I believe that they have a few similarities but a different part to play in the legal system. Justice is like the ultimate goal that civilization has been aiming towards since the beginning of societies. The law is the tool we use‚ and have been using for hundreds of years‚ as our method to find justice. Through the evolution of the law‚ from Hammurabi and the Babylonian law‚ our perspectives have

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