Can gender norms be re-constructed through resistance of individuals in Hong Kong? A. Introduction What does it mean to be gay or lesbian or bisexual? Is it a matter of love? Sex? Desire? Identity? Biology? Politics? Or choice? The debates on gay law proposal in 2013 have provoked fierce responses from different domains of the society. The term “sexual minorities” has bombarded us with blur images about those people whose sexual identities or originations are deviant from the social norms. Resistance
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1. What are the five major categories of ratios‚ and what questions do they answer? * Liquidity: Can we make required payments as they fall due? * Asset management: Do we have the right amount of assets for the level of sales? * Debt management: Do we have the right mix of debt and equity? * Profitability: Do sales prices exceed unit costs‚ and are sales high enough as reflected in NPM‚ ROE‚ and ROA? * Market value: Do investors like what they see as reflected in P/E and
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After watching President Kennedy’s inaugural address and supposing that I opposed President Kennedy’s ideas‚ the steps that I would take to evaluate his arguments can be found in this week’s chapter on p. 219 and are as follows: • Step 1: After fully listening to President Kennedy’s argument‚ I would identify any hidden premises that might have been included in the argument. If any part of the argument was complex‚ I would make sure to break down all parts of the argument that were expressed
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confident in their distorted or false memories‚ and often go on to describe the pseudo memories in substantial detail. The process of interpretation occurs at the very formation of memory therefore introducing distortion from the beginning. Witnesses can distort their own memories without the help of examiners‚ police officers or lawyers. Rarely do we tell a story or recount events without a purpose. Every act of telling and retelling is tailored to a particular listener; we would not expect someone to listen
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developing technology to humanity losing its freedom because of it. After reading the text‚ I concluded that my pre-reading analysis was right. The author takes ample amount of time to accentuate the fact that the filter bubble‚ on the Internet‚ distorts our perception. The author did not exactly come out and say that he is against filtering technology‚ but instead he explained what this may do to society. Scanning this article before
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Einsatzgruppen Einsatzgruppen is a mobile killing squad which was secretly formed in 1941 by the Germans when The Final Solution idea was in play. The Einsatzgruppen (German for ‘Action Group’) started off with the method of going into village by village shooting those that were named the ‘Undesirables’ The Undesirables were the people of Jewish‚ Russian and Communist community which they were mostly targeted by the Germans as obvious‚ the Nazi’s did not favour these communities. With this method
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English A Form 1Wordlist aristocrat- a member of a class that enjoys certain privileges and responsibilities by birth; a leader in society because of wealth‚ talent‚ or intelligence balmy- mild‚ soft‚ soothing blemish- any mark of imperfection; a surface flaw farce- a short‚ broadly comic play; a ridiculous affair or action‚ an absurd failure. gaudy- brightly colored and showy but in bad taste. mimic- to imitate closely‚ usually with a comic effect. protrude- to stick out from the surface
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as they like‚ all while online connections are leading to dwindling human connections. Social media is like a self-portrait and users can portray themselves in any manner‚ Rosen says‚"...self-portraits can at once expose and obscure‚ clarify and distort." With the power to create their image‚ users of social networks become more involved online then offline and are changing the norm for people’s daily life. Social networks are growing their user base and becoming more prevalent in daily life.
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In The Last Samurai protagonist Nathan Algren grows fond of his Bushi captors sympathizing with their supposedly “simple” ways like the Natives he had fought in the Great Sioux War. The film’s message is clear‚ like the Natives the Bushi were a relic doomed by industrial modernization and the triumph of western norms. This Eurocentric and sentimentalist understanding of the emerging Meiji period results in a portrayal of the samurai as rusticated and anti-modern‚ fundamentally misrepresenting Bushi
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They live in illusions‚ with the memories of reality in the past‚ similar to 1984‚ where history is important to accepting of their reality. This play shows how characters distort truths to accept the fact that they cannot understand each other. Amanda alludes to her past‚ and is untruthful to herself in order to cope with her reality. She cannot understand her children’s’ ways. As a mother‚ she remembers her youthful experiences
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