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    126 MJM 1997 3: 126-132 Copyright © 1997 by MJM CROSSROADS: WHERE MEDICINE AND THE HUMANITIES MEET Human Germline Gene Therapy Torsten O. Nielsen*‚ M.D.C.M.‚ Ph.D. 1 The idea of human germline gene therapy introducing genetic changes into early embryos which become incorporated into all cells of the body and‚ as such‚ are passed on to future generations - has elicited considerable ethical‚ scientific‚ and political controversy. Technological advances have turned what until recently

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    Gender Inequality To: Ken Cornwell SOCI 1010 From: Anita Schlicher Fall/2012 Paper III Gender Inequality There have been vast changes in women’s rights

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    Gender Bias in Education by Amanda Chapman of D ’Youville College "Sitting in the same classroom‚ reading the same textbook‚ listening to the same teacher‚ boys and girls receive very different educations." (Sadker‚ 1994) In fact‚ upon entering school‚ girls perform equal to or better than boys on nearly every measure of achievement‚ but by the time they graduate high school or college‚ they have fallen behind. (Sadker‚ 1994) However‚ discrepancies between the performance of girls and the performance

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    history to prove that these men and women are not treated as if there were an equal condition. There are many instances of discrimination still present today‚ and one place it is most relevant is in the workplace. Not only are workers separated by gender in their place of work‚ but also‚ many women are being segregated inside their own group by race. Suzanne Pharr’s book Homophobia‚ A Weapon of Sexism as well as Alice Kessler-Harris’s article‚ The Wage Conceived are prominent writings that prove

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    selection has built all living things‚ including us. In The Selfish Gene‚ Dawkins defines the basic theory this way: We are survival machines‚ but “we” does not mean just people. It embraces all animals‚ plants‚ bacteria‚ and viruses…An octopus is nothing like a mouse‚ and both are quite different from an oak tree. Yet in their fundamental chemistry they are rather uniform‚ and‚ in particular‚ the replicators which they bear‚ the genes‚ are basically the same kind of molecule in all of us – from bacteria

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    Addiction             Gene Heyman is a psychologist associated with Harvard University‚ who wrote the book‚ Addiction: A Disorder of Choice‚ said‚ “The first people to call addiction a disease were members of the 17th-century clergy. They were looking at alcoholism and they didn’t describe it as sin or as crime. (Gillis‚ Charlie).”  Heyman has a theory as to why society thinks this way; we can not understand why people would voluntarily cause themselves harm. We simply don’t understand why they

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    Race‚ Gender and Social Justice WGS 2250-62‚ Fall 2013Wednesday 7:00-9:40 am Hunziker Hall 202 | Professor Edward JankowskiDept. of Women and Gender StudiesE-mail: jankowskie@wpunj.eduOffice Hours: By appointment | Course Description This course analyzes multiple forms of social oppression and inequality based on race (and color)‚ sex (and gender)‚ sexual orientation (and identity)‚ and class in the United States. It will examine systemic aspects of social oppression in different periods and

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    ELIMINATION DIVISION WP 5 GENDER AND POVERTY* Nilüfer Cagatay May 1998 WORKING PAPER SERIES *The responsibility for opinions in these articles‚ studies and other contributions in this series rests solely with their authors‚ and publication does not constitute an endorsement by the United Nations Development Programme or the institutions of the United Nations system. Table Of Contents Introduction I. II. Women And Poverty: Are Women Poorer? From Women and Poverty to Gender and Poverty A. Engendering

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    After I read about the Vietnam Wars I can infer that the Vietnamese people and culture over the centuries have been very proud and have stayed almost the same over the time periods of war and struggles. It all started in 208 B.C. from what I have read. The Vietnamese people were first invaded by China time and time again and continuously being pushed around. Every single time the Chinese invaded Vietnam‚ Vietnam became a territory of the Chinese. Every single time a rebellion would end up sparking

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    University Press. Axtell‚ R. E. (1985). Do’s and taboos around the world. Elmsford‚ NY: The Benjamin Co. Ayoub‚ M. (1994). Lebanon between religious faith and political ideology. In D. Basso‚ K. H. (1970). To give up on words: Silence in Western Apache culture. Berque‚ J. (1978). Cultural expression in Arab society toda_y (Translated by R. W. Birdsell‚ D. S. (1987). Ronald Reagan on Lebanon and Grenada: Flexibility and interpretation Birdwhistell‚ R. L. (1970). Kinesics and context. Philadelphia‚ PA: University

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