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    Discrimination of Girls

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    Discrimination against female children has been a topic of debate. It has been a subject of concern and sociological significance. This subject raises the cultural aspects about the role of a female child in society‚ what her human rights are as a human being and a number of sensitive issues.This issue is important because there is nearly universal consensus on the need for gender equality.[1] Gender based discrimination against female children is pervasive across the world. It is seen in all the

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    Still I Rise

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    Still I Rise” Poem Analysis “Still I Rise” was written by Maya Angelou‚ who is an African-American poet. A majority of her poems are written on slavery and life as a African- American woman. “Still I Rise” is one of the many well known. She discusses how she is treated differently and refers to her ancestry and relates to events they went through during the time of slavery and the events she continues to go through during her time period of life. “This poem has been an inspiration to people

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    Still I Rise

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    Dawson 1 China Dawson Dr. Geraldine Seay ENC 1102 16 October 2012 Still I Rise In the poem “Still I Rise” by Maya Angelou‚ Angelou uses strong words to describe how she feels. She uses words like sassiness‚ haughtiness‚ and sexiness‚ to describe herself. She asks her enemy does her sassiness‚ haughtiness‚ and sexiness upset or offends them. Angelou is speaking to her audience of oppressors about how she had overcome racism‚ criticism‚ sexism‚ and personal obstacles in her life with pride

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    Still a Man's World

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    In the article "Still a Man’s World—Men Who Do ‘Women’s Work’"‚ written by Christine L. Williams she discusses the occupations which are predominately "women’s jobs" and the benefits and challenges of men doing those jobs. It goes into detail about four particular jobs‚ nursing‚ elementary teaching‚ librarian‚ and social work. The first thought that came to me when reading this article‚ was the scene from "Meet the Parents" when they make fun of Greg for being a registered nurse. I think that

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    Ranch Girl

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    Creative Writing Reader Response # 3 Ranch Girl by Maile Meloy from Contemporary American Short Fiction The story is told in second person‚ which gives the reader a sense of being in the story‚ at the same time being an observer. It begins with telling you where you stand in the socio-economics’ and in the eyes of your peers. “If you’re white‚ and you’re not rich or poor but somewhere in the middle‚ it’s hard to have worse luck than be born a girl on the Ranch. It doesn’t matter if your father

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    Is The Earth Still Green?

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    Is The Earth Still Green? In the book of Genesis‚ the Lord has created the Earth likened to be a paradise. Beautiful sunrises‚ breath-taking sunsets‚ fresh air‚ mountains lush with tall trees and abundant sources of food are just some of the faces that qualify Eden as bliss. Then God has commanded Adam and Eve‚ to go forth and be many; and so they went. As the population did bloom‚ did the blessings of paradise remain as ample as they were at first? The question still applies today for we are the

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    Is Jesus Still Relevant

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    Is Jesus Still Relevant in Today’s Society 1 Is Jesus Still Relevant in Today’s Society? Is Jesus Still Relevant in Today’s Society 2 Abstract This paper is designed to answer the question posed in its title. In 2009‚ with countless religions on the horizon‚ numerous inspirational figures gaining popularity‚ and the focus on science to produce answers; the questions must be asked. Is Jesus still relevant in today’s society? That is exactly what I set out to answer throughout the

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    For Colored Girls

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    Colored Girls Opening: Four women who were prominent in our Black History stood up in opposition to the odds placed against them. Listen as they tell us about their lives‚ pain‚ and struggles on how it was to be colored (as they were labeled) during the years of segregation and the civil rights movement. I hope you get a message from this presentation and please enjoy. Teresa Hi – I’m Rosa Parks and I’m a colored girl--on Dec. 1‚ 1955 in Montgomery Alabama-- I refused to give up my

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    Boys and Girls

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    Drake ENGL 101 W April 1‚ 2013 Search for Identity in “Boys and Girls” In Alice Munro’s “Boys and Girls”‚ she tells us a story about a young girl’s rebellion to the womanhood prescribed by a society which has stereotyped views toward both sexes’ roles and identity in society. The story takes place in the 1940s when women have not gained so much equal rights as today‚ and they are still perceived as attached to males. The story is set is a fox family of Jubilee‚ Ontario‚

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    Manage Risk

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    Risk Review BSBRSK501B Task 1 Risk description: An investigation was recently conducted at the at the Toowoomba MacVille café‚ in order to find out numerous things involved with opening a new store such as:   * new goals that can be achieved    * the stake holders involved   * the social‚ economic‚ political and technological features    * the strengths and weaknesses   * opportunities and risks    * research analysis The reason the investigation was conducted was to gauge what was both good and

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