How Rape Myths Influence Sexual Violence on College Campuses The prevalence of sexual assault and the myths around sexual assault on college campuses are topics of concern to both researchers and college administrators. Research has long shown that sexual assault is a common and reoccurring problem among college women (Fisher‚ Cullen‚ & Turner‚ 2004). It has been reported that between one-fifth to one-quarter of college women are sexually assaulted during the course of their college careers (Fisher
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WORKERS CHARACTERISTICS AND ATTITUDES 1. The Japanese establish identities that incorporate friends‚ relatives and coworkers in an open way to share feelings and improve on weaknesses. The workers relationship within the work group is very important psychologically. On the other hand‚ U.S. workers are for the most part individualist and strive to appear as macho and self sufficient as possible. 2. The Japanese also have a very strong sense of nationalism and believe that they are superior
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caused by poorly trained workers and evaluate different ways to provide effective training in the construction industry in China Nowadays‚ construction industry in China is experiencing a fast development and an abundance of skilled workers are needed to meet such development need. However‚ the situation in China is unsatisfactory. Because of the huge number of the workers involved and mobility of the workforce‚ it is difficult to ensure the professional quality of workers. Most of them are poorly
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Myths Laid to Rest: Death‚ Burial‚ and Memory in the American South The performance of distinctive rituals associated with the burial of the dead establishes a basis for the creation not only of a cultural identity‚ but also of communal memory. For the enslaved population in the antebellum South‚ the burial of fellow slaves provided a means of cultural expression. Nonetheless‚ funeral services for deceased slaves created a source of contention between slaves and slave owners—not simply because
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complex feeling that allows health care workers to hold and maintain themselves in emotional balance while balancing between patient’s suffering and own hopefulness. Compassion needs an internal assurance and obsession of personal beliefs. Compassion is the spirit of nursing care‚ it is the most essential value of nursing care. Joinson(1992) described the term compassion fatigue first time. Compassion fatigue or burnout usually seen in the health care workers such as nurses and psychotherapist. compassion
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assigning human characteristics to non-human entities is called anthropomorphism. The Greeks took this humanism to a whole new level by adding more complexity to the characters. Through their myths they assigned emotion‚ personality‚ lineage and history to the gods. This use of anthropomorphism in Greek myth serves several roles;
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The “Birthmark” by Nathaniel Hawthorne is a story that I know can still appeal to the current day and especially in the past history. The story takes place at a time when scientific discoveries and experiments were going on to try and have an understanding for everything since at the time scientist were very curious about almost everything. Unfortunately one of the experiments they would conduct were on humans. From the Story “The Birthmark” we easily learn that human experimentation is very frowned
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“The Texas Myth” in history has been created by many Anglo historians in hopes of creating and perpetuating a history that supports the Anglo cause of expansion during early Texas history. Many of the early Texas historians such as Webb‚ Dobie‚ Haley‚ and Webber have provided many historical accounts as told from the Anglo perspective. However‚ new historians such as Volanto‚ Goldman and Ginn have provided new perspectives that have begun to challenge the traditionalist views of history. With
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But we must look deeper past the numbers and statistics and into the cultural aspects and the effects and consequences of the myth of the model minority has. Asian children are increasingly pressured by family and cultural values to achieve. The parents of these students feel that the performance of their children is a representation of their parental abilities and when their children fall short of their expectations‚ these feelings are sometimes expressed in form of physical violence for something
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The Norse Myths by Kevin Crossley-Holland is a novel written towards students who have interests in the Norse Gods. The book is a compilation of stories told in Norse mythology. The stories range from Ragnarok to creation. This particular method of storytelling approaches to those who want to understand north mythology without reading lecture notes. Kevin Crossley-Holland appeals to his intended audience superbly. It flows more as a pleasure read than an assigned reading. As a student‚ I can say
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