Seven years ago‚ filmmaker Kirby Dick released an eye-opening documentary entitled “This Film is Not Yet Rated.” In it‚ Dick launched an investigation into the secret review board responsible for the classification of films under the Motion Picture Association of America’s umbrella ratings policy. In addition to arguing that the MPAA reacts more favorably to films financed and backed by Hollywood studios while penalizing independent filmmakers‚ “This Film is Not Yet Rated” highlights the hypocritical
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motion that social networking has done more harm than good to Nigerian youths. Social networking has become a major part of society. Even big businesses and celebrities are jumping on the social networking bandwagon. Many people wake up each day and check social websites first thing in the morning instead of reaching for a newspaper. According to Mashable.com‚ as of June 2010‚ American Internet users spend more than 22 percent of their online time using a social networking site. Since people are spending
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many other members of the LGBT community. These conventions are where I met many of my friends‚ and it is also where I first met a trans* individual. Her name is currently Libby‚ but she introduced herself as Liam. She told me of her ambitions to become a woman in the future‚ and I encouraged her‚ despite her unsupportive parents. I supported
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Domestic Violence is fundamentally different in LGBT relationships for numerous reasons. There are many causal and contributory factors that make domestic violence in the LGBT community uniquely different than male-to-female or female-to-male battering. To understand these differences one must recognize domestic violence beyond the stereotypical heterosexual manifestation. According to A Professional Guide to Understanding Gay and Lesbian Domestic Violence‚ same-sex battering mirrors heterosexual
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What has been a significant experience in your life and what have you taken from it?Surrounded by thousands of stars‚ complete silence‚ and spectacular mountains‚ I stood atop a village in Thailand fifteen miles south of the Burmese border awestruck by nature’s beauty and power. Immediately‚ I realized that there was more to life than knowledge and understanding. The world isn’t to be taken granted‚ and I don’t plan to sit on the sidelines as the world passes me by. Ministry to Burmese refugees
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person’s social class has a significant impact on their physical health‚ their ability to receive adequate medical care and nutrition‚ and their life expectancy. While gender and race play significant roles in explaining healthcare inequality in the United States‚ socioeconomic status (SES) is the greatest social determinant of an individual’s health outcome. Social determinants of health are the economic and social conditions that influence individual and group differences in health status. Social determinants
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The American dream has always been based on belief that everybody from anywhere can make it in society by working hard. This person will in turn become wealthy and rise in the hierarchy of the community to help create the American society‚ a classless society full of wealthy individuals. The American dream is also based on whether that person appears happy and is able to enjoy the newfound wealth. In The Great Gatsby‚ F. Scott Fitzgerald dispels the myth of an American classless society. This is
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Study This study tackles about the awareness of the Ninth Grade Students‚ School Year 2014 – 2015 of the Philippine Women’s University – Jose Abad Santos Memorial School Quezon City‚ on the Lesbian‚ Gay‚ Bisexual and Transgender Community‚ or the LGBT Community. The first recorded instance of same-sex love and sexuality dates back to the ancient civilizations. *countries* In Africa‚ in the north of Congo‚ there were records of male Azande warriors who routinely took on boy-wives between the ages
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To what extent has British constitution been effectively reformed since 1997? There have been many reforms to the British Constitution since 1997‚ including changes to the House of Lords and Commons‚ the Human Rights Act‚ Fixed-term Parliaments and Devolution. However‚ the effectiveness of these reforms is arguable. Some of these reforms have not been fully made‚ or have not achieved intended results. Modernization is one of the key ways in which the British constitution has been reformed since
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Why are LGBT rights controversial? LGBT rights are the rights for lesbian‚ gay‚ bi-sexual and transgender people to have and enjoy the constitutional rights of equality‚ privacy and personal autonomy‚ and freedom of expression and association (aclu.org). Some rights fought to be considered are the rights for men who have sex with men to be able to donate‚ LGBT adoption‚ government recognition or same sex marriages in order for spouses to receive the shared benefits and many other rights. The rights
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