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    Our modern views have allowed us to have more choices than we initially had in the 20th century. Most societies have redefined the boundaries of sexual desires. It is no longer a must to have a commitment‚ wed before sex‚ or even ask for someone’s hand in marriage. Casual sex‚ oral sex‚ and sexual pleasures are similar to hunger pains; when you are hungry‚ you have to eat. You can engage in either of these desires regardless of whether you make a commitment to a stick to certain a diet or if you

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    A central concern in the sociology of Families and Households is a consideration of contemporary conjugal roles. A balanced understanding of the current situation requires some consideration of the following problem areas: § The is vs. ought distinction: Values clearly affect research we need to be aware of the distinction between what actually ‘is’ observable and what some researchers think ‘ought’ to be the case. § Nature vs. nurture: We need to be aware that behavior is complex and that it

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    Reflection Paper Classrooms have changed a lot over the past four decades. When I was a child‚ I do not recall having any diverse learners in my classes. There were some children in my neighborhood who had learning disabilities‚ but they attended school somewhere else and I had little exposure to children that were different from myself. Today‚ my own children attend school in a very different environment than I did. Both of my daughters have boys in their classes who have Asperger’s Syndrome. They

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    How Toys Have Changed

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    Godzilla; they didn’t have special features but were still fun to play with. Somewhere‚ my tastes changed and I found myself playing with more and more complex toys until I finally reached a new category: video games. In my opinion‚ toys are now different. They have different features and are more complex than before and that’s because of technology. When we compare/contrast the past/present‚ we can see that technology has changed the toys of this generation – it has changed the type of playtime kids

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    Question 1 The film-industry has changed dramatically since its birth over a century ago. With these changes have also come great changes in the cinema-going experience. In the MAS205 unit reader for 2005‚ a number of the readings aim to address many aspects of the experience of cinema-going. Included in the unit reader are pieces by Barthes‚ Carriere‚ Sontag‚ Moore and Lowenstein. Each of these writers has varying feelings to cinema-going over the past century and this essay will aim to address

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    How Dogs Have Changed

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    Have you every had a dog as a pet? Dogs have changed over time. 35‚000 years ago‚ they were wolves that attacked humans. They got to know humans and they started to help people. They made them do the hard work that people could not do. Over time they started to become smaller and humans started to care about them more. Dogs are a mans best friend. The relationship between dogs and humans has changed over time. 35‚000 years ago‚ there was wolves and humans. Humans regarded wolves as threats

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    kept aside and we tend to focus on what men have done in history and focus and their accomplishments and their failures. Scholars do not realize the importance a woman has in history and their contribution to many things that they have done over time. In Spain‚ women contributed a lot during the civil war‚ the revolutions‚ and basically they had a very important impact during the nineteenth and twentieth century. Because of this women’s roles have changed quite a bit from the early 1800s to the

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    genders have an opportunity to fulfill may be beneficial for both individuals and society as a whole in numerous ways. However‚ this does not mean that traditional roles‚ reversed roles‚ or anything else are fundamentally awful. Gender roles have altered in multiple ways throughout past history as well as within recent history. In the 1950s‚ for example‚ small girls were said to be made of "sugar and spice and everything nice" and wore dresses. In the 1960s and 1970s‚ however‚ this all changed for many

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    To what extend have ideas about childhood changed over the centuries? New concepts of childhood have been established to an enormous extent over the centuries. Over the course of the 18th and 19th centuries people have had different ideas of childhood and how children should be raised. On the contrary‚ as society has developed‚ perceptions about childhood have arisen. In modern society people have grown and have recognised new notions of childhood. Today‚ the media plays a large role in the way

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    Marriage In the past people married at a much younger age on average than they do today. Marrying in your late teens or early twenties was normal. Most people got married as this is what was expected of you‚ and people rarely considered not doing so. Many fewer decide to marry these days. Many make the conscious decisions not to as they prefer to remain more independent. This can be the case for both genders. Some would argue that people wait to meet the right person now‚ whereas before they

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