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    Stigma of Rape Because Popular culture depicts a “typical” rape as being perpetrated by “sick” or crazy men where the rape is a “sudden‚ violent attack by a stranger in a deserted‚ public space‚ after which the victim is expected to provide evidence of the attach and of her active resistance” (Williams‚ 1984). This stereotype script frames rapists as strangers and the literature refers to such a description as the “classic” rape scenario (Williams‚ 1994). Women whose experiences do not conform to

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    American culture is rich‚ complex‚ and unique. It emerged from the short and rapid European conquest of an enormous landmass sparsely settled by diverse indigenous peoples. Although European cultural patterns predominated‚ especially in language‚ the arts‚ and political institutions‚ peoples from Africa‚ Asia‚ and North America also contributed to American culture. All of these groups influenced popular tastes in music‚ dress‚ entertainment‚ and cuisine. As a result‚ American culture possesses an

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    The Film Industry in Relation to the American Culture The beliefs and values of the American people are almost constantly changing. Going through American history reveals how the American culture has gone through changes ever since the days of the American revolution. Constant change is a staple of the American culture. The theme of acknowledging change in the American culture was addressed in multiple sources throughout the stimulus packet. In 1971‚ during his “Address to the Nation on Labor Day”

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    The popular culture has embraced human sexuality. The use of the term ‘sexualization’ has increased tremendously worldwide and it has become a problem in todays society. At the same thing it has brought a change in social and sexual scripts. It has been changing over the decades. The younger generation every time seem more open and accepting of sexually intimacy. The sexual script is very relevant to today’s generation. The young generation is exposed to sexualization in very different ways of their

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    American culture includes both conservative and liberal elements‚ scientific and religious competitiveness‚ political structures‚ risk taking and free expression‚ materialist and moral elements. Despite certain consistent ideological principles (e.g. individualism‚ egalitarianism‚ and faith in freedom and democracy)‚ American culture has a variety of expressions due to its geographical scale and demographic diversity. It also includes elements that evolved from Indigenous Americans‚ and other ethnic

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    ‘it is always the doctors patient’ This paper will be discussing the struggle of allied health practitioners to achieve professional status. This health issue can be discussed under many different sociological theories however Feminism in particular sociological/ Marxist feminism with touching on post modern feminism also‚ shows great understanding around the health issues and gives an understanding of the way of health and health care in Australia. It explains how medical dominance in this field

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    American Culture American Culture is the totality of socially transmitted behavior patterns‚ arts‚ beliefs‚ institutions‚ and all other products of the human worth and thought. In plain English‚ our culture is the great combination of all alien cultures that immigrants bring here that end up being dwindled down and Americanized. It is easy for others to believe that America doesn’t have a culture‚ and they have the idea that we only consist of materialistic things. Our culture isn’t just about

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    In Popular Culture‚ the term "story worlds" is widely known as the immersion of audiences into not only a specific world but a completely different cultural scene. For example‚ some famous story worlds in the film industry are that of Star Wars and Harry Potter. The world in which was created not only lets audiences revel in this other world but the term story worlds and the worlds created allow for the characters to not only have a place called home but a place in which their story can develop and

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    The Development of American Popular Culture/Electronic Media Popular Culture is the arts‚ artifacts‚ entertainment‚ fads‚ beliefs and values that are shared by large segments of society in America. Knowing this we can see how the electronic medias have great influences over the American pop culture. Music‚ television‚ radio and movies have all been influences‚ sometimes‚ not good and sometimes they have. Before television‚ radio was the big link for current events being reported fast. It reached

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    American Culture American culture is something that is kind of hard to define. As an “outsider”‚ I think this is a good thing. It is easy to be impressed with other cultures such as Chinese‚ Japanese‚ and European cultures‚ just to name a few. These civilizations are so much older than American culture‚ it is to be expected that theirs may be more impressive to some‚ and there is nothing wrong with that. In referring to American culture‚ I realize that Native American culture is a large part of

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