Counterinsurgency in Afghanistan By Seth G. Jones RAND Corporation‚ 2008‚ 144 pages Reviewed by: Mariely Norris‚ Student Overview Taking a look at this monograph we can find a close examination of the counterinsurgency operations in Afghanistan followed by the appearance of the Taliban regime in 2001. It is based on repeated trips to Afghanistan‚ Pakistan‚ and India from (2004-2008). The author focused on the early stages of the insurgency (2002-2008) and examines how and why it began. The
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Conceptions of masculinity vary depending on the socio-cultural contexts in which they emerge‚ influenced by social class‚ ethnicity‚ sexuality‚ and poverty (Connell‚ 2005: 833). While womanhood is attributed based on biological reasons‚ manhood is attributed according to social reasons: it is a “self that is imputed to an individual based on information given and given off in interaction” (Schrock & Schwalbe‚ 2009: 280). Accordingly‚ a person’s manhood must be consistently won through the approval
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A man’s masculinity is constantly judged and scrutinized in society nowadays. As the notion of masculinity can vary from era to era‚ there is no specific definition that fits into all cultures and attitudes. One way of understanding masculinity can be looking into women’s preferences to men’s faces. Women may find masculine faces more attractive‚ especially at the peak of their menstrual cycles (Penton-Voak‚ 1999). Association between masculine facial features and measures of immuno-competence also
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identity. As Johnny’s eyes are open to his manhood he departs on a lifelong journey into his masculinity. What the young boy doesn’t know is that along the way he will be faced with many false ideologies of manhood. The biggest culprit lies in the portrayal of men in the media. The media is saturated with male role models. However the underlining message preached from the media is that of a hyper masculinity and not a proper view of what a man is to become. The media promotes an unhealthy representation
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Masculinity Men use their masculinity in all its complexly nuanced forms to achieve their goals in ways rather different from the ways women achieve theirs. Masculinity is the articulation of dominance and male gender yet gender is nothing but the construction of difference. Society‚ media‚ and the way a person is raised or brought up are factors that affect people’s lives. An example of this is when Susan Brownmiller writes‚ “As I passed through a stormy adolescence to a stormy maturity
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Aside from the political matters which establish the tone throughout Hamlet‚ Shakespeare successfully conveys symbols relating to sense as well as the recurrent theme of uncertainty to his readers. Throughout the entirety of Act I‚ Scene 3‚ we observe Polonius as the faithful servant of King Claudius who‚ as a loving and caring father‚ wishes to ensure the best for his children. As a protective measure‚ he advises that his daughter stay away from Hamlet on account of his corrupt youth and offers
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Education in Afghanistan Before the Taliban Public education is relatively recent concept in Afghanistan. It wasn’t until 1969 that the Afghan government legislated free‚ mandatory education for children between the ages of 7 and 15. Before 1969‚ schools existed‚ but whether or not a child attended school was completely up to his or her family. Some families thought that education was important and made sacrifices to secure their children’s education However‚ the provision of schools‚ teachers
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capability to develop strong‚ fit and to be positive when something bad happens. During 40 years of civilization war‚ Afghanistan people had been overextended and perverse a lot mothers and fathers lost their children’s countless women lost their partners‚ numerous people lost their friends and several brothers lost their sisters. Due to that happen the population of Afghanistan‚ some became crazy and once they saw their family gone‚ and many people fell in to different mental diseases‚ such as
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According to a survey by Thompson Reuters Foundation‚ Afghanistan is one of the most dangerous places in the world to be born a woman. (No Country for Women). Afghanistan as a country has been through major trials and tribulations but the women always gets the most of the damage. And even a little more than a decade later after Taliban has fallen some of the same laws still apply and the women are still suffering. From 1996-2001 Afghanistan was under the rule of the Taliban‚ an islamic militant
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Introduction Uncertainty in illness is present for both acute and chronic illnesses and can be described as a cognitive stressor‚ a sense of loss of control‚ and a perceptual state of doubt which is dynamic in nature. Illness uncertainty can be associated with poor adjustment‚ but often needs to be evaluated as a threat to have its deleterious effect. For example‚ illness uncertainty in pain populations is related to increased sensitivity to pain and reduction in tolerance of painful stimuli
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