Lorena Garcia discusses the way in which minority girls view sexual identities. Particularly Latina and black girls‚ in which the population is “at risk” of teenage pregnancy. These girls believe that if one is unable to practice safe sex‚ whether that be with a condom or contraceptive‚ they will be considered “bad girls” due to their failed behavior. As would regularly‚ associating responsibility with abstinence is not the subject of being safe whereas it would be considered in other places. Women
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young age could prove detrimental rather than helpful for the children. They reasons that the issues[sex-ed.] at hand “removes family involvement with the children‚ put kids in an uncomfortable position‚ stripped any sense of morality‚ promote promiscuity‚ and encourages experimentation.” In the passage‚ I have identified the logical fallacies that the author utilized in their argument: personal attack(ad hominem)‚ slippery slope‚ perfect argument‚ false dilemma‚ and wishful thinking. This argument
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inception. It evaluates how the recent increase in sexual activity among teenagers indicates that the subject should be revisited for further inspection and scrutiny. It shows how opponents of sexual education in schools argue that the subject promotes promiscuity and liberal sexual attitudes in teenage students whereas supporters of sexual education programs believe that they often reduce the incidence of sexually transmitted diseases as well as unwanted pregnancies. It also looks at how these courses often
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In the short stories “Lust” by Susan Minot‚ “How to Date a Browngirl‚ Blackgirl‚ Whitegirl or Halfie” by Junot Diaz‚ and “IND AFF or Out of Love in Sarajevo” by Fay Weldon‚ there is a common theme of manipulation‚ promiscuity and detachment as the main characters try to attain acceptance. All three of the protagonists in the stories‚ the unnamed young woman in “Lust”‚ Yunior in “How to Date a Browngirl‚ Blackgirl‚ Whitegirl or Halfie”‚ and the graduate student in “IND AFF or Out of Love in Sarajevo”
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precautions prescribed by the regulations…Malthusian drill three times a week had made the taking of these precautions almost as automatic and inevitable as blinking” (84). Girls are taught from a young age about contraceptives and having sex. As promiscuity is portrayed as socially desirable‚ Lenina is conditioned to take contraceptives. She also knows very well that the State will exclude those who get pregnant in the traditional manner. As a result‚ the government dominates the physical systems of
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Childhood is a time in one’s life characterized by sweet simplicity‚ innocence‚ and playfulness. However‚ as society progressively shifts into a culture where values and morals are based on social media and pop culture‚ children are increasingly likely to face exposure to more mature and adult-like content. Proponents of exposing kids to sexuality at a young age claim that it allows them to be comfortable with their maturing bodies and not feel the shame that comes along with sexual experimentation
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The Fundamental Tenets Of Buddhist Ethics The Moral Dilemmas Word Count: 2‚521 To live is to act‚ and in doing so our actions can have either harmful or beneficial consequences for oneself and others. Buddhist ethics is concerned with the principles and/or practices that help one to act in the ways that are helpful rather than harmful. (fwbo.org) Primary to the human factor is the fact that work implies equally to any setting‚ a supermarket or the stock market. No matter where
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difficult to fit into any of the cliques. As is too common in high school‚ the boys found themselves frequently picked on by athletes and other students" (Rosenberg). Bullying is a deeply hurtful act that can torment and traumatize a child for life. Promiscuity is something that used to be frowned upon. Now it is cool to be sexually active as a young child. Popular Culture is teaching are middle school children that the less clothing you have on‚ the more cool you are. Children are seeing sexual images
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American Literature1900-1945 Innovative Techniques in The Sound and the Fury The Sound and the Fury has been seen as an "example par excellence of modernist American fiction" (Cohen). Its publication represented a watershed in American literature as it introduced several modernist techniques among which: the destruction of chronological order‚ the division of the perspectives‚ the increased number of narrators‚ the free association technique‚ the stream of consciousness. I have selected
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that as the mode of production change‚ so does the family. The early stages of human evaluation states that the means of production where communally owned‚ such the family‚ did not exists. Individuals lived in groups which were characterized by promiscuity. There were no rules limiting sexual relationships and therefore the community was like a 1 big whole family. Another Marxist who argues that the family is instrumental to the capitalist economy is Eli Zaretsky (1976). He believed that that the
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