Gershoff‚ a developmental psychologist at the University of Texas in Austin‚ said that multiple studies have concluded that such punishment doesn’t create a short-term compliance or help children learn right from wrong in the long-term. Furthermore‚ she said that spanking is correlated with increased antisocial behavior‚ more mental health problems and less self-regulation (Laird n. pag.). If such studies were accurate‚ there would definitely be an improvement in children’s behavior in the countries
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Another criticism is the long-term exposure to pesticides such as creosote and sulfate have been correlated with higher cancer rates and organochlorines and lindane as tumor promoters in animals. In humans‚ contradictory epidemiologic studies have linked phenoxy acid herbicides with soft tissue sarcoma and triazine herbicides with ovarian cancer. Green revolution has also been argued to result in environmental degradation and increased income inequality. It has resulted in inequitable
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The Cons of Compulsory Voting The research paper lists the pros and cons‚ that commonly circulate in the argument over compulsory vs voluntary voting. The Cons; • It is not democratic to force people to cast their vote. • It causes over-government. • It represents a failure of democracy. • Most voting people do is voluntary‚ why should national and state elections be the exception? • It is unfair to a voter who is not attracted to a candidate. • It rewards dishonest electors who turn up and
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Cults and Consequences Without even realizing it‚ people give their lives up to cults every day. Cults manage to convince people to join and do things they would never have done otherwise‚ ranging from boldly declaring false statements to removing themselves from society. However‚ the government almost never publicly condemns any cults‚ no matter the size or severity of them. The legality of cults is very general and often focuses only how it affects others outside of it. The devotee can start to
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When the USSR began supplying weapons and ‘volunteers’ to the Spanish Republic during their Civil War‚ it seemed as if Stalin was coming to the aid of international communism to defeat Franco. However‚ most modern historians believe this view is too simplistic and that the USSR’s aid was more motivated by the opportunity to advance the needs of their own foreign policy. Stalin attempted to regain support through Spain‚ which some historians believe was to unite international socialism against fascism
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Sex Education in Schools Pros and Cons Pros of sex education in schools: - Classes are gender-exclusive. This saves embarrassment among students and teach them only what they need to know based on their gender. - Properly taught‚ sexual education could become a regular and ongoing Human Anatomy and Biology complete with tests and grading that goes toward graduation credits. - Students can be taught the correct terms of the reproductive system of sexually transmitted diseases and contraception
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Do you think it is useful to join into a union especially the European Union to strengthen their economic positions? The question could be simple to answer but an individual must look much deeper into the situation. For instance‚ what are the pros and cons of joining a
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enough to fight‚ old enough to drink.” The con side disagrees however stating that lowering the drinking age would bring about a rise in traffic accidents‚ and encourage young adults to binge drink. My understanding of the pro side is that they feel that lowering the drinking age from twenty-one to eighteen or nineteen would reduce the amount of binge drinkers in college aged students‚ and help teach people to drink responsibly. (Holder‚ 2003) The pro side makes the argument that if the drinking
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There are many legal aspects that need to be considered when looking at confinement. From potential legal issues that could arise‚ liabilities and responsibilities of the government‚ and how methods and practice of incarceration change due to the social and political environments‚ incarceration is very complex. There are many things that need to be taken into consideration. The government is liable and responsible for the prisoner’s medical care and providing equal protection. However‚ prisoners
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research and the British doctor was stripped of his title and license to practice medicine. Not only this‚ but many of the participants in the study‚ were at the same time involved in a lawsuit‚ claiming that vaccines had caused harm to the children. Wakefield himself was paid by the attorneys in charge of the cases. Additionally‚ five of the participants in the study had already shown developmental delays prior to receiving MMR
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