Diamonds‚ colored diamonds‚ rubies‚ gold‚ platinum‚ a Range Rover‚ a Cadillac‚ multimillion dollar houses we all aspire to own things like these. Music videos like those on BET and Mtv glorify the platinum chains and fast cars of the performers. Many people believe that what they see in videos is real. Although‚ the cars and jewelry you see in videos today don’t even belong to the performers. The items are usually rented directly from the owner. We see the big chain‚ the quarter of a million dollar
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Are school IDs necessary? Have you ever forgotten to wear your school ID in school? Most schools require IDs to enter the campus. The reason for having an ID is to know that the person is a member of the school. School IDs are necessary so it won’t be difficult for the guards to inspect the person. These can also be used as proof that the person is still a student to ask for a discount in any form of payment. Having a school ID means that the student wants the custodian to be aware that he/she is
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Who is this mini plastic devil that has crawled out from the bowels of hell with the sole purpose of poisoning the minds of our young and impressionable? Her name is Barbie and that is exactly the impression of her that young‚ new‚ millennial parents would have you believe. They would have you believe that an inanimate object is to blame for the poor self image the girls of today have. It is not as if the media has already taken everything they deem desirable about a women’s body and have objectified
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At the start of Barbie‚ in the 1950s Barbie images was created in the likeness of celebrities like Marilyn Monroe‚ Rita Hayworth and Elizabeth Taylor. Barbie’s image did not illustrate the way in which little girls dressed nor did it create an image that a little girl could model after. Barbie’s clothing when compared to women clothing of that time period were almost identical. Women in that time period were girdles‚ strapless bras‚ and half -slips. In the first edition of Barbie‚ she too had a girdle
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The film Alien is presented as a science fiction film. The fascination with outer space and what intelligent life out there to find are basics of the films dynamic. Digging deeper into Alien‚ it becomes much more than just a science fiction film. Alien emphasis the yonic and phallic struggle between men and women‚ along with the struggle of manmade structures and man themselves. The two struggles revolve around the two characters Ripley‚ a woman‚ and Ash a male android. The Film Alien uses the dynamics
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Gingival biotype is an important parameter affects the success and esthetic results of periodontal plastic surgery and implant treatments in the esthetic zone (De Rouck‚ Eghbali‚ Collys‚ De Bruyn‚ & Cosyn‚ 2009; La Rocca et al.‚ 2012). Several classifications have been proposed for gingival biotypes. Ochsenbein and Rose (1973) stated that the gingiva follows the contour of the underlying bone and tooth shape; accordingly‚ they described two gingival anatomies namely (I) thin scalloped‚ which refers
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Yerim An 11-10 “Sorry‚ but you’re not Chinese.” As the only Korean in local Chinese school‚ I always had restricted chances to participate in different events. On the one day‚ the teacher told me that I’m not eligible to go to the Marching Band competition because the school has never sent any foreigner to the competition. On the other day‚ the teacher told me that I cannot take part in the class election since it represented being a part of Chinese communist party. Used to be the only Korean
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2008 and 2012 Presidential Elections Stimulated Interest Among Young Adults Voting is undeniably one of the most central civic opportunities that have been given to citizens of the United States of America. The importance of voting cannot be stressed enough as it is the cornerstone of democracy in the country. In the past‚ almost three decades‚ the people inclined to vote have been unduly of older age‚ higher income and more partisan in their welfares and interests. The gap between older voters and
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In the story “Blonde” by Katherin Min‚ a young girl named Jean struggles with her self image as she doesn’t see herself meeting the beauty standard that society had created. The world she is living in is telling her that she is not what they see as beautiful. You can see this in how she see’s the girls in the media like Marilyn Monroe and Shirley Temple becoming famous and wealthy‚ as well as a Barbie doll advertised as being the ideal girl. Along with this‚ the people in her community like her
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Are females better “empathizers” than males? Critically discuss evidence and possible explanations. Introduction The term “empathy” has a relatively short history. Its origins lie with the philosophers Theodor Lipps and Robert Vischer‚ having fashioned the German word Einfühlung in the late XIXth century‚ which directly translates to “feeling into”. It was later translated into the English word “empathy” by the psychologist Edward Tichner (Hojat et al. 2003). A universal definition of the
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