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    have given them those rights and abilities – without men to give them what they want‚ women and virtually powerless. In regards to prostitution‚ it is safe to say that men would have the upper hand in satisfying their client much better than their female counterpart. According to research done by anthropologists Kathleen Catanese and Kathleen Vohs‚ “Men think about sex more often than women‚ experience sexual arousal twice as often‚ have more frequent and varied sexual fantasies about more different

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    Canadian culture‚ which we find ourselves in today‚ the roles and importance of women are overlooked. Women are seen as objects‚ and are often undermined in our society. More specifically the roles of the female body have been manipulated and changed to make women feel inferior to men. The essays “The Female Body” by Margaret Atwood and “The Egg and the Sperm: How Science Has Constructed a Romance Based on Male-Female Roles” by Emily Martin‚ both portray the female body and the use of the female body

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    must agree that male circumcision has become somewhat of a more cultural practice than in the past‚ however I do feel it has medical benefits. Specific benefits from male circumcision were identified for the prevention of urinary tract infections‚ acquisition of HIV‚ transmission of some sexually transmitted infections‚ and penile cancer. There is also compelling evidence that male circumcision reduces the risk of heterosexually acquired HIV infection in men by approximately 60%. Male circumcisions

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    Female Foeticide

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    involved in the crime find it mutually beneficial. None of them complain and realize that it is a very heinous crime even more heinous than “murder because it can create imbalance in nature‚ it has potential to destroy humanity”. Female Foeticide is thus‚ the act of aborting a foetus because it is female. This is a major social problem not only in India but the entire world. Foetal sex determination and sex selective abortion by medical professionals has today grown into a Rs. 1‚000 crore

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    retain their nature and not those which have been occupied” (Aristotle‚ politics I‚V‚5) In the early 20th century‚ when both Lewis and Tolkien got started with their teaching careers at Oxford University‚ they embarked on a “conquest of nature”‚ which was a trend in the industrialised west. According to the Christian beliefs‚ the humans misbehaviour with nature would carry horrid spiritual significance and they believed that the sins of man against Nature would not be forgiven and that nature will take

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    Impact of Technology on Society in Sherry Turkle and Malcolm Gladwell Technology has a great impact on our authenticity of a relationship because many people have no concern for the person on the other end. When one has a face to face conversation with someone‚ body language and facial expressions show the person’s emotions. One can represent love‚ hope‚ fear‚ or happiness in an eye to eye conversion‚ but in terms of texting one cannot show real emotions. In Sherry Turkle’s essay “Alone Together”

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    FEMALE FOETICIDE INTRODUCTION: Contemporary Indian society professes a profound faith in every individual’s “right to life and dignity”. The rights relating to the weaker & vulnerable sections of Indian society especially women‚ and more specially the girl child were violated. The twin social evils of female foeticide & female infanticide were the main causes.Violence against women exists in various forms‚ in all societies‚ the world over. In 1996 the world health assembly endorsed the fact that

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    The 1920’s‚ known as the “Roaring Twenties”‚ is generally seen as a decade of great prosperity in America. In the beginning of the 1920’s there was a brief economic recession‚ but as the decade moved on‚ the economy exploded. The cities were rapidly increasing and the majority of Americans lived in urban areas‚ causing worry for those living in rural areas. Anxiety only heightened as farm-to-factory migration increased. Cities were booming while the countryside was declining. People living in the

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    Women Conform to Flapper Culture In today’s society‚ women wear makeup and more revealing clothing‚ smoke‚ drink‚ divorce their husbands‚ and show complete independence. Obviously culture was not always like this; rather‚ it has developed over time due to series of events leading up to evolution. After World War I‚ with men gone for the war‚ the country and women themselves had truly seen what they were able to accomplish‚ and men no longer controlled every decision. No longer did women want to

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    Male Circumcision

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    Annotated Reference Rothberg‚ L. (2008). The pros and cons of circumcision. Rn‚ 50(7)‚ 30-32 Circumcision is our nation’s most practiced procedure‚ however the procedure itself is becoming more and more controversial as time goes by. Most decisions on whether to perform a circumcision or not is not related to medical facts‚ but cultural opinions instead. Some religions believe in circumcision while some do not. There are some down sides medically from a person not being circumcised such as urinary

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