Lianne George’s article “Why Are We Dressing Our Daughters Like This?” published in Maclean’s magazine (2007)‚ details the disturbing trend of the hypersexualization of young girls in society. George’s main purpose is to express how sexuality through the media‚ marketing and toys influence girls in their style of clothing. George’s work examined how the Lolita trend‚ along with celebrities‚ helped fuel young girls perception of themselves. These observations are then adhered and continued onto their
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Childhood is a social construct; it is something that society has created over many years to show the psychological differences between adults and children‚ as well as their respective maturity levels. Some sociologists believe childhood is only a recent occurrence and there was no defined period of childhood compared to what childhood is perceived to be in today’s society. Aries believes that before 1760 there was no clear idea of childhood. Children were treated as adults in miniature; they
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number of abortions per 100 live births in a year). The secondary outcome of interest was the prevalence of unintended pregnancies (the number of mistimed‚ unplanned‚ or unwanted pregnancies per total pregnancies). Data were analyzed using random effect models. Results: analysis. The induced abortion rate and ratio were estimated as 8.9 per 1000 women aged 15–44 years (95% CI: 5.46‚ 12.33) and 5.34 per 100 live births (95% CI: 3.61‚ 7.07)‚ respectively. The prevalence of unintended pregnancy was
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Spanish-American War The Spanish-American War was different from many other wars because it did not deal with America’s rights; nevertheless it dealt with our issues over expansionism. The war was caused by yellow journalism‚ sinking of the main‚ and the de Lome letter in which he discussed his bad faith with America. The Spanish-American War was a "splendid little war" because it demonstrated the enormous influence of yellow journalism‚ changed the balance in the Federal Government‚ and most
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An example of the effect of social or cultural factors on one cognitive process is the effect of schema on memory. Schemas are mental representations of categories from our knowledge‚ expectations‚ and beliefs. Any information that people are exposed to is affected by the society and culture that they are in‚ and schemas are influenced by external factors‚ which then affects what’s stored in our memory process. Our memory content opens a window through which we can observe the cultural influences
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I was late for tuesdays cricket practice again!! Since I was the wicket keeper‚ the coach would be very angry. I ran into the dressing room & put on my indian cricket teams blue t-shirt. As I came our of the dressing room I was surpriced to see chesaring fans! I wonderedwhy so many people had come to see our practice. Then I remembered that our practice was shifted to thursday because of the cricket match. I nearlly fainted when i found my self sitting with the indian cricket team. fortunately‚ I
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The Protestant Reformation caused many changes in the political and social aspects of European life‚ most notably the tension between the Catholics and Protestants at the time period‚ greater rights for women‚ and the further expansion of education. The tension between the Catholics and Protestants led to many different political changes throughout Europe. Women‚ where before had near no rights‚ now had much more than they had ever been seen before in European culture. Whereas in the Renaissance
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SOCIAL NETWORK AND ITS EFFECT ON POOR STUDENTS ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE Facebook‚ Twitter‚ and Instagram are the example famous social network that becomes the best choice among the students‚ especially university students. Social network can defines as site of grouping of individuals into specific groups‚ like small rural communities or a neighbourhood subdivision. Nowadays‚ the social network is a necessary communication tool that has emerged in the field of information and communication technology
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The effects of social-networking sites like Face book The social networks as Facebook‚ MySpace and others are all “virtual places” where people find themselves and share information. Nowadays‚ social networks are the best tools for communication‚ though in the first place they were used only for university purposes‚ where students and colleagues stayed in contact with each other after works or studies. What currently has become the subject of many debates are the various effects that these social
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conduct the study to determine the effects such as its advantages and disadvantages this issue might create to the social lifestyle of the youngsters nowadays. The researchers also want to identify factors that lead to the youth’s uncontrollable addiction to modern technology and its wonders. Statement of the Problem This study intends to identify the effects as well as the advantages and disadvantages of modern technology to the social well-being of youth in accordance
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