Explain what it means to have a sociological imagination and discuss how it impacts our interactions with others. A sociological imagination is “how individuals understand their own and others’ pasts in relation to history and social structure” (Keirns‚ N.‚ Strayer‚ E. Griffiths‚ H.‚ Cody-Rydzewski‚ S.‚ Scaramuzzo‚ G.‚ Saddler‚ T. & Vyain‚ S.‚ 2012). The sociological imagination impacts interactions with other people because everyone has a different perspective on issues and topics. For example‚
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Incline of Teen Pregnancy The United States has the highest teen pregnancy rate of the Western Industrialized world. An estimated 820‚000 American teenage girls become pregnant each year (Teen Pregnancy Statistics‚ Teenhelp.com). The United States’ teen pregnancy rate doubles Canada’s‚ is four times the rate of Germany and France‚ and is eight times higher Japan’s teen pregnancy rate (Teen Pregnancy Statistics‚ Teenhelp.com). With 34% of our nation’s teens having at least one pregnancy before they
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Siana Smith Andy Fentem 30 July 2013 English 1101 Teen Pregnancy Prevention Chicago’s teen pregnant male ads have effectively dropped the pregnancy rates in Chicago by 33% according to the Chicago Department of Public Health between 1999-2009. Healthy Chicago is a Public Health system that influences ways to a healthy life‚ promotes preventions and control that personally affects individuals‚ and offer healthy assistances to the city. The ad shows an unhappy African-American male pregnant
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While the United States having the highest teen pregnancy rate in the industrialized world‚ new phenomenon’s controlling debates in today’s society consistently reflects upon teen pregnancy and the average age of teen mothers declining drastically. Controversies in today’s media‚ political debates‚ and views on birth control depict both ends of an abstruse teen pregnancy spectrum‚ as people choose to glamorize such motherhood or castigate it. In society‚ many people believe success can come easy
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Teen Pregnancy Shows There are always those few times when there is absolutely nothing to watch on T.V. You are flipping through channels‚ when you come across something interesting on MTV. May be It is Teen Mom or maybe it is 16 & pregnant. We are told that teen pregnancies are wrong and most of us agree with this. Then why do we watch these shows‚ boosting their ratings and giving them reasons to stay on the air. We need to stop watching these pathetic shows and take a stand. One
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Educating Youth on Teen Pregnancy and Sexually Transmitted Disease Prevention In today’s society it seems that sex education is still a taboo subject amongst youth. The lack of education contributes to the high rate of teen pregnancy and STD rate ("Planned Parenthood Action Center"‚ 2012). Teens in the United States have the highest rate of teenage pregnancy in the world ("Planned Parenthood Action Center"‚ 2012). With the amount of technology and resources readily available this should not
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English 111.190 14 Nov. 2012 Essay # 3 Teen Pregnancy and Sexually Transmitted Infections By examining the song “S.E.X” by a popular song artist named Lyfe Jennings I saw the topic of teenage sex discussed in popular culture’s music. The lyrics are expressing how sex can be lead and how most men take advantage of young women just to have sex. Lyfe Jennings song “S.E.X” sends a message to our young society that just because you think you’re in love doesn’t mean you have to give up your innocents
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DRAFT August‚ 2003 The Sexually Mature Teen as Whole Person: New Directions in Prevention and Intervention for Teen Pregnancy and Parenthood Joseph P. Allen University of Virginia Victoria Seitz Nancy H. Apfel Yale University To appear in D. Phillips‚ J. L. Aber & S. M. Jones (Eds.)‚ Child Development and Social Policy: Knowledge for Action. Washington‚ D.C.: American Psychological Association. More than three decades ago‚ Edward Zigler‚ to whom this chapter is
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Effects of teen pregnancies on the children involved. These children are far more likely to grow up in poverty‚ to have more health problems‚ to suffer from higher rates of abuse and neglect‚ to fail in school‚ to become teen mothers‚ to commit delinquent acts and adult crimes‚ and to incur failed adult marriages and other relationships. The burdens of early childbearing on disadvantaged teens are undeniable. Trying to untangle the factors which contribute to teenage pregnancy from its effects
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It is difficult to convince teens to understand the consequences of their idiotic and irresponsible behavior. These consequences could ruin the teen’s chances of finishing high school‚ getting a job‚ and living their lives while they are still young. Unfortunately‚ not many teens think about these consequences until it is too late. Not only does becoming pregnant at such a young age effect the mother‚ father‚ and child’s life‚ but it will also affect the people around them‚ family and the general
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