Society and stereotypes affect the way children develop their ideas and‚ consequently it has a major effect in their futures. Opposed to that‚ Christina Hoff Sommers present her article “The War Against Boys” arguing that boys are facing a crisis that is directly affecting their scores in school‚ their propensity to violence and crime and their lack of motivation to go to college. According to her‚ the ones to blame are the feminist efforts to promote girls and create programs to boost their academic
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Ariel Ashcraft Alice Eagly Psychology of Gender October 17‚ 2003 War Against Boys: Fact or Fiction One of the oldest debates in psychology is the nature versus nurture debate. Its roots extend far beyond the nineteenth century psychologists such as Freud and Skinner into the beginnings of scientific thought. Even Greek philosophers such as Aristotle and Plato addressed the issue of how personality is formed. Today‚ a relative consensus has been reached that nature and nurture work in tangent
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In 1863‚ seeing the confederates oncoming to the North‚ The Congress decided to recruit more people to the army. Consequently‚ the Conscription Act led to the riots in New York City during 11-16 July 1963 that is known in history as the Draft Week. In fact‚ the uprising was a rebellion of the Irish immigrants against the black inhabitants of New York‚ which finally became one of the most destructive riots in the history of the city. Iver Bernstein‚ the researcher of the draft riots‚ claims: “The
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Hello everyone. I’m going to talk to you about smoking‚ and smokers‚ and why it should be stopped. Smoking kills. It accounts for about 100‚000 deaths every year‚ in the UK. 10 million people in the UK smoke. Not only does smoking kill smokers‚ it kills people around them too! Around 11‚000 second hand smokers die every year. Everyday 800 children visit the doctor‚ suffering from the effects of inhaling someone else’s smoke. Only really inconsiderate or ignorant people would do that‚ smoke
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A professional army versus conscription A professional army and universal conscription are the two major types of military service practised in the world. Evidently‚ both of them have their own benefits‚ but I presume that a conscript army is more efficient. On the one hand‚ in wartime mercenaries are far less motivated than conscripts. While the former have only their own material welfare at heart‚ the latter are guided by a stronger incentive‚ which is patriotic sentiment. Having
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SINDH FESTIVAL Almost six weeks after its announcement‚ the much-awaited cultural extravaganza – the Sindh Festival – finally began on Saturday at Mohenjodaro with a lavish opening ceremony The cultural coup‚ masterminded by Pakistan People’s Party Patron-in-Chief Bilawal Bhutto
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“I may not agree with you‚ but I will defend to the death your right to make an ass of yourself.” (Oscar Wilde) The book In Our Defense by Ellen Alderman and Caroline Kennedy mentions the Freedom of Speech court case Missouri Knights of the Ku Klux Klan v. Kansas City. Members of the racist Ku Klux Klan‚ who believe in white supremacy‚ tried spreading their beliefs through the public access channel which is free of editorial control from the cable company. In their vision either the KKK creates
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loyal followers believed that by him speaking out against the war in Vietnam he was ignoring his work fighting against racial discrimination in the south. The question then becomes to what extent this accusation was true‚ and whether or not King should have ignored the Vietnam war in favor of continuing his work in the Civil Rights Movement. By looking at the arguments King makes in his earlier works and comparing it with his speech about the Vietnam war‚ we can see that King has preached the same ideas
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World War 1 is often known as the Great War by many people. Canada played a very big and important role in this war‚ supplying Britain with many weapons‚ aids and nurses‚ foods and on top of that‚ thousands of brave soldiers. When the war first started‚ many Canadian men were greatly excited about the adventures that they will experience at war and the stories they will be able to tell when they come home as heroic soldiers. This excitement led many men‚ even young boys to enlist and volunteer for
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Canada became a large contender in history’s two largest wars- World War I and World War 2. Canada‚ a colony of Britain at the time‚ was determined to help by any means necessary during WWI. Thereafter‚ the nation became less enthusiastic about participation in future wars‚ especially with the inevitable WWII. Canadians were still determined to fight in the war despite the Great Depression and lingering memories of World War I. As time progressed‚ Canada got more tranquil and kind hearted while
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