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    - structural symbolic conflict Power * “Power is the ability to get others to do what you want despite Opposition”-Max Weber * Types of power Physical control- coercion (threats‚ actual violence)‚ force; police or military. Symbolic Control- Manipulation‚ intimidation Rules of Conduct- channel behavior in desired patterns‚ rules. * Weber also considered power a way to influence social life. Legitimacy of Power - Authority: power that is considered legitimate‚ lawful‚

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    Words and phrases like “faggot‚” “dyke‚” “no homo‚” and “so gay” are used casually in everyday language‚ despite promoting the continued alienation‚ isolation and — in some tragic cases — suicide of sexual and gender minority. The word "faggot" is used over 10 million times a year on Twitter. The countless times that those sexuality slurs are used on social media doesn’t even compare to the use of them in day to day conversations with your friends during passing periods. How would it make you

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    The idea of the fence has a number of symbolic meanings in the play. You have Troy’s baseball‚ Raynell garden‚ and the fence. This play focuses on the symbol of a fence which helps readers receive a better understanding of these events. “Fences” symbolizes a great struggle between the literal and figurative definitions of humanity and blackness. Of course‚ this fence is much more than just a fence – it’s a complex symbol that pretty much sums up the whole play. Troy is crammed with baseball symbolism

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    It’s not a choice to be gay. You don’t chose who you love‚ you just do. Using the Bible as a reason to be against same sex marriage is complete non-sense. God created everyone equal. Even Pope Francis called for the integration of gays into society‚ remarking that even as leader of the world’s 1.2 billion Catholics‚ he has no right to “judge” gay people. The leaders of 313.9 million Americans must realize‚ as the Pope did‚ that they must stop judging gay people and denying their given rights. Why

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    However there are many oppositions to gay marriage which can be looked into. Most religions consider homosexuality a sin‚ Virtually every religion in the world‚ including the major ones in this country‚ consider homosexuality unacceptable. It is offensive and a swipe to the religious freedom of the majority to have to recognize a relationship they consider sinful. The gay lifestyle is not something to be encouraged‚ as a lot of research shows it leads to much lower life expectancy‚ psychological

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    Throughout history homosexuality has been considered vulgar‚ perverse and immoral. What is truly immoral is homophobia and that it still prevails today. Firstly‚ homophobia derived from prejudice and escalated to panic. Secondly‚ homophobic attitudes are endorsed and practiced by many places of worship‚ which are hypocritical to God’s concept of the Golden Rule. Thirdly‚ the severity of homophobia has reached a point of no return‚ where the lives of many innocent have been viciously taken away. Lastly

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    Symbolic Interactionism: Studies of Social Construction Hundreds of years before written word‚ theories have been made about words‚ the symbolism behind them‚ and root meanings assigned by social construction. William Shakespeare can be shown as example of this with posed questions by characters in his writings. In Romeo and Juliet‚ the character Juliet poses questions that reflect the symbolism of the name of her and her star-crossed lover Romeo. “O Romeo‚ Romeo! Wherefore art thou Romeo. Deny

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    I found the reading "The Symbolic Language of Dreams"‚ written by Stephens King‚ a very interesting story to write about. King stated a quote in his introduction saying that dreams are a useful way that help people find the nature of their problems; or‚ find answers to their problems in a symbolic way. The purpose of this essay is to show that dreams and imaginations were two main factors in King ’s successful life. Hence‚ dreams and imaginations are critical factors when writing; they sure can resolve

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    being physically harassed due to their perceived sexual orientation according to the GLSEN school climate survey. In the world today there are a lot of people that aren’t understood from people with mental and physical handicaps to the Lesbian‚ Gay‚ Bisexual‚ Transgendered‚ and Queer community. In my opinion I feel like the LGBTQ community would be some of the people that are mistreated the most. Some of these homosexual children are bullied to the point that they feel there is no other way

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    Could you imagine not being able to marry your significant other? Imagine being bullied in school because who you love‚ like‚ and are. Could you imagine watching all your friends getting married‚ divorced‚ married again and divorced again and you haven’t even had the chance to marry once? This is real for almost all same sex couples. I am all for making same sex marriage legal nation wide. People focus to much on their genders and not so much the love the two have for each other. Not letting a couple

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