Author’s Name Instructor’s Name Course Name Date Obesity in Western Societies Statistics show that obesity has risen in tremendous numbers over the last couple of years. All over the world‚ it has become an issue of wide discussion and worry‚ more so in the western society‚ where a third or more of the population has obesity (centers for disease control and prevention‚ 2011). Obesity can be defined as having excessive fat in the body and therefore contributing to a higher than recommended body weight
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Effects of a Tattoo on Men’s Behavior and Attitudes Towards Women: The conductors of the study believed that although women with tattoos are viewed as less sexually attractive‚ they are seen as more sexually promiscuous‚ which would result in more men approaching them. To determine this‚ the experimenters asked a woman to read on a beach. The woman had a lower back tattoo of a butterfly in one trial‚ and no tattoo in another. In the study‚ men were more likely to approach the woman when she had a
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The oppression of women as women PHIL 202 – Assignment 1 26/01/2012 The patriarchal society in which we live has systematically oppressed women for centuries. It is not until extremely recent history‚ with the Women’s Liberation Movement‚ that women have been able to take meaningful strides towards a more equal and just society. We have come a long way since that time‚ women can now vote‚ work‚ practice politics and live independently of men: it seems as though we have come very close to the
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Western civilization 10/15/2010 Growth of Christianity The religion of Christianity is the belief that Jesus Christ is god. Jesus lived somewhere between 4 and 30 BCE and was from Nazareth. Jesus was brought up an orthodox Jew and was born into a bit of a higher class family. Jesus became a Jewish teacher and was said to give a message of hope and moral demands. He was executed somewhere around 30BCE by the roman crowed and was crucified. After his death his body reportedly went pissing from
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There were many contributions to western civilization from the Ancient Greeks. Many roots of the civilization we have today can be traced back to the Ancient Greeks. They made long lasting contributions in the areas of art‚ architecture‚ philosophy‚ math‚ drama‚ and science. If the intelligent thinkers of the Ancient Greeks such as‚ Socrates‚ Aristotle‚and Hippocrates never challenged the way Greeks lived many of the ideas we have today would have never been established. The Greeks made contributions
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Western society In today’s society‚ many of our decisions are guided by forces such as employment‚ social needs‚ self-sufficiency and moral obligations‚ such as the church. Over the past century we have seen a dramatic shift in which these needs or forces have taken precedence over one another. Nowadays‚ greed and social protocols tend to run our daily lives where moral dependency and faith have lost significance. As the world develops‚ where technology and processes are growing at an alarming rate
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There are several reasons for stalemate on the Western Front by December 1914‚ which include numerous faults in the strategies and implementation of the Schlieffen Plan‚ tactical and strategic problems‚ problems in communications and the incapability of the commanders. There was also a changing in offensive to defensive‚ poor trench conditions‚ poor equipment and supplies‚ and also low morale amongst both armies. Faults in the strategies and implementation of the Schlieffen Plan were a major reason
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The Western Roman empire was excellent‚ untouchable and perfect. It seemed as if this empire was controlling the world. It was only a matter of time before political problems‚ economic issues‚ dastardly diseases‚ and foreign invaders looking for conquest. The Western Roman empire was falling‚ one of the major contributing reasons being political. There were many unfit‚ greedy and violent emperors that were in control of the empire. Emperors inherited the throne‚ yet lacked the ability to rule a
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have been trying to establish western healthcare in Haiti due to the increasing number of Haitians being infected by AIDS. However‚ Haitians choose to see voodoo priests instead of western medical doctors because religion is very important to them and voodoo priests provide the spiritual healing they seek. The consequence of western doctors not understanding the importance of voodoo religion in the treatment process is the biggest deterrent to Haitians accepting western healthcare. Instead of trying
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From 1880-1906‚ western farmers were affected by multiple issues that they saw as threats to their way of life. The main threats to the farmers were railroads‚ trusts‚ and the government‚ because these institutions all had the power to drastically affect the ability of the farmers to make profits. Therefore‚ the farmers were not wrong to feel frustration toward those institutions when the institutions caused the farmers to live lives of increasingly extreme poverty. The main source of agrarian
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