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    they try to improve their appearance because of how society is. “An unrealistic idea about the way we should look or what we should weigh is not the only thing that causes eating disorders. In fact‚ eating disorders are complex conditions that probably have numerous contributing factors” (citation). In other words‚ although BDD is a serious condition‚ there are other contributing factors on why women have eating disorders. There eating disorder does not necessarily come from playing with a doll. This

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    When it comes to family‚ there was no way to define such a word. Post-modern society has allowed for the diversification of the family structure‚ bringing today’s society further away from the idea of the ‘ideal’ family. According to Modernist theory‚ the ‘ideal’ family also known as the nuclear family consists of two parents (both sexes) and a small amount of children. In this type of family (it being the only type seen as acceptable at this time) the father had the ‘instrumental’ role‚ meaning

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    To what extent is population ageing a worldwide problem? Population ageing means the growing older and the fewer workers. It is our common challenge all over the world in the 21st century. Some people consider that the appearance is a difficult problem in universal and also a large extent trouble. To the contrary‚ the others guess that it is a small extent problem which can have ways to solve. This essay will discuss whether population ageing is a worldwide problem‚ looking at how much the problem

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    To what extent do you think Kritios was a revolutionary sculptor? Kritios was an Athenian sculptor‚ whose style and technique during the late archaic period helped revolutionize the archaic period into the Classical period. He has two main statutes that I am going to examine the first of which being the Kritios boy. Also referred to as “the first beautiful nude art” it is very important as it is a precursor to the later classical sculptures. It depicts a young boy in an idea form (so sculpted

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    “How does Lee demonstrate the theme of courage in To kill a mockingbird?” Harper Lee makes the theme of courage clear and strong in the book “To kill a mockingbird”. Throughout the story there are many demonstrations of courage. Some of these are firstly masked to later be uncovered and at first they may not seem obvious. Some moments of the courage portrayed aren’t physical courage but rather mental and psychological. The story is narrated to us by Scout who is growing up in a small town known

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    Reality Shows In china: A Road to a More Democratic China or Not? In 2005 up to 400 million viewers‚ nearly a third of the population of China sat to watch the grand finale of The Chinese version of American Idol Supergirl Idol. The winner Li Yuchan was chosen via text messages receiving 3.5 million votes. Apart from voting through new age technology ‚the 2005 finale also was covered by over 100 newspapers with series of articles and the website sina.com alone received 2.4 million comments on the

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    Stratton College Communications 201 Ritu Sharma November 20‚ 2014 Abstract In today’s society‚ there are many diseases that affect the development of the human body. One those disorders are Autism. Autism is not nearly as known as the disorder Down ’s syndrome‚ but it is more effective in society. In fact‚ autism is the third most common developmental disability‚ affecting 400‚000 people worldwide (Autism Society of America). As of yet there is no cure for this debilitating disease‚ only a variety

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    can cause stress hormones that are known to depress the volume of the hippocampus over time. The hippocampus is the central structure of the limbic system that is involved with emotion and memory formation (Newberg‚ 20ll). How is this affecting our society? Religious radicalism has become a new trend; an increase of terrorist attacks has our people in utter fear. We

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    How does consumption shape identity? To what extent do we control this manipulation of ourselves? Consumerism has rapidly crept its way into virtually every single aspect of our post-post-modern society. This even includes certain areas of life that were not previously affected‚ which have now been forced to acclimatise to the new reality‚ where the consumer is in control. Consumerism has been said to have become “the religion of the late twentieth century”. People have become so obsessed with

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    Barbie The Effect of Barbie’s in Society Research Vivian Ramos Waubonsee Community College Abstract This paper gives a brief overview of the effect of Barbie’s in today’s world. Ranging from a variety of positive and negative views that influence the women’s physical looks today. A plastic toy that has been very popular for the past fifty years has slowly found its deeper meaning. I will first give you a brief overview of how this research is mapped out. Starting with the background information

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