be talking a lot of LGBT: This means lesbian‚ gay‚ bisexual and transgender people‚ so actually every non-heterosexual. I will tell you something about the history of LGBT rights in South Africa during the Apartheid. Second‚ I will tell something about the post-apartheid situation. Than something about the current living conditions of LGBT people‚ a piece of cultural theory and at last my conclusion. Apartheid The Apartheid government was hostile to the human rights of LGBT South Africans. Homosexuality
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WOMEN’S POLITICAL PARTICIPATION IN THE UK Stănescu Maria Colegiul Național Decebal Deva Clasa a IX-a D Why I chose this subject? Women have traditionally been under-represented in UK political institutions. Although women won the right to vote in 1918 they remained less than one in ten members of parliament until 1997. Since 1997 significant improvements have been made. The number of women in parliament has roughly doubled‚ and new institutions have been established with high proportions
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Investigate a Social Issue Eulis Rhodes Tiffani Davis SOC 100 December 9‚ 2013 The social issue that I am interested in is Domestic Violence. Domestic violence is a pattern of abusive and threatening behaviors that may include physical‚ emotional‚ economic and sexual violence as well as intimidation‚ isolation and coercion. The purpose of domestic violence is to establish and exert power and control over another; men most often use it against their intimate partners
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literature review addresses how political correctness affects normal people in their everyday lives through social media‚ education‚ social sciences‚ cultural politics‚ the Arts and globalisation and how the media uses this to choose what and how they report everyday going on in the media. The above issues will be examined in mainly a western context and Fairclough (2003)‚ who would be referenced as a major theorist in the area describes the controversy of Political Correctness as “an objective on
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suffrage was a difficult topic in the late 1800’s early 1900’s because women wanted to have a voice in their community while men thought that women were weak and should be silenced. Woman fought for their rights‚ impacting everyone globally and showing men that they had a strong opinion and wouldn’t be silenced even if the consequences meant getting arrested or being deported. Many people were against women’s suffrage because they believed that women should be the ones who should stay at home and
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The Social Role of Women If asked what is the social role of women? The most logical answer would be that of a mother‚ a nurturer. Someone else may say barefoot and pregnant but it all panned out to be the same thing‚ inferiority. Throughout the centuries‚ women such as Mary Wollstonecraft fought to change this gender stereotype. It is socially thought that women are inferior to men‚ which is still the case in many countries. A Vindication on the Rights of Women was written back in the 1700’s
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ABSTRACT My name is john smith‚ I have been asked to write a report on a social issue for my access diploma in Social Science/Humanities‚ I have chosen to write this report on burglary. Within my report I am going to cover the facts and figures about burglaries‚ the top 5 items stolen‚ the physical and mental effects of having your home burgled‚ what you as homeowner/tenant and a community can do to prevent them. Although legislation is due to change in regards to your rights to protect your
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ASSIGNMENT 4: Final paper Investigate a Social Issue By June 07th ‚ 2014 SOC 100 Instructor: Professor NAZER In recent years‚ the relationship between crime and economy crises has been highly studied by economies and has sparked up interest among members of the general public‚ the media‚ policy makers‚ and criminal justice practitioners. Although there are many conflicting ideas on how the economy downturn affects crime rates‚ it is reasonable to study
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13th-century text on social conditions speaks of “vesya” (prostitutes). Women with extraordinarily beautiful could become socialized as prostitutes to serve the king. They would be trained in the “sixty-four womanly arts” and socialized to be cultured and provide sexual satisfaction to men of high rank. These women were treated as the ex-queens of the king and they were treated in a good manner provided with equal rights as all the other women sometimes more than the ordinary women. In villages sex workers
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The LGBT: Misunderstood Freedom Fighters The lesbians‚ gays‚ bisexuals and transgendered are some of the most misunderstood persons in our world today. People have grown close-minded and judgmental towards them‚ unfortunately unaware of the effects of those actions. Imagine being seen as an outcast everywhere you go‚ in which you do not have a sense of belongingness and security. People cast you disgusted looks‚ as if your presence alone makes them uncomfortable. These are what the lesbians‚ gays
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