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...? 22 March Advertisement Advancement in technology and globalization has conventionally had a great impact on the understanding and treatment of sexuality around the world. This has enhanced the social and cultural uniformity regarding the roles and characteristics of gender. Over the years, advertising has become increasingly discriminatory and has spread imposed perceptions of people in general and women in particular. According to the findings of a UK based research, about 66.66 per cent of women were found to be of the opinion that advertisers make immense use of sex for the marketing of their products (Onyejekwe). Particularly, advertisement through billboards was considered by the research respondents to be most...
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...?Synopsis The rule of double jeopardy was well established before the 17the century which implied that the defendant could not have been tried twice for the same crime based on the same facts after a final verdict has been reached. The rule has been recognized as a universal rule adopted by all the major countries of the world. However, as soon as technology became more sophisticated as it allowed for collecting new evidences; calls for reviewing double jeopardy rule were raised. The feeling among the opponents of this rule had been that this rule promotes injustice and can impose emotional strain on the victim’s family. As a result of major debates about the rule, finally, there have been some reforms in...
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...?Running Head: SEXUALITY Sexuality Sexuality Introduction A growing body of research works with issues of language and gender and/or sexuality in the field of education (e.g., Linne, 2003; Filax, 2002). These, and other research findings from Western cultural contexts, suggest that queer teachers and students i.e., teachers and students with a non-normative sexuality, often experience high levels of stigmatization, which has negative repercussions in their professional and scholarly lives. Experiences of discrimination and of stigmatization have negative repercussions in teachers' working lives, and they lower the quality of students' educational experience. Therefore, it is important to gain some understanding of the degree... to which...
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...? Double Jeopardy Double Jeopardy is a provision of the US Constitution’s Fifth Amendment that seeks to prohibit the double prosecution or the imposition of multiple punishments on offenders for a single offence (Dictionary, 2010). This clause aims to ensure individuals remain protected against negative social, emotional and financial effects resulting from successive prosecutions. Moreover, it serves to preserve the integrity and finality of court proceedings. Finally, double jeopardy seeks to deter governments from using their superior resources against innocent persons; for example, prosecutorial and judicial discretion remains limited to avoid the imposition of...
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...? Section/# With regards to the concerned teacher that has approached the school counselor with concerns of what she has defined as possible “sexual abuse” with regards to a situation she witnessed, the preceding analysis will engage the reader with an understanding of what an appropriate response to this teacher might be, contingent upon the details that she has thus far provided, a discussion of her question concerning the sexual orientation of the boys, and whether the behavior that was observed is in and of itself indicative of sexual abuse. Naturally, none of these issues can be answered with absolute certainty; however, the role of the counselor is to weigh the information that has...
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...?Sexuality Sexuality is an important topic in sociology and concerns everyone. For this reason, there are a huge number of sources such as legal, peer-reviewed and mainstream media that cover very important topics of sexuality. The term sexuality refers to a number of different elements of an individual. It can cover sexual orientation (homosexuality, bisexuality or heterosexuality) which are often debated due to religious and legal reasons. Additionally, there are many discussions about other elements of sexuality such as asexuality, transgender and sexual attraction. Sexuality and views on...
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...Sexuality and Intimacy, and their influences Introduction Over time, research has proven that sexuality, and intimacy orlove, and the way they are expressed vary from society to society, particularly because, they are neither products of biology, nor of culture exclusively, but somewhat the products of the intricate relationship between the two, and the natural social environment, or ecology. In this paper, I will explain ways in which biology, culture, and ecology influence various aspects of Aka and Ngandu sexuality and intimacy according to Hewlett and Hewlett, and highlight acceptance of homosexuality in the North American sexuality by drawing evidence from existing...
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...Prof. Academia Letter 4 April 2006 Double Reckoning Then, at two hours after midnight, the land appeared. Christopher Columbus Friday, 12 October
There was a double reckoning even though the Captain knew the day is coming when everybody must give an account of all the things done under the sun. There was a double reckoning because of terrors that can only be understood by those who are in the edge. The sheer terror of being trapped, in between the point of no return and a never ending vista of nothingness - water stretched as far as the eye can see. A place where the monotony is rarely broken and if ever it is only through an occasional dolphin or a shark that unobtrusively juts it...
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...citations from different authors and social scientists who are experts in this topic. In the end, I will give my own opinion regarding the essay.
On Double Standards
The fate of an individual is undeniably almost always determined by sexuality. It is irrefutable that the society where are living in has this preconceived notion of what is right and what is acceptable action for each gender. Currently, society has readily accepted that some things are naturally "men's" things while some are "women's." The presence of double standard is an undeniable fact. Both sexes have been subjected to impartiality when society evaluates their actions. The widespread...
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...Double Standards in the Workplace The American Heritage Dictionary defines a double standard, with respect to gender, as “A set of principles permitting greater opportunity or liberty to one than to another, especially the granting of greater sexual freedom to men than to women” (p. 156). In the workplace, women have long been and often continue to be victims of a double standard. This double standard, the unequal distribution of workplace benefits and opportunities, is manifest in many ways. This essay will demonstrate that women are, in fact, commonly the victims of a...
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