My opinion of the movie “The Mack” is that it sheds a negative light on young black women and men. It clearly gave the impression that all women are hoes and black men can’t live the good life without pimping or selling crack. Young urban minorities watch television and movies and they see the glitz and glamour think it’s cool and want the fame. Goldie who considered himself to be a “hero” but in reality he was toxic, he was a villain, he was a murder, a drug dealer and a pimp. I would have to say that his brother was more so “The hero” but of course the movie had little focus on that.
This one is greatly affected by the media. A majority of musicians have problems with drugs, alcohol, public disorder and infidelity. Most come from broken families with toxic environments. They reflect their emotions in the songs they write which greatly influence listeners. The media likes to capture rock musicians using drugs at wild parties and acting irresponsible to get attention from people and increase magazine sales and ratings.
Currently, the Sweden has about 200 prostitutes in its capital city, with population of 2 millions. Prostitution on the street is virtually gone, although the authority still battles sex trafficking and prostitution online. Many pimps and brothel owners do not see the hefty fines worth the battle. Legalization isn’t a solution to end violence against women in prostitution. If anything, it offers the leeway for brothel owners, pimps, and johns to exploit women and children.
It would be a way for our economy to be stimulated. Just think… if these women could legally make up to three hundred thousand a year (if not more) that was taxed; common sense says they would spend it. More money in our economy means more growth in the job industry, which would just enable men to spend more money on sex. America is in the middle of this crisis where there are not enough jobs, so we need to stimulate the economy. According to fox news there are over one million prostitutes in the United States alone.
Legalizing Prostitution in the United States SOC 102 Aug 19, 2012 Legalizing Prostitution in the United States What makes prostitution decidedly controversial, unethical and also criminal for most of the United States? Prostitution, the exchange of sexual acts for money, is called the world’s oldest profession, for it continues regardless of widespread United States laws which prohibit it. Many people consider it just one segment of a larger sex industry like phone sex, internet video sex, lap dances from strippers and pornography. Illegal prostitution is responsible for a thriving sex slave trade, secondary crimes like assault or murder, and what some may say as a moral decline in values. It is often associated with
Teens are bombarded with sex education, and yet have the highest STD rates in the country. Graduating these kids 2 years sooner just doesn’t make sense, and would only lead to more STD’s among college-age
While men are judged on purely skill in their respective sports, women are judged less on their actually skills but how they can be marketed which always comes down to sexualizing themselves. You can see this by looking at the top paid women athletes such as Maria Sharapova or Danica Patrick who all clearly play that role. When we look at sport contracts, and only contracts not sponsorships, the largest contract signed by a male was $275,000,000(Alex Rodriguez) compared to the largest contract by a female was only $25,000,000. The same holds true when we look at
Pornography Is Harmful To Women and Children Let it be known that the purpose of this paper is to argue that pornography is harmful to society, but more specifically women and children. Unlike any other media representation of sex and sexuality, pornography within our postmodern society has become a cultural category of significance. The typical seediness has somewhat become lost but replaced by a society that mainly focuses sexual imagery in almost everything everyone sees. High contents of sexual imagery is used in the advertising and music industries as well as a number of late night television shows. This sudden shift in people’s attitudes towards the use of certain sexual and erotic images in today’s society raises a number of questions that need to be answered in order to better understand the harms it does to society.
Labeling a particular crime as special or different does not deter criminals from their true intention. If we place a "special" label on certain types of murder, rape or vandalism we are not preventing the hate that is the motive for such crimes. This is not the true goal of society. Helen Dodge makes a compelling argument to shun the members of such hateful communities in her article "Special Crimes Need Special Laws", when she says that the public should band together against such forces (Dodge 140). However, even she had to admit that these special laws won't deter the criminals who practice these violent acts.
I did expect this book to be like an argument where she would explain her side and then she would argue the points that the other point of view would have, but this seemed very one-sided. Valenti presented many facts in her book and some very good points, many of which prove that today, women are judged, not on their personality but the status of their virginity, whether or not she is still a virgin. I agree with this quote in particular: "For the record: I think virginity is fine, just as I think having sex is fine. I don't really care what women do sexually, and neither should you. In fact, that's the point.