or going with the flow? Or just afraid of being a outcast in her society? Straight hair is still the North American norm and is often needed to secure employment for African American women. Some women will go as far as to get micros (micro-braids) which, due to their diminutive size give the appearance of long straight hair. The reason why women do this can depend on the generation you ask.
Sociology Final Exam 3. Name and describe the three main types of feminism discussed in class. In your opinion, which type of feminism most accurately captures the cause in gender inequality in contemparary society? I wanted to write about this topic because it is the one I personally struggle with the most. To say that I'm a Radical feminist; I always thought gave the impression of some man-hating, angry woman.
From Then To Now, the Negatives of Sororities In the past, many arrests and party busts have been made at sorority houses because of underage drinking, binge drinking, assault, annoyance reports, and just the normal cops showing up at the front door and crashing a party. Today, the same incidents still happen, and have in some ways gotten worse. Girls should not join college sororities to reduce the chance of getting arrested, hurt, and/or resulting in a bad reputation. Many teenage or young adult sorority pledges have been arrested from sorority related events. For example, in April 2006, twenty-three women between the ages of 19 and 24 were arrested for hazing violations; they were all kicked out of school and fined.
Sexual harassment has even drawn attention to movies. Sexual harassment happens to many women on college campuses everyday but you don't hear about it in the media. The amount of 1.3 women are raped every minute, 78 every hour, 56,160 every month, and approximately 683,280 women will be sexually assaulted by the end of this year. The attacker could be a perfect stranger or someone she knows, either way creating an emotionally damaging situation. Legally, one might wonder how sexual assault is defined.
While driving, adults and teenagers cannot resist the urge to pick up their cell phone and send a text or respond to one, as soon as the driver’s eyes meet their cellular device; their focus on the road is drawn away. In 2009, 5474 lives were taken and 448,000 people got injured from car accidents from being distracted while driving says the “Outlawing Text Messaging While Driving: Legislators in Several States Respond to Safety Concerns”U.S. News and World Report Article. The lives of innocent people are being taken every day due to a simple distraction. Car crashes are four more times more common to take place while the driver is on their mobile device over any other causes.
Most analyses of this piece have been from prominent feminists, who targeted the patriarchal structure of the society in the 19th century as the major cause of insanity of the narrator. Some of the most extreme feminist critics have even stepped further to claim that the narrator is initially not ill at all, hinting that the societal bonds of marriage imprisoned and twisted the mind of the poor narrator. Though this claim has not yet been verified, there are indeed several conspicuous signs that showcased societal imprisonment of women in The Yellow Wallpaper. For example, John’s overconfidence of his own medical knowledge led to his misjudgment of the narrator’s condition; whereas societal norms seem to force the narrator to believe in that misjudgment: “If a physician of high standing, and one’s own husband, assures friends and relatives that there is really nothing the matter with one but temporary nervous depression—a slight hysterical tendency—what is one to do? (1.10)” And under these torturing social rules,[change] the narrator, as a women and a wife, has no control over the pettiest details of her life, and she can do nothing for herself except from asking help from men, who dictates her life: “My brother is also a physician, and also of high standing, and he says the same thing” (1.11) And it is obvious that the chauvinistic ideas during
However, alcohol is a different story. Alcohol crime rate is always on the rise every year from driving under the influence of alcohol, domestic violence and murders. An issue on alcohol is people can drink until they vomit. Minorities in high school to adults in college suffer alcohol poisoning and commit crimes such as robberies, domestic violence, drunk driving, public intoxication, assault charges, and other crimes. According to former Seattle Washington Police Chief Norm Stamper PhD, “From beat cop to police chief, I saw ample evidence of the harm caused by
Alcohol consumption among college students has been a major problem and studies have suggested this to be an ongoing problem for numerous years. This issue has continued to be a very important subject of study because of the concerns of not only the alcohol being consumed, but the effects/problems that are occurring after a person becomes overly intoxicated. Hingson, Heeren, Zakocs, Kopstein, and Wechselr (2002), suggest that approximately 1,400 college students between 18 and 24 passed away in 1998 form alcohol related injuries. Hingson et al., 2002 research also found that nearly 112,000 arrests among college students aged between 18-24 in 1999 for “alcohol related crimes”. “630,000 assaults of students between ages of 18 and 24, 400,000 students had unprotected sex due to drinking and there were 70,000 victims of sexual assault.
The Lost Youth of America Every day in the United States runaway/throwaway teens are trafficked for commercial sex. Homeless teens are especially vulnerable to sex traffickers. This population uses sex as a survival mechanism, trading sex for shelter and food. Pimps recognize this vulnerability and utilize it to recruit and exploit minors. Teen homelessness is alarmingly high in the United States.
In the article, “Controlling your reality” Paige Pfleger states “Reality television can also preserve old fashioned notions about sexual stereotyping. Women are encouraged to fulfill roles as “the slut” and are simultaneously devalued by doing so” sadly these are the types of stereotypes young girls and women grow up with (3). Little girls are told to act a certain way only for society to reject and humiliate them for it. In The Hunger Games Collins makes a point by sexually objectifying Glimmer, a career tribute, because she looks like the stereotype of sexy. In the novel Collins writes, “The girl tribute from District 1, looking provocative in a see-through gold gown…With that flowing blonde hair, emerald green eyes, her body tall and lush… she’s sexy all the way”(125).Collins makes it clear that society has a very specific image of what sexy should look like.