An enormous factor that plays into the number of viewers for The Super Bowl is the commercials; they are often very entertaining and usually funny. However, these endorsements are often very sexist and filled with logic fallacies. According to Merriam-Webster Online, sexism is “prejudice or discrimination based on sex” or “behavior, conditions, or attitudes that foster stereotypes of social roles based on sex.” These “sexual connotations” (Nilsen 36; 15) are shown throughout commercials year-round, but during the Super Bowl they are especially prevalent. Sexism is often shown through language. In the article “Sexism in English: Embodiment and Language,” Nilsen observes, “Going back to what I learned from my dictionary cards, I was surprised to realize how many pairs of words we have in which the feminine word has acquired sexual connotations while the masculine word
The company most also have a health and safety officer. 1.2 Explain the purpose of following occupational health and safety guidelines for using keyboards: If the workplace is not set up right then there could be health risks. One of the health risks of using a keyboard could be repetive strain injury or sometimes known as RSI. This is caused by the same repetive movement, this can occur if there is no rest space for the wrists. Following the health and safety guidelines mean that employer are happy and people of off on paid sick leave.
This group has many customs and traditions that we as Americans wouldn’t even think of; they drill holes in one’s teeth if they have none, then a certain medicine is put into these holes which is said to reduce tooth decay. They also believe that the human body is ugly and that its natural tendency is to debility and disease. As a result, they have shrines devoted to the purpose of averting these characteristics. All in all, their culture is to improve the body & mind through ritual practices and traditional beliefs. I think that the article really describes the Nacirema’s culture well and helps the reader understand the diversity of their culture.
Practicing good body hygiene helps you feel good about yourself, which is important for your mental health. 1.2 Describe the effects of personal poor personal hygiene on health and safety Hygiene practices, such as washing your hands, prove the most effective ways to prevent contracting disease and spreading disease. Our hands are in constant contact with both the environment and your face, providing easy transportation from the surface of an infected object or person to your nose or mouth. Washing our hands with clean running water and soap helps reduce the amount of bacteria on our skin, lessening our chances of contracting infection and disease . .
Is it reasonable to provide an intravenous drug user with sterile needles in exchange for their dirty needles? Does it promote IV drug usage or does it in fact save lives? These are the questions that people have been asking for years and years. The needle exchange program (N.E.P) has been a litigious topic of discussion among many people and for good reason. The answer to whether or not to give these drug users a sterile needle is simple: these people deserve to be supplied with clean needles.
Posters like the Red Cross: Give Blood helps people to realized that there are ways for them to helps other people in need. (Doc. A) Most people forget about blood drives, these posters advertise the knowledge of where to obtain information on how to give blood. This is just one example of how advertisement helps our society. Although advertisements seem as a positive addition to countries in need of a stable economy, it is a enormous impact on people’s lives.
The title “The merchant of death “ is successful in catch the reader’s attention. The idea of someone selling death is controversial and shocking, it draws you in to reading the article to find out what it is all about. The article is about Dr. Philip Nitschke and how he promotes and easy death. It also speaks about how some on the euthanized patients were not terminal but chose to follow Dr. Nitschke advice rather than seek treatment. The people involved were Dr. Philip Nitschke, palliative care expert Prof. David Kissane, Martha Alfonso-Bowes a bowel cancer patient, Peter Wiese cancer patient , Nancy Crick who was coached in killing herself by the Doctor and cancer suffer Lisette NIgot.
Adriana Trevino Bradford ENGWR 102 March 14, 2013 Advertising Today Advertisements seem to be everywhere we look, billboards, magazines, television, and even public restrooms, but the question is are ads good or bad? After all, advertisements are made to manipulate, persuade the audience toward a product or service, or “turn the mind toward” a certain something (Wikipedia®). In our society many people are easily susceptible to the manipulation that comes with ads as well as the slightly smaller number of people who are educated and can resist the temptation. In the article “Advertising’s Fifteen Basic Appeals” Jib Fowles introduces his fifteen emotional appeals: need for sex, attention, affiliation, feeling safe, nurture, guidance, aggression, dominance, autonomy, escape, achievement, prominence, aesthetics, curiosity, and even physiological needs. With these appeals he has one crucial point, when
There are numerous, beneficial uses for steroids in the field of medicine. Their purpose is not to create a lean body with a one digit body fat percentage, but to better the lives from premature children to aging grandparents and every age in between (Rehan). It’s especially valuable for cancer, HIV, and motor vehicle victims. In most of these cases because of operations and treatment, the patients lose weight and muscle definition. The loss of these can lead to problems when it comes to walking and other use of motor functions.
(News-Item) In a poll, that has been taken by Public Agenda on the subject of drug testing for welfare recipients show that 68% said yes, 27% said no and 5% not sure. Even, though, there are some people that are out raged and call this unconstitutional for an example Kimberley Davis, Director of Social Services for Operation Breakthrough, said this sends a damaging message. "All this does is perpetuating the stereotype that low-income people are lazy, and if all they did was pick themselves up from the bootstraps then the country would not be in the mess it is in.” (Service)That is not true it is that tax payers work hard for their money. It should be certain that the money going to help the needy not support drug