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Group Therapy, 2007.
This paper analyzes the pros and cons of same sex groups versus mixed groups in group therapy.
1,650 words (approx. 6.6 pages), 16 sources, APA, £ 31.95
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This paper evaluates current research about group therapy, in particular the advantages and the disadvantages of having the same sex individuals in one single group. The writer examines the types of groups that exist for therapy, including those focused on a single issue, such as illness. The author discusses the goals of group therapy, which include creating and maintaining healthy relationships. The author concludes that group therapy is more positive when both sexes participate, as the purpose of group therapy is ultimately to train the patient for a future that will enable him to lead a normal and productive life in the outside world.
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"One case example can be studied to illustrate exactly how, when a member of the opposite sex joined a group of the same sex, in this case, a group of women, the entire tenor and the very tone of the group underwent a drastic change. The case is about a group of four women, with a woman group leader. These women found that they were able to share their feelings with openness and honesty, and that they were able to express a wide range of feelings amongst themselves. However, all the women would joke amongst themselves about when a man would enter the group, and when it was announced that a man would soon be joining their group, almost all the women immediately associated their feelings about the men in their lives, perhaps a violent boyfriend, or an abusive brother, or a chauvinistic father, with this man. (Alonso; Swiller, 1993)"
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Can Human Justice Ever Be Achieved?, 2006.
A look at the issue of human justice and equality for all.
1,907 words (approx. 7.6 pages), 5 sources, MLA, £ 35.95
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This paper takes a look at human justice and the ideal of equality between the sexes, races, class and religions. The paper focuses primarily on the issue of women's rights.
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"Take, for example, a healthcare provider treating an aboriginal couple. Because of past historical injustices, today, even indigenous persons who have endeavored to become integrated into Australian society have higher rates of single parenthood, incarceration rates, and unemployment, and fall short of every possible Westernized measurement of success in contemporary life. (Calma, 2006, p.1) The instance of domestic abuse might seem to simply pose the question--did the indigenous husband commit the crime to which he or she was accused? If so, the person should be incarcerated. But previous inequitable social conditions may drive the roots of the difficulties between the couple, making the issue of reporting more difficult. Also, biased judges and juries may make the person's punishment, however unconsciously, harsher because of the defendant's race. To report an abusive man from a racial minority may be just, but it also may exacerbate an age-old historical injustice."
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Gay Rights, 2006.
An argumentative essay regarding the controversial topic of gay rights.
1,377 words (approx. 5.5 pages), 3 sources, MLA, £ 27.95
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This paper argues that gay and lesbian people are entitled to the same rights and protections as all Americans, including the right to marry, and protection from discrimination in employment. This paper maintains that by demanding the right to marry and protection from discrimination in employment, gay people are not demanding "special rights."
Outline:
Discrimination in Employment
Right to Marry
Equal Rights
Sentence Outline
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"Others argue that married couples are the foundation of social order. Married couple unions ensure that generations reproduce, and that the human race continues. By strengthening families, the legal recognition and protection of heterosexual unions therefore benefit the good of society (Gehrke). Because homosexual unions do not facilitate procreation, there is no concept of a social good. The argument of strengthening families therefore does not apply for same-sex couples."
"These reasons, however, fail to stand up under analysis. For example, the claim that raising children without strong male and female role models can also be levied against single parents. Further arguments that gay marriages do not contribute to the greater good are debatable, based largely on faith-based belief rather than empirical research."
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Eastern Sexual Practices, 2006.
A discussion regarding sexual practice as religious and political tools in eastern cultures.
937 words (approx. 3.7 pages), 1 source, MLA, £ 19.95
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This paper takes a look at how the intermixing of the religious and political leaderships in eastern countries, has involved ideas of the conflict between ordinary sex and religious sex. The paper further discusses how certain practices are acceptable in eastern cultures, while others are consider to be foreign.
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"Sexual identity in India has been bound with national identity, as Heather S. Dell shows in discussing the country as an example of a colonial nation in which was imposed ideas of women's sexual impropriety. In post-colonial India, sexual discourse and sexual practice have been used to contest social territory. In the colonial system, the middle class developed a contract between the ideal Indian middle-class wife and the proletarian prostitute, using the idea of the wife as a domain for nationalist, class-based respectability at odds with supposed colonial influence. The middle-class wife represented the ideal of the Indian home as opposed to an idea of sex in the colonized world. In India, this meant a contrast between Indian sexuality and British sexuality."
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Marital Rape Laws, 2007.
An examination of the evolution of marital rape laws, including recommendations for the future.
2,788 words (approx. 11.2 pages), 10 sources, MLA, £ 48.95
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This paper provides a review of relevant scholarly books, government documents and statistics to determine the evolution of marital rape laws. It discusses why they are of importance and how the victim currently suffers and may continue to suffer through the criminal justice system. It then suggests what punishment can reasonably be expected to be meted out to marital rape offenders. The paper concludes with salient recommendations concerning improvements that should be made to already existing laws.
Table of Contents:
Review and Discussion
Background and Overview
Incidence and Types of Marital Rape Today
Current and Future Trends
Conclusion
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"As noted above, some states have already done away with the marital rape exemption and continuing developments in American law have diminished the concepts on which the common law rule was based. These trends have also raised the issue of whether the marital rape exemption retains any validity in the 21st century. Unfortunately, Friedelbaum emphasizes that a number of courts and legal observers have advanced justifications for retaining the marital rape exemption. According to this author, "These justifications have been based on concerns that the abolition of a husband's immunity would lead to serious abuses of the law, would cause insurmountable evidentiary problems, would lead to fabricated charges, would encourage vindictive wives to use rape charges for revenge, and would thwart the reconciliation of estranged couples" (Friedelbaum 51)."
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Homosexual Marriage in the US, 2007.
This paper argues in favor of homosexual marriage in the United States.
1,323 words (approx. 5.3 pages), 8 sources, MLA, £ 25.95
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This paper examines the issue of gay marriage, arguing in favor of its acceptance. The writer explores both sides of this debate, citing religious and moral reasons as the basis for opposition to gay marriages. Additionally cited is the recent Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) passed by Congress. The author believes that if gays are unable to have legally recognized unions, homosexual people will be continually denied rights that all United States citizens rightfully deserve under the Constitution.
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"As of now there is no state in the United States that legally recognizes same-sex marriages. The state that is closest to legalizing these marriages is Hawaii. In repute to the possibility of Hawaii's legalization of same-sex marriages, Congress passed the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which defines marriage as "the legal union between one man and one woman" (NOW). DOMA also allows each state to decide whether or not it will recognize same-sex marriages performed in other states or municipalities within the state (NOW). The debate over this issue is hot all across the country, with people on both sides of the argument standing firm in their beliefs. The issue is working its way through the legal system and the outcome at this point is completely unpredictable. Denying marriage to a specific group of people is unconstitutional and something must be done so that all people in the United States will be legally able to enjoy the benefits of marriage with a spouse of his or her choice."
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Hippocrates, 2007.
A discussion on Hippocrates' view of women and their role in society.
1,446 words (approx. 5.8 pages), 4 sources, MLA, £ 27.95
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The paper examines the Hippocratic corpus, which consists of medical writings from Greece in the fifth and fourth centuries B.C. These many text were collected under the name of Hippocrates, a fifth-century physician from the island of Cos. The paper discusses how medical information about women varies considerably, showing that the articles were written by different individuals. For example, abortion is severely prohibited in one section and freely discussed in another. The materials discussed include "Diseases of Women 1 and 2" and "Nature of Women", which provide a good idea of how women were viewed in ancient Greece.
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"Hippocrates disagreed with Aristotle by saying that both men and women gave their seed for conception but also portrayed the female seed as weaker and less pure. He argued that seed came in two types--male seed produced characteristics of strength, courage and a "brilliant" soul and female seed produced traits of grace and delicacy. Hippocrates, in fact, defined three kinds of men and three kinds of women. If both parents secrete female seed, the child will be a beautiful and highly feminine girl; if the woman produces female seed and the man male seed and the female seed is stronger, the child will be a girl who is bolder, but still behaves within the bounds of modesty; and if the man produces female seed and the woman male seed, and the female seed dominates, then the child will be female but masculine."
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Gay Marriage, 2006.
A review of the controversial issue of whether homosexuals should be allowed to legally marry.
1,745 words (approx. 7.0 pages), 11 sources, MLA, £ 32.95
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This paper takes a look at the hot topic of gay marriage. According to the paper, recent polls report that the majority of Americans oppose legalizing marriage for homosexuals and the reasons given by people for this opposition are numerous. The paper reviews and discusses some of these reasons.
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"This decline in marriage has caused many conservative groups to speak out in the defense of traditional marriage. "We're a pair-bonding species," says David Blankenhorn, "and we have a deep need at the species level to love and be loved by another and the need to pass on a part of ourselves to the next generation." Blankenhorn, founder and president of the Institute for American Values, adds that "Marriage is the institution that encompasses these two great needs" (Masci 3). However, is the decline in marriage a true threat? Some argue correctly that the decline in marriage is the result of people making active choices concerning how they want to live and therefore must not be viewed as a bad thing. According to Laura Kipnis, "as the economic necessity of it has become less pressing, people have discovered that they no longer need marriage. . . It restricts our choices and is too confining which is why fewer people are marrying" (Masci 2)."
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"The Mommy Track and Partnership", 2007.
A critical analysis of the article "The Mommy Track and Partnership: Temporary Delay or Dead End?" by M.C. Noonan and M.E. Corcoran.
1,425 words (approx. 5.7 pages), 1 source, MLA, £ 27.95
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This paper analyzes the article "The Mommy Track and Partnership: Temporary Delay or Dead End?" from the perspective of a working mother. It looks at how the article, published in the "Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science", suggests sex differences may influence partnership affinity among lawyers and how the authors examine whether men are more or less likely than women to become partners in a legal firm under influence of various factors.
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"The authors point out the need for greater attention in the legal profession and in other areas for attention to woman's issues including the need to take family leave to help balance the demands of family with those of their career. Like many other authors Noonan & Corcoran (2001) find that child care responsibilities are a primary reason women must make impairing career decisions. There is ample evidence supporting the fact that women leave their positions in part due to little flexibility and the log commitments required especially within the legal profession to make a career possible. These requirements often conflict with motherhood or the demands of raising a child. "
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Invisible Man, 2006.
A look at the role of women in 'Invisible Man' by Ralph Ellison.
1,422 words (approx. 5.7 pages), 1 source, MLA, £ 27.95
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This paper discusses and analyzes Ralph Ellison's book, 'Invisible Man'. Specifically the paper focuses on the role of women in the book. According to the paper, the female characters are placed behind the scenes and some readers never understand the importance the women play in this novel.
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"Other women in the novel are not as important as Mary is, although they all aid the narrator's growth and transformation from boy to mature man. The "magnificent blonde" stripper he sees during the first chapter is purely sexual, and so sexual he must look away from her magnificent body. Many of the other shadowy women in the novel are stereotypically sexual too. There is Emma, the white woman who he dances with until the wee hours of the morning, and the anonymous white married woman who he has a brief affair with and never sees again. They all help him grow and mature, and so, their role in the novel is quite crucial. "
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Sex in Development, 2006.
A review of the ideas of Stacey Leigh Pigg, a professor of anthropology and sociology, regarding sex and society.
1,461 words (approx. 5.8 pages), 1 source, MLA, £ 28.95
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This paper discusses how Stacey Leigh Pigg writes that there is a distinction made between biology and beliefs about the body in international health, setting traditional cultural beliefs against scientific truth. According to the paper, Pigg argues that, although what is taking place in international health today is the process of replacing misconceptions with facts, there is also a lot more going on.
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"The power to define what is normal is also the power to call anything that does not meet the criteria of normal a misconception and so something that must be made correct through the use of facts. In much of the world, the decision as to what is normal derives from religious prescription or from cultural tradition, while in the West, that decision is made on a scientific basis, which at some point is a matter of statistics, meaning that which is most common is likely to be identified as that which is normal. As Pigg notes, "The ability to claim privileged, rational access to 'reality' accrues to those most firmly connected with the longest and most stable network" (Pigg 61). In traditional societies, that role is often maintained by the religious leader or some similar arbiter of morality and rightness. "
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"Men and Women of the Corporation", 2007.
This paper reviews Rosabeth Moss Kanter's work about the differences in management between men and women in the business world, "Men and Women of the Corporation".
1,319 words (approx. 5.3 pages), 1 source, MLA, £ 25.95
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The paper examines how Rosabeth Moss Kanter uses many sampling methods in the study that she conducted regarding the differences between men and women in the corporate world and how they react to leadership. The paper looks at what Kanter's work can mean for management in the corporate world where men and women are concerned. The paper explains that men have traditionally taken a stronger approach to leadership, while women have often gone for a softer attitude. The paper notes that the prediction of Kanter that men and women would be equal within the workplace has still not come true.
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"One of the sampling methods that Kanter used in her study was theoretical (or purposive) sampling (Kanter, 1977), which means that Kanter believed that the variables which she chose were very representative of the population that she was studying. She also, to some extent, utilized the idea of 'convenience sampling' because she collected volunteers from a meeting. These 111 women that attended this meeting were asked to fill out the survey that was helpful to the study (Kanter, 1977), and this was largely why Kanter was able to collect this large amount of participants for the study."
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Same Sex Marriage and Gay Adoption, 2006.
A discussion regarding issues surrounding same-sex marriage and gay adoption.
805 words (approx. 3.2 pages), 4 sources, MLA, £ 16.95
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A review of various issues related to same-sex marriage and gay adoption from a personal perspective. The paper concludes in support of the legalization of adoption for same-sex couples, and either marriages or civil unions of same-sex partners.
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"All available evidence suggests that same-sex marriage does not weaken the status of heterosexual marriage. Same-sex marriage has already been legalized in several European countries. In each such state, evidence suggests that that heterosexual marriage patterns have actually strengthened since the acceptance of gay marriage. In fact, Scandinavian children are more likely to be raised in a home with both of their biological parents than American children are. Professor Lee Badgett, a professor with the University of Massachusetts, has shown very convincingly that "there is no evidence that giving partnership rights to same-sex couples had any impact on heterosexual marriage in Scandinavian countries and the Netherlands."
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Anorexia in Adolescent Males, 2007.
This paper looks at the relationship between anorexia nervosa and obsessive compulsive behaviors in adolescent males.
703 words (approx. 2.8 pages), 6 sources, MLA, £ 14.95
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In this article, the writer notes that anorexia nervosa is not a new disorder in terms of dysfunctional adolescent development. The writer points out, however, that the disorder has long been thought of as being a female crisis rather than having much influence on adolescent male development. The writer explains that as defined by the American Psychiatric Association, anorexia nervosa is best described as an excessive preoccupation with weight and body image. Although little research is available with respect to the male anorexic, the writer maintains that overall the disorder is likely a result of bio-psycho-social factors and encouraged by society wherein appearance is a worthy individual trait.
Outline:
Introduction and Literature Review
Research Purpose, Question and Hypothesis
References
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"As defined by the American Psychiatric Association anorexia nervosa is best described as an excessive preoccupation with weight and body image. Some of the more frequent symptoms exhibited by the male population include social isolationism, perfectionism, rigid cognitive style, and obsessive-compulsiveness in terms of an expressed fear of gaining weight over muscle growth. Although the general lack of a slimness value on male adolescents puts them at a somewhat lower risk the phenomenon is increasing in frequency wherein the muscular body type is seen as an advantage to gaining a competitive edge, albeit in sports, social relations, or an ideal male image."
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