... inquiries and was used as our main variable. The column role of our inquiries varied according to the factors we chose to examine: race, class, gender, strength of religion, total family income and happiness. The GSS terms these variables as race, class, sex, reliten, and happy. With our topic ... was time to form our hypotheses. It is common knowledge that porn as we know it is used predominantly by men. Therefore, our hypothesis on gender was that more males than females would have seen a pornographic film within the last year. Since pornography has negative societal connotations, we b...

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... a mixture of state and private resources. Before World War II, the federal government generally played a minor role in financing education, with the exception of the Morrill Acts of 1862 and 1890. These acts granted the states public lands that could be sold for the purpose of establishing and maintaining institutions of higher education. Many so-called land-grant state universities were ... threat to mainstream values. Government officials also believed colleges served broad public purposes, such as the training of physicians or engineers. The Morrill Acts of 1862 and 1890 provided fede...

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... has also been addressed by President Clinton. On June 9, 1999, he ordered federal law enforcement officials to collect data on the the race and gender of the people they stop to question or arrest. President Clinton called racial profiling by police a , morally indefensible deeply corrosive practice."(Clinton associated ... profiling has been one of many civil rights issues concerning the unnecessary stopping and arresting of people based on race, color, ethnicity and gender. Skin-color has become evidence of the propensity to commit crime, and police use this "evidence" against minority...

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... Women looked for a strong man who would be a good provider; men searched for a nurturing woman to make a home. This is the classical view on mate selection, which is fueled by gender biases, but with changing times come changing needs such as technological and industrial advances, life style changes, newly developing family structure and changes in commercial and corporate realms. These factors ... theories on a cross-cultural study of more than 10,000 respondents. Buss is an evolutionary psychologist and asserts that all of our dating, mating and relating behaviors are hardwired. Each g...

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... those inflicted upon those people we call upon to take care of the situation. They are the paramedics, the support groups, and the investigators that are subjected to these senseless acts of violence. While rescuers were searching for the survivors and the victims, other investigators, was in a relentless search for evidence that would soon point the finger at Timothy McVeigh and ... building in Oklahoma City, but he was sentenced by a federal judge to spend the rest of his life in prison. Terrorism is an international problem, which includes more than terrorist acts. It includes sabota...

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... those inflicted upon those people we call upon to take care of the situation. They are the paramedics, the support groups, and the investigators that are subjected to these senseless acts of violence. While rescuers were searching for the survivors and the victims, other investigators, was in a relentless search for evidence that would soon point the finger at Timothy McVeigh and ... building in Oklahoma City, but he was sentenced by a federal judge to spend the rest of his life in prison. Terrorism is an international problem, which includes more than terrorist acts. It includes sabota...

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... "Equal Opportunity Act of 1995" which would make all forms of affirmative action undertaken by the federal government on the basis of race, color, national origin, and gender unlawful. It would also prohibit federal civil rights enforcement agencies from seeking or agreeing to administrative or judicial orders prescribing affirmative action to remedy proven instances of discrimination that ... needed, we must come to realize that nothing could be further from the truth. Although people of color and women have come a far way since the Civil Rights acts were passed, discrimination can stil...

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... Civil Rights Act of 1991" (Stith 187). In recent litigation, women have begun testing the extent of their employment rights beyond the rights guaranteed to them in the Civil Rights Acts. An example of this is a group of eight women employees of the Stroh Brewery Company in Detroit. These women charged that their employer had created a working environment that was hostile ... only accounted for 8 percent of the firms" 1,300 partners and only 3 percent of the firm's 70 regional managers. ? The confrontation which occurred during a management meeting where it was revealed that gender myths...

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... "Equal Opportunity Act of 1995" which would make all forms of affirmative action undertaken by the federal government on the basis of race, color, national origin, and gender unlawful. It would also prohibit federal civil rights enforcement agencies from seeking or agreeing to administrative or judicial orders prescribing affirmative action to remedy proven instances of discrimination that ... needed, we must come to realize that nothing could be further from the truth. Although people of color and women have come a far way since the Civil Rights acts were passed, discrimination can stil...

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... by age eighteen."" What is prejudice? Often people think that a prejudice is based solely on an individual's skin color, but that is not always true. Prejudice can be found between gender, religion, cultural and geographical background and race. People have discriminated against other people based on these attributes since the beginning of time. Prejudice has become a complex problem in our society ... their wrong-doings, hatred and stupidity in America. Who better to blame then someone of a different color? Racism is just another form of prejudice. If a person or group of people acts o...

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... is more prone to be an abuser. There are five factors that connect students with alcohol abuse with include: gender, family alcohol abuse, family depression and mental illness, childhood hyperactivity, and deviant behavior before age 15. Deviant behavior, for example, consists of acts such as being expelled from school, fighting, committing vandalism, chronic lying, and stealing. Many people who were antisocial growing ... campuses is Greek Life, in particularly fraternities. There is a great deal of hazing that occurs in many chapters during the freshman initiation period where pledges...

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... a disunity between the people and the government. A dysfunctional nation was also present by the position of women in society. Women were viewed below the status of men purely based on gender. Leaders such as Elizabeth Cady Stanton led the charge for equal representation between women and men. She advocated for equal opportunities in work and society and gave a powerful speech in ... some tension between the North and the South as the admittance of Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state kept the balance between slave and free states. Other acts continued to come into play h...

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... the country- not to mention a top rated hip-hop station in each if the top 11 U.S. radio markets. The research provided a breakdown also of the Hip-hop generation, consisting of gender split, ethnic composition, college attendance, household demographics, and work status. Urban culture has "jumped the broom." It has merged with the mainstream creating a union that has served to be very ... in the late 1980s. Run-DMC came out with a song about Adidas sneakers and ended up with a multi-million dollar contract from the company. Being one of the most influential acts at that time, those fol...

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... An Parole Office (JPPO) database. Interviews were taken with a teen court staff member, JPPO staff members, and former teen court participants. The recidivism rates were found to be affected by, gender, age, the presence of a prior referral, whether the youngster completed the teen court program, who the juvenile lived with and the severity of the jury sentence. The study was able ... approval". The fact that many jury members may already be prior delinquents strengthens this argument because the sentence is determined not only by those who have never committed any illegal acts but also...

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... have jobs and positions they are already qualified for. Affirmative action plans must always remain a part of the military for three very important reasons; it continues to reciprocate the milestone acts of the past which built the foundation for civil rights, to maintain policies ensuring qualified individuals get jobs based on merit, and in order to continue setting the example of ... the opportunity to be considered for the jobs they are qualified for. This is not to say that a woman or minority will be given a position solely based on race or gender, but simply ensures they will not...

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... contributions of all culture groups, especially traditionally underrepresented minority groups, in a society." Recent trends have stimulated society members to engage in acts of multiculturalism while learning to appreciate and celebrate the differences among individuals. "Diversity encompasses differences in education level, gender, ethnicity, race, age, sexual orientation, religion, socio-economic background, and physical ability." Each element of diversity provides for and adds a unique ... ...

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... to the lynching of blacks, bombing of synagogues, the massacre of Native Americans, the illegal imprisonment of Japanese Americans during World War II, the harassment of homosexuals, and other violent acts against minority groups. But sometimes people who have prejudiced attitudes are prevented from discriminating because of the law, or social convention, or other interests. Even people with no prejudices may ... VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, the law did not end the pay discrepancy between men and women. Much of the earnings gap is the result of occupational differences, gender segr...

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... state didn't intervene and the ones who thought that state intervention wasn't needed. The unification of Italy was also based on a liberal theory. As was the fight for race and gender equality in Britain and America. The changes that each of theses causes brought to society was a step further into liberalism and into an equal society. Feminism is a movement for social ... civil rights movement by proving to the black community that the government were now supporting them, it also made the general public aware of the persecution on the blacks. The acts did not lessen the opposition by t...

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... guru who was much loved for his preaching. He said things such as "Turn on, tune in, and drop out" and used new pronouns like "She" and "hir" to promote gender equality. He brought about a new philosophy that conceived that your state of consciousness is reflected in your environment. Leary had four exercises to a life of expanded intelligence: 1) Look at yourself ... . It depicted a little girl pulling petals off of a flower, then a mushroom cloud. The twenty-second clip was talked about for years to follow, as were many of the Flower Power acts. As important as hippies and flowers were...

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... of cattle. Even the government wants to know exactly how we identify ourselves. Many political leaders argue that there should be a "mixed race" category added to the United States census. Acts such as these simply encourage our nation's citizens to segregate and encompass ignorant beliefs on other cultures. When do children begin to notice the differences between themselves and their peers ... race. We tend to categorize people by their appearance, not by their biological background, because that is the most obvious way to "read people". "We do construct race, ethnicity, and gender, an...

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