Gossip Girl surely pushes boundaries when it comes to television and explores many social issues of the times, such as teenage alcohol abuse and promiscuous sex among minors. ... But if you look deeper in Gossip Girl, the kids that are abusing drugs and alcohol have parents that abuse it as well. ... When teenagers become intoxicated and lose inhibitions, they are more likely to engage in risky sexual activity. ...

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They say that when students are likely to live in poverty, witness drug abuse at home, have parents arrested and/or sent to prison, then it is not surprising how many students behave well, rather than some of them are violent. ... The current economy, for example, often demands that both parents work; more children are raised by single parents including teenage mothers; and some children are subjected by their parents to neglect or physical, sexual, and substance abuse. ...

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The 1960's was the beginning of the sexual revolution which was a liberating social movement that challenged what individuals had previously seen as sexual norms. ... Both feminism and the sexual revolution works hand in hand because they both rejected the views of gender roles and fight the oppression women face in America. ... As I read this story I remembered my teenage days and how girls would get certain repetitions simply off of sexual behavior. ... In the song Keep Ya Head Up by Tupac Shakur he raps "And since we all came from a woman, Got our name from a woman and our game from...

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A child may develop risky behaviors when living in poverty, such as turning to certain substances or engaging in sexual activities. Certain substance abuse, such as drinking alcohol or taking any type of drug, may result in many problems for this child. If a child turns to sexual activities as an escape plan, they themselves may become parents. ... As many people know, gangs are involved with many different types of crimes and various substance abuses. ...

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Executive branch and judicial nominees have been exposed for cheating on their taxes, cheating on their spouses, sexually harassing their staffs, and hiring undocumented workers. Executive branch and judicial nominees have been exposed for cheating on their taxes, cheating on their spouses, sexually harassing their staffs, and hiring undocumented workers "(Basinger 2012.) ... This includes sexual, drugs and drinking misconduct. ... "For seven months, Clinton has let stand his denials of any sexual liaisons with Lewinsky and allowed aides and even his wife go on television to repeat them." ...

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Gun Control The basic premise of the constitution is to allow people to the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Someone else cannot take one's right to life. However there are times when people try. When that time comes, the victim must have a way to protect himself. A handgun carried concealed is a great way to offer that protection What gun control advocates can't perceive is that gun control laws are aimed at the legal buying and selling of guns. ...

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Such examples include athletes as role models, health risks, the legalization of PED with medical supervision, sportsmanship, sports fans and an unfair advantage (Agency, 2003; Allison, 2004; Fost, 2005; National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse, 2000; Pound, 2008; Fost, 2005). ...

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Angela's Ashes for Ab! Just fort this may help ya with ya essay m8 hpe it works! ;0) Key Concepts Love, Prejudice, Despair, Hope, Poverty, Sacrifice, Selfishness, Church Summary The film is a true story portraying the McCourt family battling unemployment, their father's alcoholism, poverty, prejudice and infant mortality over a 15 year period, from 1935 to 1950, initially in New York and then for most of that time in Limerick. The McCourts are a working class Irish family. The father Malachy is a protestant from Ulster while the mother is Roman Catholic from Limerick. ...

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Body Modification and Contemporary American Rites of Passage INTRODUCTION Rites of Passage The term "Rite of Passage" describes any rite or ritual which marks or induces a change in an individuals social position. These life changes include birth, puberty, initiation into social and familial grou...

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For example in New York City Chinatown many Asian immigrants still work in sweat shops, work long hours, paid the minimum wage , and are sexually harassed. ... Some of the worst abuses of labor conditions took place in the big cities like New York and Chicago, and it was in Chicago, the cattle and commodity market of the Midwestern United States, that Upton Sinclair found the setting for the book that was to bring him fame: He first won recognition by his novel The Jungle, (1906), a powerful realistic study of social conditions in the stockyards and packing plants of Chicago. ...

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