.... centering around child abuse was in 1874 when the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals challenged the court to recognize that a child was covered under the laws which prevent the cruel treatment of animals. This was the first time in history when society accepted the responsibility to protect children, even if it is from their own parents. (Bender and Leone, 1994, p. 12) Child abuse data is collected in many inconsistent ways from state to state and from study to study, many instances of abuse, especially neglect, are not always documented, and the definition of abuse varies from study to study. These inconsistencies make it very difficult to analyz ....

.... step is for schools to make this policy. People subconciously monitor others searching for their social identity. In turn, to fit into other groups, we often buy certain labels and styles. This too is a uniform. Clothes send signals and are symbolic to “who we are, what we hold dear to us, and with whom we wish to connect.” (Coles 378) Therefore, in order for society as individuals to feel a sense of belonging it is pertnent we follow the norm. Uniforms in schools especially can have a number of affects on the behavior and how they can be monitored. The number of violent and theft crimes that go on in school will drop tremendously. Fights among students over des ....

.... position in the labor force along with her personal body image. Evaluating an individual by gender is a part of everyday life. Gender places individuals in a certain norm that must be followed, for if not followed s/he is in disconnection with society. Lorber illustrates how society’s “gendering,…or successfully [placing] the other person in a gender status,” is a means to not “feel socially dislocated.” (14) Unfortunately, the gender norms that have developed over history are unequal. Women are looked at as the “abnormal” (17 Tavris) of the genders. However, there is no essential difference between males and females. The difference lies in how individ ....

.... States. Many adoptive parents decide to adopt from other countries because of the greater flexibility and because they are not eligible to adopt from the U.S. Unlike agencies in the U.S., many foreign adoption agencies accept adoptive parents over the age of forty and allow parents to adopt more than one child. Also many agencies in foreign countries are more willing to accept single adoptive parents. One of the most important reasons for adopting internationally is that it can be quite fast; sometimes placements occur within one year. International adoption can be faster if an agency has ties to a country with many waiting, orphaned children. Another important rea ....

.... of food as his base whereas Singer applies to the distribution and waste of food for his support. Hardin refers to the Food for Peace program stating that during the years between 1948 and 1970, United States taxpayers "paid an additional $50 billion for other economic-aid programs" (484). He went on to say that most of it "went for food and food-producing machinery and technology" (484). He proceeds even further when he voices his rhetorical thought about the World Food Bank - "We must ask if such a program would actually do more good than harm" (485). In much simpler terms, a lot of the United States tax dollars are going forth to produce more food for the rapidly gr ....

.... advocates of censorship get riled up because the movie rating council doesn't give a move an R-rating for having the occasional f-word. One rap group, 2 Live Crew, has already had one of their albums banned because in one song they used explicit references to male genitals and 87 references to oral sex. They used the word "bitch" more than 100 times and the f-word more than 200 times. Although most people agree that we are being overwhelmed with offensive material, there is no consensus on how to deal with the problem. There are three possible solutions. The first is the possibility of government censorship, which would include laws and penalties for breaking these laws. ....

.... many critics of mass media would say it does little more than highlight dramatic episodes of crime and violence, spectacular personal scandals, and the triumphs of prominent celebrities. In other words, the definition of news has been. The two sides on the ability of the mass media to fulfill it’s role recognized by the Bill of Rights can be categorized into either the supporters of Jarol Manhiem’s essay on the ineptness of the media to realize it’s privileged role or the supporters of Douglas Rushkoff’s essay on the ability of American people to see past the distractive sensationalism of modern day mass media. The debate that was engaged in class rested on thes ....

.... in 47 years. Already, more than 3/4 of a billion people will suffer from malnutrition. Much of the world's hunger problem stems from an uneven food distributions. To feed future populations, agriculture output levels must keep pace with exponential population growths. Unless population growth is slowed, food production shortages and environmental degradation will persist. Today, more than 99 percent of the world's food supply comes from land, the continous production of adequate food supply is directly dependent on land, water, and energy. As the population increases, so does the amount of resources needed. Even though they are not depleted, they are declining at a sign ....