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- 2381: Monks And Today's Society
- ... which was provided by the monasteries. The second of these vows, chastity, discouraged the monks from sexual desires, by not allowing such things as marriage and sexual indulgement. The last vow in which the monks lived by was obedience. This vow was not only used to keep order, but it was also used to make the monks humble and not proud. In the modern day United States the dominant values are ...
- 2382: The Increasing Prison Population
- ... increase--but even if it doesn't, the cost of running prisons will. Prisons are often referred to as "the big house," but "full house" may be a better term. In 1994, 1 million people lived in America's federal and state prisons. Another 3.7 million were on probation or parole, and half a million were confined to locally run jails. The grand total: more than 5.1 million adults ...
- 2383: Inequality Of The Sexes
- ... desired by men. There is clearly a double standard for men and woman for the same type of behavior. The problem of inequality between men and women started with the Declaration of Independence. Society has lived with this inequality for many years. It's impossible for society to change overnight. The problem will not and cannot disappear overnight. A lot of progress has been made over time but, more time is ...
- 2384: Ethnocentrism
- 1. During this period of time was most common and nationalism was spread to all the people of the country in which they lived. It was very uncommon for someone to experience a clash of culture within themselves. And an understanding and liking of another culture other then their own. To be interested in a country for reasons other ...
- 2385: Greek And Hellenistic Philosophy
- ... was important to the empire. However; these men found many different ways to go about it. The Greek society brought forth the very first of the great philosophers. One of the first was Socrates who lived from 470-399 B.C.E..He was one of the first to focus on the ethical and truth establishing questions that have worried the thoughtful since the dawn of creation. He felt it was ...
- 2386: Trans-racial Adoption
- ... because too many children were waiting too long. A recent study revealed that in a three month period in New York City 262 children were legally adopted, out of those more than fifty percent had lived in foster care for at least six years(Christ 2). Many of those children were held back from being adopted because of racial considerations. How can one hold a child for that long in foster ...
- 2387: The Role Of Women In India And South America
- ... village are ashamed by his actions. The husband, Madhav, and his father, Ghisu, go around the town weeping for the death of the woman but their tears are false. All they want is money. She lived miserably, working only to feed her and husband and care for the children. Ghisu said it best when he sais Awhy do you weep my boy? Rather rejoice that she is freed from this web ...
- 2388: Knights And Chivalry
- ... not brag about what he accomplished, he was a very modest person. Most people today are rude and ignorant, you'll be lucky if a person holds the door for you. The way the Knight lived is better than the way most people live today. You have to be careful in who you trust because people today only try to cheat or to hurt people. If we were living back then ...
- 2389: Personal Writing: Living In Both Texas And New York City
- ... city have less time to worry about how to get from one point to another. In Sugar Land, a person without an automobile is just as bad as a handicap on a wheelchair. Although I lived in New York City for several years, I had to consider myself as a Texan because I practically grew up here. From getting my license to getting my first accident, I was raised from adolescent ...
- 2390: Bias
- ... there were only 155 interviews from black people living in Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, Missouri, and Kentucky, which is about 6% of the total number of published interviews. Twenty-three percent of the southern slave population lived in those states. In these statistics, the upper-south was unrepresented. Another example would be the ages of the ex-slaves interviewed. Two-thirds of them were over 80 years of age, leaving the question ...
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