Women in Iraq live a significantly different life from women in the west. The culture in 1950’s Iraq differs from that in the west in many way‚ and Fatima‚ being a woman from the rural village of El Nahra‚ would be closer to more traditional Iraqi culture than a woman from Baghdad or other cities. She would place a greater emphasis on family‚ a woman’s responsibility to her family‚ and more traditional interpretations of the Koran. Fatima would argue that the position of women in Iraqi culture is
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Social Networking’s Effects on Society Are Social networking sites negatively affecting our society as a whole? Currently‚ some media sources are claiming social networking sites like Facebook having a negative effect on society. Social networking sites should be used to the minimum as possible‚ if it was not used as much the society could have a lot more free time‚ less bullying‚ and even less social. Even though many businesses can say it is good for the society in a way where people can get more
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The Negative Effects of Social Networking on Teens As technology advances it becomes a big part of our lives and has changed the way the world communicates. Being a teen in this generation we have basically grown up with cell phones and social media. Some say that these two things have greatly impacted us in a negative way. According to Alive.com a study showed that 73% of teenagers use some type of social networking and along with the usage of social media‚ teens today are at risk of anything
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Iraq & Vietnam: A comparison and contrast Kirkland Young HUMN 410 Professor Harris 11/17/09 Introduction Many pundits who opposed the U.S. invasion of Iraq now compare it to the invasion of Vietnam by viewing the daily attacks on U.S. soldiers as indications of repeating mistakes that were made in Vietnam. In their view‚ “the United States has yet again stumbled into a foreign quagmire – a protracted and indecisive political and military struggle from which they are not likely to remove
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Marijuana is the most commonly abused drug used by teenagers. Adults‚ teens‚ and even children abuse drugs. The war on drugs does not do much to solve the problems of people abusing drugs. The war on drugs has been inefficient to the world. History has proven that the war on drugs has been a defeat. In the last four decades‚ the government has spent over 2.5 trillion dollars to fight the war on drugs. In those years‚ the number of drug abusers has risen to 19.9 million Americans (Suddath‚ 2009). In
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Are social networks detrimental to children and teenagers’ well-being? In the past few years‚ social networks have become more and more popular. More people join social networks every single day‚ and social networking doesn’t seem to be something that is a passing trend. The Nielsen Company has even reported that “people in the U.S. continue to spend more time on social networking and blog sites as well‚ with total minutes increasing 210% year-over-year and the average time per person increasing
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Science Frey Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina On August 23rd the United States National Hurricane Center broadcasted a report saying that Tropical Depression 12’ had formed over the south eastern Bahamas. The next day it was upgraded to Tropical Storm Katrina’‚ and unfortunately following that‚ upgraded to the fourth hurricane for the year 2005. Hurricane Katrina was overall classified as a Category 5 with wind speeds up to 175mph; devastating effects followed. The effects of this disaster
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services. Like other fields‚ tourism involves both goods and services‚ but the service component is relatively high. Tourism has been a major social phenomenon of the societies all along. It is motivated by the natural urge of every human being for new experience‚ adventure‚ education and entertainment. The motivations for tourism also include social‚ religious and business interests. The spread of education has fostered a desire to know more about different parts of the globe. The basic human
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Jen Lihour Kean Albert Chan English 1A 22 September 2013 The Effects of Social Class to Family In the article “The Color of Family Ties: Races‚ Class‚ Gender‚ and Extend Family involvement” by Naomi Gerstel and Natalia Sarkisian‚ there is a theory that they believe in reality‚ people misunderstand the wrong concept of family involvement. In this case‚ we need to realize this conflict is still happening in the societies. Base on the authors’ data‚ Black and Latinos/Latinas families show that
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The Effect of the Vietnam War on Australia The controversial Vietnam War had a huge impact on Australian society in the 1960’s/1970’s. Australia’s involvement in the key international Cold War conflict of the Vietnam War created instability and a significant shift in the nation’s military‚ social‚ political and economic status. Vietnam was known as a ’TV War’. A great deal of shocking and violent footage of the war was broadcasted right into people’s homes. This caused a lot of social involvement
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