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    Persuasive Images

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    WWWhat persuasive images and slogans are featured in your poster? * In our poster‚ we show the men of the United States in their military uniforms fighting in the war. We also show the women of the United States going to work in the factories and doing jobs that the men were doing before we joined WWII. The slogan we have written on our poster is “If they can do it‚ we can to”. To what emotion does your poster appeal? Explain. * Our poster expresses equality. When the United States joined

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    The Ideal Body Image

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    Literature Review In the literature review‚ the research will examine how each race is subjected to body image and how we are oppressed to the ideal body image. The review will describe how Blacks are seen to be proud of their figure. The review will examine how different races react to the ideal body image according to the media and society. Social Comparison Theory Social Comparison Theory allows a person to make judgments between their selves and another person who qualities or traits the individual

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    against the norms and changing the course of history. In an article by Greenhaven Press many athletes prove that anything is possible‚ even if it is not the norm‚ “Courageous athletes are challenging social boundaries and giving hope: female auto racer Danica Patrick has risen to prominence in a traditionally male-dominated sport‚ and NBA player Jason Collins became the first male athlete gay.” These athletes did not care what other people thought of themselves‚ they did the things they loved. Obviously

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    Female Forticide

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    Humidity & Relative Humidity Humidity is defined as the amount of moisture in the air. Air contains a certain amount of water vapor. The amount of water vapor any mass of air can contain depends on the temperature of that air. The warmer the air is‚ the more water it can hold. A low relative humidity means that the air is dry and could hold a lot more moisture at that temperature. For example‚ at 20 degrees C (68 degrees F)‚ a cubic meter of air can hold a maximum of 18 grams of water. At

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    Police Image

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    factors. Personal experiences with police influence most people’s outlook and opinion towards the entire police force no matter what city‚ county‚ or department they have dealt with. Most commonly among teenagers and other young people‚ a negative image of the police is extremely common‚ but only because the police stop and prevent the total freedom to "have fun" and go party all the time. Although this is true that you may have more fun without the prescense of the police force to stop you from

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    imperfections‚ super skinny‚ etc. As the educator Jean Kilbourne said in her documental Slim Hopes: “Advertising media adversely impact women’s body image‚ which can lead to unhealthy behavior as women and girls strive for the ultra-thin body idealized by the media” (1995). Moreover‚ current data indicates the mentioned before‚ since today’s fashion model weigh 23% less than the average female and a young woman between the ages of 18-34 has a 1% chance of being as thin as a supermodel. Therefore‚ the

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    Sexualized Body Image

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    Adomaitis‚ Alyssa‚ Kim Johnson. "Advertisements: Interpreting Images used to Sell to Young Adults." Journal of Fashion Marketing and Management12.2 (2008): 182-92. ProQuest. Web. 20 Apr. 2016. My focus is not advertisements solely but this web article is very helpful when it comes to how media has changed the way women and girls look at their body image. Many of the girls in the study thought the model to be the one you need to compare yourself to because she had the perfect body. This author made

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    Athletes as Role Models

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    Athletes good or bad role models? Professional athletes in American sports play a large part in the views of a good role model. Many children and young athletes look up to them as Heroes in our society. There may be numerous reasons that prove professional athletes can be true idols‚ but more evidence corrupting the idea of heroic athletes. Athletes are good at what they do; they work hard in order to make it in the big leagues. Working hard to get what you want is something to look up to. Though

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    College Athletes Injury

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    that can happen to a person as an athlete is getting an injury. This can destroy the motivation and emotions of the person that has poured there whole life into the sport just to have it stolen away from them in a brief instant. This mental and physical damage is what many athletes who get critical injuries feel once the damage has occurred. Even with strides in the medical field making injuries less permanent‚ the fact that we cannot perfectly heal the athletes causes a lot of damage to not only

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    athletes lifestyle

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    D1 Analysis After learning about the factors‚ now with this analysis you can see that most of the factors can influence each other in one way or another. The first factor is stress; this can affect performance because having lots of things on your mind can stop you performing well because you can’t concentrate on the game or training long enough to benefit from it. The positives of stress are that you know that you want it‚ whatever it may be‚ relating to sport otherwise you wouldn’t be stressing

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