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    Jeffrey Luong ACCEPTING MEN AS THEY ARE – ALBERT ELLIS In Albert Ellis’s‚ The Intelligent Woman’s Guide to Mating and Dating (1979)‚ he states it is a fact that most males are more interested in sex from love‚ that they love after being sexually satisfied rather than before going to bed‚ as females often do. He believes women should accept men as they are: sexually demanding‚ less devoted to the children‚ less warm and romantic. Ellis states it is the natural act of a man to be this way

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    “ The streets are paved with gold-they aren’t paved at all‚ and I am expected to pave them”     This quote above makes you think of the times that immigrants arrived to America via ship to Ellis Island. The way I think of this quote is that yes i’m coming to America to start a new life‚ but it wont be easy at all. The streets have everything a person could want. Near me I have malls‚ restaurants‚ movies‚ jobs etc. and really‚ I don’t have to work incredibly hard to get these things‚ because thank

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    What kind of impression do you want to leave on the world? Would you rather be remembered for your property or your actions? For many‚ this is a difficult choice that they struggle to make. The late Chip Ellis‚ however‚ didn’t falter for a moment when deciding how he wanted to be remembered. He once proclaimed‚ “A hundred years from now it will not matter what my bank account was‚ the sort of house I lived in‚ or the kind of car I drove...but that the world may be different because I was important

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    The Argument Culture In Deborah Tannen’s article “The Argument Culture‚” she states that argument and debate “urge us to approach the world‚ and the people in it‚ in an adversarial frame of mine.” She calls this new norm of society “The argument culture”. The argument culture “rests on the assumption that opposition is the best way to get anything done”. Tannen uses the metaphor of an arguing spouse to convey the idea that society needs act more like a married couple to find a more constructive

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    Gender identities‚ family expectations‚ and socio-economic circumstances relate to one another in the following readings of; “Breadwinners No More: Identities in Flux” by Gamburd and the 2nd reading; “Weakness‚ Worry Illness‚ and Poverty in the Slums of Dhaka” by Rashid In the reading by Gamburd where women tend to migrate out of the country for opportunities outside the rural community they’re family is at. This idea tends to deviate away from the normal gender identities we see when it comes

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    Ap English Tannen Essay Section 1: Theory You Just Don’t Understand Women and Men in Conversation by Deborah Tannen is basically an explanation on how women and men converse. Tannens main goal is to give advice to the different genders in order for them to avoid as much conflict as possible. Tannen’s main ideas are to explain how differently women and men react to each other’s way of being. It’s like they’re in their own little world while living in the same big world. Men tend to try to dominate

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    Human Genome Project Reflection Paper 1 The history of mankind has traditionally been filled with curiosity about one’s abilities and limitations. We are narcissistic by nature and have a need to expand one’s knowledge base more and more every day. The Human Genome Project (“HGP”) is an example of such a curiosity. HGP is a research effort with the goal of taking the human DNA and determining the location of an estimated 100‚000 strains of genes. The genes will then be arranged into sequences

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    to devise women to be seen but‚ not to be heard‚ to acknowledge their beauty and delicacy but‚ to discredit their intelligence and potential. In the light of emotionlessness behavior that women exert‚ psychologist Deborah Tolman had a lot to say about why women act this way. In Deborah Tolman’s publication Dilemmas of Desire‚ she includes themes that discuss women in society as passive individuals. Women are seen as passive in regards to their sexual desires‚ body image‚ and family relations.

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    Deborah Tannen once said‚ “Conversation between women and men is cross-cultural communication.” By this‚ she is trying to explain that both men and women speak in different manners. The same exact thing applies to age‚ ethnicity‚ gender‚ race‚ geography‚ subculture‚ language‚ and occupation. The way one perceives their words is distinguished by their past along with various other reasoning’s. It’s also part of our human nature to adapt to certain communication styles based on the ways we were brought

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    Isabel Ellis in her later years. Trudy attended public schools in Salt Lake City. What was it like for African American families living in Salt Lake City? Trudy often said it was hard being black and in the minority in Salt Lake City when she was coming up. She would on occasion relate that if Baha’u’llah could change her enough to serve the Faith after her experiences growing up‚ He could change anyone. It is not surprising that some black pioneers settled in Utah during the pioneer era.

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