Blue Mountain State is a fictional t.v show that revolves around a football team for Blue Mountain State University. The team itself is full of traditional masculinity scripts of men who are sexually desirable according to hegemonic ideals. Most specifically they constantly reassert their sexual
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The quite popular T.V. show‚ Modern Family is a program about the daily life of a family consisting of Jay Pritchett‚ his new and younger wife Gloria‚ their sons‚ Jay’s son and daughter‚ Mitch and Claire and their families. All three families are very different‚ but all come together as one‚ big‚ happy‚ unit. They go through the good and hard times together which brings them closer during every situation or dilemma. Living in Jay’s house other than Jay‚ are Gloria‚ Manny and Joe. Manny’s original
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Shameless is a television show about a white family of seven. Frank Gallagher is the alcoholic father who only brings problems to his family. Monica Gallagher is the bipolar mother who leaves her family after having her last child for a woman. Fiona is the eldest child who basically is the mother/father and the main provider of the family. Fiona is also a sex addict who attracts the “bad boys” bringing her unnecessary drama in her life. Then you have Lip the player and brains of the family‚ the one
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There are multiple television shows that people might watch. But one of the best shows is River Monsters. This show is thrilling‚ and not mention packed with action also horror. River Monsters is a show that keeps you on the edge of your set and always wondering what is next. River Monsters can be horrifying to people because all of the fish caught in the show are caught in fresh water. Some of these fish have huge teeth. Not just big teeth but sometimes hundreds of them. Also the have bone crunching
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The X-factor Welcome to the programme where everybody just wants to make popular music! Wrong! The X-factor is but merely a show for the vain to become famous or the unsuccessful to gain mild fortune! X-factor is a show that it advertised for anyone who themselves capable of singing to be able to put that over-confidence to the test and be shoved into the spotlight in front of an old welsh man who has never performed in music‚ a man from an unsustainable boy band‚ a girl from an ex-rap group and
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A Response on Social Inequality We live in a culturally diverse world. Age‚ gender‚ sexual orientation‚ ethnic heritage and race are some of the diverse areas in society that are deemed significant. In spite of all these differences we tend to center ourselves around people who are similar to us; those who share the same biological and physical characteristics‚ same status and similar lifestyles. Because of this it is our human nature to be ethnocentric towards those who are different from us
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In Paul Krugman’s Confronting Inequality‚ we are warned‚ as citizens of the United States‚ of the damages of high and rising inequality within our country. The inequity being described is between the wealthy 1% of our nation and the 99% of the rest of the population. The author depicts America as a place where there is unclear economic progress for the middle class while the share of economic growth in the past 3 decades has gone to the wealthy minority. Krugman‚ next describes the damages to our
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True crime documentaries and TV shows have grown in popular culture‚ but are more than entertainment; they have inspired the pursuit of many different careers. Television and movies are a major part of our everyday lives. Many of these movies and tv shows are influenced by real life situations giving them a natural and major influence on our behavior. There has always been study as to whether violence in movies and tv shows causes violent behavior in the younger generation. This has been shown
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A major social problem in America today is its inequality of the distribution of income. "Income inequality refers to the gap between the rich and the poor. The United States has the most unequal income distribution in the industrialized world‚ and it is growing at a faster rate than any other industrialized country" (Eitzen & Leedham‚ pg. 37). The main reason as to why income is distributed so unequally is because of the gap between social classes. Each social class has a certain power‚ and
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Social inequality is prominent within our American society today. It affects and usually deteriorates the potential success of different classes of people living in America. With major issues like this present within in our society‚ there are many people who think that they have solutions. These groups of people can be classified into certain categories that Americans would label as Conservatives‚ Liberalists and Radicals. Each group has specific ideals and beliefs that they hold on to. They apply
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