Essays on Women

It is apparent that finding happiness at work is a mirage for many people. Many people work not because they enjoy or are happy with the work they are doing but because there are bills that have to be paid. However, Joanne Gordon’s introduction to “Be happy at work” focuses on how people can enjoy their work and be happy. She centers her issues on women and work happiness as the major topic of her text. According to Joan, women are happy at work when they like these aspects about their work; purpose, people and processes. She supports her ...

In this essay I will discuss the style label Art Nouveau. I will focus on graphic media, posters in particular in the year period of 1900s. I will discuss the so called fin-de-siecle poster. This means the main focus of this paper is on French art and design in this period. It is in France where Art Nouveau was originated and developed the most intensively.

Art Nouveau is a style in art that “exploded onto the art and design scene in the early 1890s and spread rapidly throughout the Western world” (Greenhalgh, 2000: 7). The style united art searches ...

Cranford, Cynthia J., Leah Vosko, Nancy Zukewich. “Precarious Employment in the Canadian Labour Market: A Statistical Portrait. Just Labour: A Canadian Journal of Work and Society 16 (2010): 6-22. Web. 1 Oct. 2013.

The increase of precarious employment poses a significant challenge to policies that support current income yet it remains a largely neglected part in policy-making. The article uses data from the Labor Force Survey and the General Social Survey to examine the relationship between gender, forms of employment and dimensions of precarious employment in Canada. According to the article, most women work in part-time and casual wage ...

Response Essay "Jane Eyre" – The Emerging Feminist Self

Primary to understanding first, the novel "Jane Eyre" and, second, following the eloquently expressed reading on the subject of the novel's protagonist is the dire need for having a fundamental understanding of the times the author lived. Understanding the limitations of every woman of that era who maintained a superficial no matter her social status, education, and sense of self, she remained almost invisible in the world run by men. This academic response to "A Dialogue of Self and Soul: Plain Jane's Progress" reading focuses on how the characterization of Jane forms the underpinnings of the fundamental angst experienced by women ...

The problems associated with oppression and privileges are present in today’s society and it is up to the society as a whole to acknowledge the social issues in the society (Johnston 125). The art of silence in social issues allow these types of oppressions to continue among people. For example racism, sexism, homosexuality among other things is some of the things the society minimizes through silence. Johnston makes crucial and relevant points regarding the society because we have been socialized to believe that our merit relies on how hard we work (Johnston 118). This may be true but given ...

Analysis describing your thoughts about the photographs in relation to their subject, form, content, and meaning.

The four photos show some sort of movement which is captured by an unobtrusive medium. This is because the human subjects in the photos have their back turned to the camera and appear unaware of the photographer. They represent a moment in time in a busy day as people in different occupations go about their duties. The short shadows of the various people or forms captured in these photos indicate that they were all captured either just before or just after midday in natural light.

The use of perspective to indicate distance and depth is done successfully. This helps to capture ...

Response

Very few Colonies were present in the Middle East during the twentieth century. This comprises of the British, French and the Italian. Colonial’s state comprised of patterns and regulatory mechanisms that dictated what happened in the political landscape as well as providing the ways of exercising power in countries that were dominated by the Europeans. In the Middle East, the setting up of the modern state features was the sole responsibility of the major colonial authority. Administrative logic most often was used to subdivide areas of control, for instance Jerusalem. On the completion of a territorial state, mechanisms ...

Laura Ling was the main speaker at the event and she gave a comprehensive account for her experiences in North Korea where she was detained for more than 40 days together with a colleague, Euna Lee. Ling is an American journalist who specializes in human rights investigative journalism and some of her reports cover aspects such slave labor, drug trade, internet censorship, women rights amongst others.

Ling recalled her visit to North Eastern China, a home for many North Koreans who had freed their homeland because of hunger and other desperate conditions. Most of those fleeing were women. Some got married ...

Anti-Islam attitudes, particular towards the Muslims and their informal and formal policies and codes of conduct are has become the main target of the Western media. This prejudice has manifested itself in various parts of the non-Muslim world. The Muslims have been portrayed by the Western media as dirty, brutal, uneducated, untrustworthy and fanatical terrorists. Throughout the western world, there exist a strong Islam-phobia; the strong feeling of Islam-phobia takes very many forms including hate and discrimination. Islam-phobia linked to terrorist attacks that are carried by Islamic fundamentalists. The strong anti-Muslim attitudes are widespread in Britain, France, United States and other western countries ( ...

Women have often been viewed as inferior to men as a result of the predominantly male chauvinistic tendencies in most societies. They have often been given subordinate roles while their male counterparts take the forefront in critical decision making responsibilities. This situation has often made women to be subjected to unacceptable acts such as rape, early marriages, verbal abuse and physical violence, which violates their right to human dignity. Regardless, there have been women of outstanding character and personality who have stood up against these suppressions that limit the potential of many women across the world. ‘The Bandit Queen’ is a ...

The main idea of the article “Creating the Myth” is that, while there have been thousands and thousands of stories written over the course of human history, they all come from a very small number of universal stories. Whether these are “search” stories are “hero” stories, the vast majority of stories come down to one of the various types of myths. The author goes through the various stages of the myth and describes how some of our most famed stories fit the pattern. For example, the author draws heavily from the Star Wars cycle, and the Odyssey of Homer, to ...

Every day we face with situations in which we should make choice. It can be connected with different sphere of life: what clothes to wear, what book to read or what profession to choose. But sometimes our choice is invisible for everybody and influential for ourselves. I mean the situation when we have an inner conflict between what we want to do and what we realize we should do.

Fundamentally, ethic principles are known as a base of life. Who set on these principles? Must people follow them in every situation? My mother is a teacher. We have a stormy relationship, ...

I have been brought up in family of fitness freaks. I remember my parents playing different sports with me; giving me chance to select the sport of my interest. I am passionate about basket ball and swimming. I was taught that participating and playing with team spirit was more important than wining. The farsightedness of my family helped me in becoming a balanced person. I offered many voluntary services in our community association. It would include activities like preparing lemonade and snacks for orphanages and old age homes. I would get a chance to visit old age homes and spend time ...

Compare and contrast courtesans in Renaissance Italy, Japan, and India

A courtesan originally means a courtier, a person who takes care of the powerful people in society. There are two traditions of courtesan, which include honest courtesan and the lower class of courtesan. The honest courtesan was portrayed as an intellectual and was often treated and romanticized almost like the women of the nobility. The art of courtisanerie is mainly associated with honest courtesan. They were well educated even than the upper classiest women, which made them hold careers such as artists and performers. They were chosen depending on the social and communication skills as well as their physical appearance. Therefore, ...

Introduction

Schindler’s List is a 1993 historical drama film produced and directed by Hollywood heavyweight Steven Spielberg. Considered as one of the best films of the 20th Century, the film revolves around German business named Oskar Schindler who saved many Jewish refugees during the infamous Holocaust by giving them jobs in his many factories. The character of Schindler is played by Liam Neeson. One of the most prominent themes of this film is the theme of denial. The theme of denial is exhibited in the fact that the Jews are in denial of the severity and the absolute the horror ...

Discussion 1:

Globalization has led to an increasing melding of the developed and developing worlds, with the latter being more easily accessible due to the ease with which individuals and organizations can reach out to countries. In this photo, an African woman carries her child with her in a papoose on her back, while she holds material in a cardboard box above her head, transporting goods from one place to another. The photo intends to symbolize the influence of nations upon each other – the cardboard box, a symbol of industrialization, is being used for great utility by this member of a developing nation. This picture ...

Montaigne approaches the topic of cannibals by first indicating that most people will identify things as barbarous based on the absence of use of the idea in one’s country. What makes something barbaric depends on the idea or presence of a perfect government or religion or culture. The intriguing lives of the people in the new world form the major basis of Montaigne discussion. These people reside in a pleasant and temperate land. Despite the temperate, sickness is unheard off among these people. Residing by the sea, the people have a direct and bountiful access to fish and flesh. Cooking applied ...

In everyone’s life, there are some actions or events that define who or how a person is. I am also not an exception. But among all, there is one that disillusioned me of a lifelong misconception about myself. The irony of my life led to a subconscious false and flat (stereotypical) lifestyle that needed a shock (climax) to wake me up to true self discovery.

I was a child of a conflicting family who had no normal boyhood. In the middle of all the conflicts, I grew up as a timid and inhibited child. A thousand nights passed by without any sleep or peace. ...

When walking into toy departments, it is easy to notice several distinct isles. In most cases, the most distinct feature is the color of the toys and the general make of the toys. In one isle, one can find toys that are packaged in shades of grey, blue, brown and black. In another isle, the toys will be in pink, white and even red. These toys will have been marketed differently from the color to their designs, and this is what draws many people to them. This general presentation will determine which isle a person will visit to buy which ...

Intellectual Elaboration

Among the many examples of gender or racial stereotyping that can be found from film or media, I chose the following; Gender Stereotypes within Children, Labels Against Women, and Raise the Red Latern. The Gender Stereotypes within Children has emphasis on how children respond from the given questions about the difference between a boy and a girl. The Labels Against Women talks about a commercial advertisement that represents women empowerment. The movie entitled Raise the Red Lantern demonstrates polygamy happened in China during the era of warlords, before the civil war of the ...

John Frederick Nims’ “Love Poem” and William Shakespeare’s “Sonnet 130” are two different poems that are separated by four centuries, but the poets have successfully presented the “ideal” poems to represent the “ideal woman” in a grounded world with all her flaws. The poems reflect that love on the surface is superficial when compared to the inner beauty of a loved one. Honesty and integrity are more effective when dealing with true love.

William Shakespeare’s “Sonnet 130”, was probably written to ridicule the traditional love poem that showed women as divine angelic creatures with no flaws. Shakespeare recognizes ...

In Bebe Moore Campbell’s, Your Blues Ain’t Like Mine, there are fictional stories about several people. The stories are set in rural Mississippi where there are clear forms of racial segregation. A good example is the killing of a poor fifteen year old black boy, Armstrong, on racial grounds because he spoke French to a white woman, Lily. Perhaps the most pitiful person in the text is Lily because of how she is treated by her husband. First of all, she is a school dropout. She then goes on to get married to Floyd, a young man who owns a pool hall ...

Introduction

One of the largest social problems facing the modern society is illiteracy. By wide definition, illiteracy refers to the inability of an individual to read and write. However, as will be seen later, this definition is relatively outdated. In the current modern society, every single human being has the right to acquire the basic knowledge of writing and reading. Those who do not have this knowledge or have been deprived of this knowledge are usually referred to as the illiterates. Despite the enormous modernization of the current society, the problem of illiteracy stills persists and there are ...

I. Proper communication skills are very essential in everyday life activities. They must just determine your next promotion or the new contract that your client will sign for you. They might just as well find you a spouse. It is the weapon for influence one should never underestimate that. Even persuasion will rely on how effective communication is. Several attributes are required in a person in order to become a good communicator. Self confidence is among the most emphasized communication skills that many talk about. Well, it is a key trait but there is much more to just being confident for you to ...

1. Jiro Dreams of Sushi In this documentary, acclaimed sushi chef Jiro is shown working in his small restaurant in a subway station. Having been the recipient of three Michelin stars, Jiro is still shown to be dedicated to his craft, always seeking perfection and never being satisfied with what he has. The documentary delves into the expectations placed on his son, as well as briefly into the phenomenon of overfishing in the Pacific Ocean, while also providing mouthwatering footage of the sushi Jiro prepares.

2. Rashomon This film follows the attempt to figure out the culprit ...

Write an intricate, confessional, or embarrassing essay

Introduction

Today, there is an obsession with reality and this is reflected in the great number of TV shows and series such as Survivor, The Apprentice, Hell’s Kitchen, Shark Yank etc. The success of these “reality” shows goes to show that life is made up of different components and is not a neat narrative as previously implied in conventional novels and fiction stories. This is captured by the statement: "As a work gets more autobiographical, more intricate, more confessional, more embarrassing, it breaks into fragments" (Shield 308). This statement is true because people are bored with the ordered fiction ...

- According to the female police officer, romantic relationship makes the relationship invigorating and exciting (An all-consuming love, chapter 4, page 118). It reminds one not take his/her partner for granting. One can tell when another person is in their bad mood. Romantic relationship does not go along with house chores such as washing clothes and cooking breakfast (An all-consuming love, chapter 4, page 124). Romantic exhibit attributes such as a religious ritual in the family dynamic; in which partners isolate the objects of their emotions from others, they dress in a particular style, eat special food and set special times ...

Business Law

Susan G. Komen for the cure, a leading charity for breast cancer has decided to terminate its association with the Planned Parenthood federation of America. The news has created brouhaha in the United States as Planned Parenthood is the biggest reproductive health service provider of the America. People from all over the America are protesting against this decision and want Komen to take the decision back. Women are aggrieved because this step would affect the breast cancer education, research and abortion facilities. People are flabbergasted about this step and one reason that has been quoted by the organization is a ...

In 1925 Anzia Yerierska published her most well known novel “Bread Givers.” She grew up in a Polish Jewish family a lot like family in the novel. She immigrated with her family to the United States when she was a child. Her father was a Talmudic scholar so her mother had to work to bring home the bread like in the title . . . to give the bread to her family. When Anzia was old enough she had to work. Her work was in a sweatshop so it was very difficult. She worked hard in very bad conditions. Finally she was able to put herself through ...

Business ethics are necessary for the corporations doing business in the country. Ethical business can be beneficial for companies in a way that they attract the customers towards the products offered by firm. They also attract the investors and keep the price of a share of company high, hence protect the business from the takeover. Lack of the social responsibility and unethical behavior of the firms can damage the reputation of a firm and make it less attractive to the stakeholders. The profits also decline due to unethical behavior of the firm. In this paper the business ethics, policies, customs and procedures ...

I was fourteen when I first heard of the “F” word. I was walking down the street to a friend’s house when a man standing by the corner suddenly said it to my face. This happened in the UK where I was taking up an English course. I did not know what the word meant, but by his facial expression I knew that it was nothing good. At this time, I was just starting to learn English, and the word did not appear in the textbooks. ...

Violence Against Women

Bad acts committed towards women because of their gender are referred to as violence against women. Violence against women is a clear manifestation of the unequal power relations between men and women. The acts range from physical abuse to psychological torture. Women are viewed to be of a lesser importance in comparison to men. Sexual harassment is one of the major crimes committed against women. Cases of marital rape, harassment at work places and suggestive language used towards women suggest that they are sex symbols. This behavior seems to have been accepted by the society since nothing is being done about. ...

An analysis of the poem by Sylvia Plath and Elizabeth Bishop aims to demonstrate female suffering. Women were forced to live under violent conditions and inequality circumstances. Therefore, Plath and Bishop used metaphor and irony to show the desire of feminism and equality in society. This paper shows how profound feminism has developed over the years as denoted in different writings by various Authors

Black-Phones: Postmodern Poetics within the Holocaust Poetry (Sylvia Plath Boswell), Matthew Critical Survey20.2 (2008): 53-64,112.

This journal talks about the suffering of Plath. She uses the poem ‘Lady Lazarus’ and ‘Daddy’ to describe her generation. Plath’s technique of using “Lady ...

New York Times pollster Nate Silver was very accurate in his predictions throughout the election, and stated all along that Barack Obama was going to win. The 2012 election was only contested in about ten “swing states” such as Ohio, Virginia, Colorado, Florida and Nevada. He did not contest the election at all in most of the South, except for Florida, Virginia and North Carolina, and basically conceded states like Texas, Georgia, Mississippi and Oklahoma to Romney. In all of those Red States, the white voters overwhelmingly support the Republicans, especially against a black president, and there was no surprise ...

INTRODUCTION

Anne McCaffrey's Dragonriders of Pern series has been one of the most popular, long-running and influential fantasy book series of the past 50 years. In addition to its intriguing stories of high fantasy, one of the most integral components to its longevity and popularity are the stylized, intriguing and fascinating cover art that has graced every edition of each of the numerous books in the series. Many artists have worked on the series' cover art for many years, and their varying styles throughout the decades show the differences in fantasy art styles and audience sensibilities in a very ...

Political and economic life of our society is not homogeneous. It always differs for different groups of people, who experience different problems and have different needs. The five articles that are discussed further provide unique insights into the peculiarities of the distinct characteristics and issues different groups of people face in the modern society. “Playbook for Life” is a guide to planning financial future, which targets specifically students. It is based on real-life experiences and aims to help students to manage their expenses in a more efficient way. This guide has been created by Hartford, an insurance company that claims ...

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http://uofmhealthblogs.org/womens/pregnancy-childbirth/oh-body-will-change-pregnancy/8463/

Posted by Helen Kang Morgan, MD on September 24, 2013 In addition to the obvious physical changes as your belly grows during pregnancy, what other surprises may your body have in store for you? Pregnancy is an exciting time, but often one filled with many questions — is my baby healthy, can I do this/eat that, and what the heck is happening to my body?

During your first trimester, you’ll probably feel tired, perhaps more tired than you’ve ever felt before. Get as much rest as you can. About 70 percent of women will also ...

Risk taking is an important aspect of entrepreneurship and leadership. Risks are important as they allow people get what they want. Risk takers are known to be go-getters and will have whatever it takes to get what they want. Risk taking is taking shape in businesses. Leaders are known to be risk takers and a good leader will always have some element of risk taking. Richard Branson is one of the greatest business leaders who have developed a brand, The Virgin Atlantic from scratch to where it is now. It is his risk-taking nature that has helped him to go where ...

Every day women face with some type of violence. Even though we live in a democratic society and the public seem to see women as equal members of the society in many parts of the world this is not the case. The most obvious form of violence is physical and sexual assault. However, in many cases psychological violence that is based on threats and intimidation has a more lasting effect, and others can not notice evidences of this type of violence in women. In the paper issues that are not healthy for a stable relationships will be discusses.

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Introduction

The Efik are a tribe mainly found in calabar town located at the capital of Cross River State. They are also found in small villages called Creek Town also around the Calabar. The efiks main occupation is traditional subsistence farming and fishing. In the past, they used items such as raffia, calabash and bamboo in the designing of their art and craft. Their religion includes ancestral worship and river deities (Inyang, 2000).

Fattening

The fattening room also known as Nkuho is an Effik tradition that involves special training accorded to young women in special seclusion in order to prepare them for ...

Executive Summary

The objective was to compare effects of GnRH antagonist and standard long protocol agonist on number, and the quality of Metaphase II oocytes, and on reducing risk of hyperstimulation, in patients who are affected by Polycystic ovarian syndrome. Polycystic ovarian syndrome is a common endocrinopathy of the women who are in reproductive age, which is a first cause of the anovulation. GnRH agonists are used in the IVF to avoid premature LH surge before the retrieval of oocyte. Research findings from this study can be significant to various Centers for Reproductive Medicine, and also to all the institutions that practice ART. ...

In Sally Markowitz's "A Feminist Defense of Abortion," she argues that abortion is an equal right for women, due to the fact that women currently do not have equal status and rights in society as compared to men. In her eyes, women are not given the rights they are entitled to (and which men enjoy), and therefore abortion is justified in order to help even out that imbalance. Markowitz's argument is, for the most part, extremely sound and strong, though there are a few logical fallacies that must be addressed in order to more fully understand her argument.

Markowitz lays ...

Article Abstracts Small Business

Insurance The Obama’s administration completely buried the report of some people paying more for health care charges. The government waited on Friday afternoon and then dumped the news just late at the end of the week. This paper outlines a detailed article entitled What Obama Won’t Say. It was reported on 25th February 2014 that a total of eleven million workers who were engaged in small business were likely to pay an extra amount compared to others to cater for their health insurance under the Act of Affordable Care. This was a report conducted and analyzed from the ...

Women’s Suffrage in the U.S.

Women's suffrage took over a century to win, and it was one battle at a time, a slow and tedious process that took generations of women's entire lives to fight. In the US, a sweeping movement in the late 1700s held back voting for women. In one state after another, women lost their right to vote - New York, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and New Jersey among others. (Mann) It will not be after over a century when a state would allow women to vote, then deny it, then grant it again, as was the case in Utah. Idaho ...

There have been several theories and perspectives that have been advanced in the past. The criminal theories expose many instances of the oppressive practices of domination, inhumanity, and inequality in the structure of power in most communities. In the classical theory by Beccaria, the argument is that the benefits of the crime outweigh the costs involved in committing that crime. The theory is influenced byrational choice especially in deterrence. The punishment in this theory was not based on substantial evidence, but it was rather based on deterrence so that crime offenders could avoid participating in certain crimes due to ...

There are and will always be rules everywhere, and, naturally, there will always be those who, for a variety of different reasons, do not comply with them.

A very good friend of mine (let’s call him Archibald) once had a huge fight with his girlfriend. There aren’t that many things you can say about Archibald for certain, he’s a bit mysterious (even to his friends) which, I suppose, he thinks makes him look better, and, surprisingly, it does. But there’s one thing you can say with a 100 percent certainty – he adores his girlfriend. He is head to ...

Annotated Bibliography

Boccaccio, Giovanni and John Payne (Trans.). The Decameron. New York: Walter Black Inc., n.d. Kindle. Boccaccio is considered as Chaucer’s counterpart in Italy. The book is a compilation of tales like The Canterbury Tales. He writes of the decadent side of women during the Medieval Age. Almost all of the 100 (Decameron) stories—10 stories for each of the 10 days—are about some illicit affair. Even nuns in a convent get involved with a man. The women in the stories seem to be mostly from the middle or upper class of Italian society. The stories are irreverent descriptions of ...

- Physical exercise is very important for pregnant women, as they help them to ease the state, prepare muscles to the stress of labor and to the loads of the last trimester of pregnancy. - Conditions in which physical activity should be avoided are also listed. - It is also a good idea to include the recommended types of physical activity into daily life, while excluding certain other types. The experience of previous generations is also described in brief.

Physical Activities during Pregnancy

General routine for women during pregnancy mostly remains the same as it was before it. However, a pregnant woman doesn’ ...

Michele Causse ingested 15g of powdered Nembutal, dissolved in 60ml of normal tap water, ending her life. In Switzerland it’s legal to assist someone in ending their life if it is not done for egotistical reasons. Michele Causse loved life but didn’t want it to lose form; she’s basically saying that although she loves life it’s all downhill from here because of her health. Life is only going to get worse, so she wants to end on her terms instead of slowly deteriorating into a creature that can’t feed itself. She already can’t shop ...

There are various strategies that are used in alleviating poverty in the world. One of the models for attacking poverty is the bottom-up model offered by Muhammad Yunus. In this plan, Muhammad plans to work hand with the very poor people. This will help him to give small loans to people in order to raise the entire community’s well-being (Yunus, 2003, pp 18). According to Yunus, if the poor received a little financial assistance in the form of a loan and are educated on the main principles of financial control, the people will act responsibly and manage the business themselves ( ...

Chapter 1

In the first chapter, Caleb asks Anna, his older sister, about his mother. Because his mother passed away the day after he was born, he asks all manner of small questions about the things she would say and the songs she would sing, because he wanted to know her. Papa returns from going to town, telling them that he has put out an ad in the newspaper in order to take applicants for a woman he can marry, and who can provide a mother figure for the children. A letter has come in response, from a woman named Sarah ...

A [a] The term, ‘big bro is watching over you,’ is synonymous to being followed and scrutinized for whatever a person does. From mobile phones to web browsers to satellite tracking, just about anything and everything is ‘bugged’ to watch a person’s move. Most of these close scrutiny apparatus is used by government and paparazzi to gather information on foreign and local agents and celebrities. Phone tapping is a very common means to investigate people in high offices and the U.S spying espionage concerning the NSA which Edward Snowden revealed to the world is once such instance where the ...

Introduction

The morning gold sun-rays had already started piercing through my bedroom curtain as my eyes hardly opened. I felt so exhausted from the previous day’s house chores and Saturday’s family general cleaning since our house help had gone out to see how her ill mother was faring. I simply felt as weak as a soggy biscuit. All of this was starting to fade away as the little birds nested in our home garden were singing there hymns harmonically making our Sunday morning feel special. The aroma of my mum’s cookies filled the whole house. It was a routine ...

- The Red Scare which occurred after the end of WW II was caused by many factors including the Soviet Communists acquiring nuclear weapons through stealing US bomb secrets via spies, the cold war with the Communism, some American and British Communist spies working with soviets being discovered, and an invasion of South Korea by Communist. Moreover, American politicians used these issues to instill fear and witch hunt so as to increase their positions or power. Some of the major results of the Red Scare were expatriation or deportation of foreigners and barring the socialists from office.

McCarthy was ...

Question 1:

The Chattri and the Muqarnas

The Chattri is a memorial which was built in appreciation and recognition of the input of the Indian Army in subduing the enemy in the First World War (Chattri.com n.p.). Chattri is a word meaning umbrella in Punjab, Urdu and Hindi. Its umbrella-like design also signifies protection. There is an annual pilgrimage ritual which is done to remember the soldiers.

Muqarnas is a prominent feature of Islamic architecture used in the Muslim world. This style consists of domes, niches and doorways. Their function is primarily decorative although they are solutions to structural problem as well. They give an occasionalist perspective of the ...

Question One: Six Universally Acclaimed Values

While the world is comprised of different people with various customs and practices, there are certain things that cut across all the people of the world irrespective of their political, cultural or religious affiliation. Put differently, such things are termed as being universal as they transcend boundaries, culture and nationality. This section of this article will highlight six values that are almost universal. They are values that have almost attained the status of a norm in most parts of the world. Any departure from these values will most likely be frowned upon by any person, irrespective of the part of ...

1.) Ahmadi, K., Rezazade, M., Nafarie, M., Moazen, B., Yarmohmmadi, V. M. and Assari, S. (2012). Unprotected Sex with Injecting Drug Users among Iranian Female Sex Workers: Unhide HIV Risk Study. AIDS Research & Treatment. 2012, p1-6.

In this article by Ahmadi, Rezazade, Nafarie, Moazen, Yarmohmmadi, and Assari (2012), they attempted to ascertain and make an assessment of the prevalent factors that are related to unprotected sex who are commonly regarded as injecting drug users (IDUs) from the participants of the study who were female sex workers who were based in Iran. The authors used a cross-sectional study ...

Implications of cultural patterns on health

Introduction Communities have distinguishable characteristics that make them different from the rest of the society around the world. Such cultural patterns are transferred from one generation to another for a very long period of time. According to Edberg (2013), every society across the world, has unique cultural practices as well as belief. However, some beliefs and practices are rewards to some members of that community, and a punishment to the rest of the community members. Such beliefs and practices include; female genital mutilation, early marriages and some religion practices and beliefs (Edberg 2013).

Female genital mutilation is the removal of ...

“Barbie Doll” Questions

- In the poem “Barbie Doll”, the phrase “consummation at last” may mean two things. First, it may mean that in death, the girl no longer have to impress anybody. In death, she can be anybody she wants. The struggle to be accepted in society ends in death. She does not have to look and act according to the dictates of society. On the other hand, the line “consummation at last” may also mean that in death, the physical appearance that she wanted to have is finally given to her. With the help of the undertaker’s cosmetics, she ...

Conscious-raising refer to a situation where women share and discuss their personal experiences with each, which are then turned into political actions. It has been used by women till date in their fight for equality due to its effectiveness and its origin from feminist poetry. There are three waves of feminism, which were based on timelines with the first beginning in the mid-nineteenth century culminated by the 19 amendment, which enabled women participation in voting. The second wave of feminism was more radical, and it began in the late 1960 based on the creation of sexism. The third wave started ...