Abortion In the time that we live in, it seems to me that humans have lost the respect for life. For one to actually be able to say they no longer want this human existing blows my mind out of the water. Abortion is clearly an act of murder, allowing one human to destroy another. Though the federal ...

Passion in Ai's Poetry Ai uses both sexes as speakers in her poems. In Twenty-year Marriage there is a female speaker who is speaking to her husband through her body movements. It is a man conveying thoughts to the mother of his dead child in Abortion. Both poems are very moving and be...

I believe in some cases, a woman should have the right to have an abortion if she so chooses. But in the case of Steve and Michelle, presented by philosopher George W. Harris, I feel that Michelle does not have the right to abort her child. When Michelle decided that she was not going to tell her ...

The Family Breakdown The disintegration of the family has always preceded the decline of a culture. America and American families are in trouble. In the history of our nation, there has not been a single generation raised with the societal conditions that we have. Our nation is faced with a severe ...

Imagine being in a cage, with cameras everywhere. Never being alone. There's nothing you can do about it. Only being able to eat certain foods, like a strict diet, but without the choice. Can you possibly imagine having to work at a job that covers up the truth in reality? Nothing is for certai...

The main character in this play is Shelby a woman who usually falls for the wrong type, romantically linked to Tyrel, a promiscuous man. Also supporting characters are Debra, friend to Shelby, married to Leonard, friend to Tyrel. The play was written in 1999 as a subsequent to the successful novel...

As a teenager, one is faced with many different obstacles that must be overcome. The pressure about school, homework, after school activities, a job, a boyfriend, and family all contribute to what makes up a teenager's stressful life. One important thing that teenagers face is sex. There is an i...

Making ChoicesIn everyone's life, there will always be a time that you have to make an important choice. Whether is for education, business or relationship. In the story "Hills Like White Elephant" by Ernest Hemingway is about making choice in a relationship situation, about a girl who need to mak...

The Catholic Church is the world's largest, and oldest, Christian religion. The churches over 860 million members count for almost one-fifth of the of the Earths population. Such a large religion is open to be interpreted in many ways, to avoid having the Churches views distorted they have the "Cate...

Feminism is one of the most important themes during the 1970s. For centuries, women have been subjected to a male-dominated society. Recent history however, women start to struggle with what their roles should be in the society. As a female writer, Margaret Atwood develops the theme of feminism...

Women of the South American Yanomamo Society The South American Yanomamo society is decidedly masculine. Yanomamo women are considered inferior to men. The superior/inferior male/female duality occurs in all contexts of the Yanomamo's lives. It can be seen from the division of daily ...

The Road of Teenage PregnancyAs a senior in high school, I had to make a very important decision. Did I want to have a baby and finish school, or did I want to get married and quit school. Although abortion and adoption were the right choice for some people, I knew they were not the right choice f...

'IF YOU LOVE ME, YOU WILL HAVE SEX WITH ME.' The statement is a threshold of many different viewpoints and opinions that people can have. Some may believe that the statement is correct in saying that if u love someone, u should have sex with that person, yet, on the other hand, some ...

Human Sexuality Written Assignment I can not think of a proper age to engage in sexual intercourse because to me it should be experienced when one has matured enough and has the ability to make choices on their own, which would normally would be later a young adults life. But as where some peop...

Athenagoras of Athens address Marcus Aurelius and his son Commodus, about Christianity and the society, in the late 2nd century AD, in order to persuade them that Christianity and the people whom believed in it were law bidding, caring and righteous people. He wrote several pieces of philosophy in ...

The English Patient Essay Love can sometimes be a destructive or a healing force to one's relationship. In the novel, The English Patient, written by Michael Ondaatje, love is appeared to be the truest element in many forms of relationships during the wartime. The traditional marriage of ...

Edward Albee's, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf, takes the audience through a night of a few drinks shared by college professors. This show first appeared via television on October 15, 1962 and is considered to be one of the most important plays in modern theatre. The play is set ...

In the recent 2004 Presidential Election, the candidates for the different parties had several main issues that they made arguments on. Some of these issues included: the war on terror, health care plans, tax cuts, abortion, the environment, and same sex marriages. Why should the government of a ...

"Women, through whom death, suffering and toil came into the world, were creatures' dominated by their sex. So taught the Bible and patristic tradition. To control and punish women, particularly their bodies and their dangerous, disruptive sexuality was theref...

The aspect of sex and the use of birth control were touchy issues in the early 20th century. Sex was only for married couples that wanted to have children. The idea of sex before marriage was crazy. Because of all the beliefs about sex being only for procreation and not for pleasure birth control ...

THE GREAT GATSBY No, Gatsby turned out all right at the end; it is what preyed on Gatsby, what foul dust floated in the wake of his dreams that temporarily closed out my interest in the abortive sorrows and short winded elations of men. The American dream is love and money. In the novel, The Gr...

Pre-Marital Sex Pre-marital sex or fornication is somewhat of a common theme amongst teenagers in today's society. Despite the Catholic Church continuing to teach that sexual love between a man and a woman should be reserved for marriage, young people are still engaging in the act of pre-marital sex...

The Bushmen vs. Romans In this paper I compare the non literate society of the African Bushmen to the ancient agricultural society of Rome. I specifically compare the human institution of family. The other institutions are religion, education, economy, and politics. These five institutions are wa...

Throughout history, women have aimed for a recognized place in society. Women generally have had fewer legal rights and career opportunities than men. Wifehood and motherhood were regarded as women\'s most significant professions. Looking at the world today, many accomplishments in women\'s rights h...

Divorce: What About the Children? Today we face a whole new era concerning the collapse of marriages and families. It is now estimated that one in two marriages will end in divorce. Lately, many consequences are being exposed because of numerous self-centered actions. It is unfortunate that it is...