1. What is the identified need or social problem? When we think of a child molesters we think of an adult and there are many adult child molesters. However, adolescents are responsible for a large number of rapes and child molestation cases. A study in 2003 found that adolescents were responsible ...

Many theories and much research has been conducted on contraception in general, and more recently on condoms in particular, as a result of the AIDS epidemic (Lear, 1995). Condom usage and AIDS education are essential tools for reducing the impact of the disease, yet fewer than one third of sexu...

In April, the US Supreme Court let stand a ruling that strengthens a controversial interpretation of Title IX, the 1972 legislation that denies federal funding to universities that discriminate based on sex in scholastic sports. The newest interpretation makes it necessary for universities to have...

While walking down the steps at my high school, I began to wonder what exactly we were going to see at the assembly. After the entire school was seated in the gym, only then did we all realize that we were there for sex education. The presentation began, equipped with skits, facts, questions from ...

"The construction of female sexuality and it is position in heterosexuality drawing upon recent feminist discussions" An area of great focus in contemporary feminist theory has been looking at the construction of female sexuality, particularly its position in heterosexuality. Of the rece...

Issues/Strengths/Challenges What does it mean to be gay? "I never had any real attraction towards women, but I really knew that I was gay when puberty began. I felt an attraction toward the other boys and I was curious to find out what they were like." P.J. Smith (Personal communication, November 2...

Focused Efforts Contribute to the Decline of Teenage Pregnancy Each year in the United States approximately 40 percent of all girls become pregnant before the age of 20 (Statistics, no date, par. 6). According to Family Planning Perspectives this percentage is equivalent to around one million tee...

STRENGTH TRAINING AND PREPUBESCENT YOUTH The value placed on the importance of winning in professional sports has hit an all-time high. The astronomical amount of money being spent in the entertainment field of athletics has dictated a win-at-all-costs mentality that has trickled all the w...

Unconditional Acceptance Matt Peterson March 8, 200 Per. 1 There are two joint forces that make up a person identity as a human being. One is the shaping and molding of there person as an individual from the womb, that being heredity. Heredity is all the characteristics transmitted from ...

Pornography & Ethics Hum 437- Ethics Pornography is a social problem and is a commodity brought into existence by certain characteristics of a highly developed civilization. The problem with pornography is that any form of censorship or suppression can...

I. Introduction A gay man remembers his high school years filled with loneliness, fear, and self-hatred. Another man recalls spending every lunch period in a bathroom stall. A lesbian recollects her bottling up all her emotions and silencing all impulsive gestures, terrified of saying or doing a...

Crosby 1 Teen pregnancy is one of the most critical issues facing America today. According to the latest data, there were over 1 million pregnancies ...

Support for the death penalty in the U.S. has risen to an average of 80% according to an article written by Richard Worsnop entitled, "Death penalty debate centers on Retribution." Capital punishment is the execution of criminals by the state for committing heinous crimes such as rape and murder. ...

The issue of birth control being taught and/or distributed in public schools is one worth debating. In biology and health classes students are educated in reproduction and sexuality, but not about birth control methods such as condoms and birth control pills. While parents may touch briefly on the t...

Imagine a place where you have access to anything and everything one could want. Some would say that is only existent in a utopia, and some would say that describes the Internet. Many adults go on to the net and access pornographic material that would be unsuitable for children. This is called cyb...

Imagine a place where you have access to anything and everything one could want. Some would say that is only existent in a utopia, and some would say that describes the Internet. Many adults go on to the net and access pornographic material that would be unsuitable for children. This is cal...

Are The School Bus Drivers of America Impacting the Children's Lives Or Are They Impacting Ours? Having been a school bus driver myself for the last 6 years. I have seen and heard many things that lead me to believe that bus drivers do make an impact on the children they transport. I have also...

Within a social structure, there are many factors that influence how individuals view others and themselves. As an example, an individual's social class, cultural beliefs, and commitment to religion will influence how that person functions within a social structure. While all of these factors and m...

Sexual abuse has been a huge trend in violent victimization. Through out the last decade there has been extensive research on how and what sexual abuse is and how sexual abuse affects the minds of children. Child sexual abuse does not have one definite definition and can cause many disorders psycho...

Child abuse is the deliberate and willful injury of a child involving active, hostile, aggressive treatment. The abuse can come in many forms, such as hitting the child, verbally abusing them, beating them with an object, sexually abusing them, slamming them against a wall, or even killing them. Tho...

Women in Transitional Worlds In a world where a woman's sphere was defined by their duties of motherhood, child-rearing, and homemaking; the beginnings of industrialization posed specific concerns on the impact that factory work would have on family life, even more specifically on women. The ni...

Women & Abuse In today's society women have a lot of pressure on them from the men in their lives and also the people around them. Today women are becoming more independent. Women are getting jobs, so they do not have to depend on a man. One thing that has not changed with women is the violence...

Drug Legalization and Reagan Man, as a creature, is inherently bored. Since the dawn of time, it has been the natural instinct of man to find alternative methods to enhance his being. The many means by which man has turned to include sex, gambling, and the consumption of substances beyond the r...

INTRODUCTION Employee safety is a serious issue in most companies. They hold fire drills, examine safety equipment, appoint safety officers and provide safety instruction for the workers. However, workplace violence -- the second most common cause of death at work -- often gets little or...

THE AIDS EPIDEMIC IN AFRICA There has been a startling increase of HIV (human immunodeficiency virus), the leading cause of AIDS (acquired immune deficiency syndrome) in Africa. So much so, that there has been public outcry from country to country. There have been protests and rallies to try to e...