… We want abortion, so we will no longer have to have abortions. Second-Wave Women's Movement, Italy Thirty years have passed since the Supreme Court of United States stated its opinion in the Roe v. Wade case, which later became known as the…

… of Commitment on HIV/AIDS: The principal obstacles for the implementation of the Declaration in Georgia All of us must recognize AIDS as our problem. All of us must make it our priority. Kofi Annan, UN Secretary General, 25 June, 2001 Why cannot…

… my brother's wedding, listening to the very Punjabi bhangra music blasting on the wall speakers, I walk the fine line between being conservative Indian - those of Ivy League chemical engineering PhD's, of having no less than 50 cousins, of spending…

… adopted by sociologists in the nineteenth century. Marxism came from the German philosopher Karl Marx (1818-1883), whereas Functionalism was originally derived by Auguste Compte (1798-1857). It was then developed further by Emile Durkheim (1858-1917). …

… and most of Europe. After its beginning in China, it was quickly spread by trade boats and movement of people and goods from one place to another. The bubonic plague has been blamed for the deaths of a third of the population of Europe at the time,…

… especially in health care industry. The modern medical markets have developed in such a way that any economical change will almost certainly effect middle and lower class population in the negative way. The increased availability of more effective…

… economic position in which achieved characteristics can influence social mobility. Income inequality is a basic characteristic of a class system (215). An example of this would be in 2000, the median household income in the United States was $42,148.…

… student is worried about. Success is a choice and in order for someone to get what they want they need to know what they want. As J. Krishanamurti once said, "In oneself lies the whole world, and if you know how to look and learn, then the door…

… gender. References to Susan Willis' essay "Gender as Commodity" Toy Store Practicum Susan Willis, in her essay "Gender as Commodity," states, "Our culture is mass culture, where one of the strongest early influences on gender is the mass…

… collision of two alien cultures that had evolved over thousands of years, each unknown to the other. Here we have two empires that see the world through two totally different perspectives. Miscommunication and lack of cultural understanding were major…