Social Issues Essay Examples Page 331

 For this assignment, I served as a volunteer for the Annual Domestic Violence Awareness event hosted by the Cameron County District Attorneys office. The event focused on highlighting the effects of domestic abuse, and how to report it. According to the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence, 1 in 3 women and 1 in 4 men…

If you ask a child what their greatest dream is they might say to fly to the moon, or it’s possible they might say they want to be the world’s most famous singer. If you were to ask Susan B. Anthony and Marian Anderson what their dreams consisted of they would say the dream of…

“The Death of Artemio Cruz” by Carlos Fuentes is a novel based off Mexican history in the 20th century. It is told through the life of Artemio Cruz, who is a young soldier fighting in the Mexican Revolution and whom later turns into an untrustworthy soldier, politician, journalist, friend, lover, and father. In the second…

Growing up in a very traditional and ethnic household, sexism and gender bias would always occur. Questions would always pop in to my head such as; why is my mom always in the kitchen and never my dad? Why does my mom always have to plate my dads food? Why do the women of the…

As racial inequality and injustice prevail throughout American culture, the lack of and far too often, misrepresentation of people of color (PoC) and other minority groups, is perpetuated in American cinema. Studies have observed such lack of color across popular American films and TV shows, the Institute for Diversity and Empowerment at Annenberg (IDEA) found…

The LGBTQ+ community has always been in and out of people’s minds. Recently, this community has been making worldwide headlines and been a current topic in many politicians’ discussions. It has been put on the controversial side of topics because of the clash between the conservative public and the supporters of the LGBTQ+ community. The…

Gender inequality is the consideration of human rights of a particular gender more than the other.it has a wide-ranging impact on society (Blau, 2016). With an increase in gender inequality, violence, and exploitation level against women goes higher. Women who experience violence suffer from physical, psychological, sexual, and emotional toll (World Health Organization, 2016). Gender-based…

“ We need to make equal pay and equal opportunity for women and girls so women’s rights are human rights once and for all.” – Hillary Clinton. Women play a tremendous role in today’s society as they are expected to manage household chores, while maintaining a full time job. Many women are confined to responsibilities…

The way that I would challenge discrimination in general is to discuss the reasons why certain practises are in place with my supervisor or with other staff who are working under me. I would attempt to provide evidence e. g. from childcare journals to demonstrate how changes can be made which help prevent discriminatory practise….

It’s 2020, and that means it’s about time that women feel like equals in the workplace. Yet, they still don’t feel that way, with salary disparities, sexual harassment and insufficient family leave policies still being major issues. However, if we push the bigger problems aside, workdays are also filled with small and subtle reminders that…