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Nature and Effect of Obligations Article 1163 – Every person obliged to give something is also obliged to take care of it with proper diligence of a good father of a family, unless the law or the stipulation of the parties requires another standard of care. Specific/Determinate thing vs. Generic Thing A thing is said…

One of the most important themes in the movie Winter’s Bone is the submissive and ridged, traditional gender roles women adhere to throughout the film. Men are always portrayed as being in the authoritative position, and only two examples of women standing up to this authority come to mind. Class plays a major role in…

When a tragedy strikes, the importance of the media rises dramatically. While the American media serves as an important democratic tool in conveying information to the American public, it is important to remember certain biases influence the media‘s coverage of global events. The differences between Fox News’ coverage and ABC’s coverage of the bombings in…

Willem Arrindell wrote his article about some roles that men play in the world that can cause them more stress than a woman. At the very least there are five components of masculinity that tend to cause more stress in a man than in a woman. These five components are; they have to be able…

Coca-Cola’s Global Challenges Coca-Cola is arguably the most planetary company in the universe, runing in more than 200 states with over 130,000 employees with merely 53 % of gross revenues in North America. Coke is a mature concern in a mature industry with gross revenues flattening out in 2011 to a steady $ 46B projected…

Anne Spencer writes of love, friendship, self-actualization, and the injustices of oppression that block it. Some of her poetry is directly inspired by personal relationships, but much forms a controlled, metaphorical, and seldom overtly angry statement of the value of those who have been oppressed (Johnston). Spencer never wrote a book of poems, and her…

Design for Change in Practice Evidenced based practice (EBP) is an empowering process for improvement in the health care professions. Rosswurm and Larrabee (1999) credit the research studies which used meta – analysis, randomized clinical trials and systematic studies of patient outcomes over the last few decades as having started this shift from the “tradition…

Karl Marx which argues that individuals and social groups within society with greater power exploit the weaker sections of society. In this project, we discuss how the conflict theory would assert that the main reason why prostitution still exists is due to the fact that women have not had access to economic opportunity and have…

The irrationality of racism is displayed throughout Sue Kidd’s “The Secret Life of Bees”. Kidd displays all the characters with dignity. She demonstrates the different personalities of whites and blacks during this time. When Rosaleen goes to vote she is harassed for no reason by white men. Lily feels that all blacks are like Rosaleen;…

The images presented in the mass media affect gender socialization.   From an early age, we learn to behave in certain ways based on our gender.  When we watch television commercials, we usually see women in the commercials that involve home cleaning products, and taking care of the needs of children. For example, I recently viewed…