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authorized to determine whether or not an asylum seeker qualifies as a refuge under the provisions set forth by the UNHCR. The number of applicants approved for asylum is less than 10%. The government typically employs two strategies that work together to control social change; containing applicants seeking refugee status and restricting their access to social rights. These restrictionist policies curb the number of immigrants who enter the country seeking asylum by further discouraging those…

During the antebellum period, birth rates were very high due to the lack of effective birth control for both free and enslaved women. During this time, attitudes toward sex were to be limited to husband and wife, and limitations on birth control were not supported. Abortion was the primary form of birth control during the antebellum and Civil War era. Abortions were first thought of as a quick fix. “Every female who undergoes any of the disgusting operation practiced for this purpose, does so at…

Should Children’s Beauty Pageants Be Banned? Child beauty pageants should be eliminated, Canadians should be against child beauty pageants it sexualizes children by making them look like adults, gives innapropriate attention to children, and the parents are just using their children for money. The first “Little Miss America” pageant started in the 1960s at the Palisades Amusement Park in New Jersey. Originally the pageant was meant for 13 to 17 year olds, but it became so popular, that by 1964…

Abortion is very common. In fact, three out of ten women in the United States will have an abortion by the time that the are 45 years of age. but abortion is nothing new. In fact, abortion first abortion happened in the late ninth century. Since the 1970, nearly one and a half billion unborn children have been lost to abortion worldwide. Recently, numbers range for 30 and 60 million abortions per year. In the Bible, God says that knows a child before he is formed in the wound, says “Jeremiah…

they will set her up with a type of birth control that she is comfortable with. “More than 99% of women aged 15–44 who have ever had sexual intercourse have used at least one contraceptive method.” Birth control is not always used to prevent unwanted pregnancies, but for other girls it can be used to reduce menstrual cramps and regulate period cycles. “For girls who experience severe menstrual cramps and over-the-counter medications do not help, birth control pills may be the solution.” The…

Definitions Corporate Accountability- When you have to be responsible for your stakeholders Fraud- A criminal acts to achieve more money Whistleblower- A person who knows that the company has been doing illegal acts and decides to tell the government. Canadian Tire Reflecting on Canadian Tire’s Code of Conduct What do I find Interesting about this company’s Code of Business Conduct? Something that I found interesting about Canadian Tire’s code of conduct is that integrity, honesty, and…

For our presentation our group focused on the supposed acne clearing medication Proactiv. I chose this product specifically because it was one of if not the only one named that didn't require a prescription or have age limitations attached to it, therefore many consider it a fairly innocuous product. Our advertisement was laid out in a very deliberate way, showing senior photos of fresh faced, good looking high schoolers. As this was our target audience we took advantage of the visibility of…

The two trends relating to coming out for gay teens is that of being left by family and friends and that of being bullied by peers, yet “The Internet also has eased isolation for gay teens, offering a place for socializing and support, says Stephanie Sanders of the Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender, and Reproduction in Bloomington, Ind.” (Elias, 2007) Before the internet, gay teens had to make big decisions on who to tell and when to tell them due to fear of being isolated, yet…

Sex, a controversial, questionable, and even explicit topic causes discomfort and even distress for individuals, specifically the individuals who tend to shield it out of their life. This component of a relationship is important, yet one must understand themselves, as well as their sexuality to enjoy it. The blog I will focus on throughout this essay is Save Your Sex Life. It is of great importance to fully understand the components that branch off of sexuality rather than just sex itself, there…

A sexualized society has shaped the way children are raised. Think of how many times people see a baby boy, so young that he cannot yet speak, and call him a lady’s man. Or how about yogurt commercials? John Stamos and seductive female stares make up the majority of yogurt commercials out there. These are just a fraction of examples in which sexualization may be taken too far. Though likely meant to be interpreted playfully, the impact these examples have on the American people, when paired with…