I'm currently in high school, and considering post-secondary choices based on my interests and goals. But lately I've done a lot of second guessing and changing my mind. ..I need some opinions and advice.
Fifteen years from now I see myself in a career in an environment where I get to interact with people in a creative manner. Perhaps a business (but more on the aesthetically pleasing side/ not the bland accounting and spreadsheets kind side). My interests include - Media..(but I'm afraid it's just a passing phase) oh and the way people think and expressing my opinions.
Careers that are running strong in my mind right now are
1. Media Specialist 2. Psychology 3. Something in Social Sciences. very general.
I currently live in Ontario Canada, so my post-secondaries would be like U of T or Western or McMaster, etc.
I also have to choose between HS - "Intro to psychology, sociology, anthro(university prep)" OR "Media Studies open" ANY Advice would be appreciated. Thank you
Career choices, life help?
My opinion would be that you take the courses that lead to media specialist. My reasoning is somewhat like this: a specialty in media at this stage would give you a broad understanding of your choices in that field. The field is new and is expanding exponentially. If you do find that it gives you a lot of creative freedom, and room to voice your opinions, great. You will have a head start on your career.
If you find that it is not for you, the basic humanities courses will still have the basic introduction. The introductory courses in this field have more history to cover.
Reply:Well honestly most people change their majors in college on average of 2 times. You are only 15 still in highschool do this enjoy high school. Then as you get closer to graduating start thinking of what you like to do then not now becasue your taste will change. But do your research talk to people in these fields if you can and see what they have to say about it. But the best answer is this "FOLLOW YOUR HEART,DONT LISTEN TO NOBODY ELSE, YOU BE WHAT YOU WANT TO BE!
Reply:I know its sooo hard. I'm going through the same motions as I'm going to be a senior this coming school year. I keep changing my mind as well. One thing you have to remember is you can change your mind later. What I plan on doing is taking a few intro classes and staying undeclared for a while. It's good your thinking about it now though, there is no time like the present. Just remember to do what you love. We have to spend so much time at a job, you'll never enjoy your life if half the time your at a job you hate.
As for which class you should take... I'd recommend the one you will like more. I sat in on a few psychology classes and it is pretty interesting stuff.
Anyways, good luck with your goals!
Reply:perhaps architecture, you get to be creative and work in a team and give your advice, plus its aesthetically pleasing to build a beautiful home or building....or maybe you could go into business marketing, you get to come up with creative ideas to sell things, and interact with plenty of people...hope this helps.
cosmetic
Sunday, August 22, 2010
Reason for a rise in school shootings?
Quick or long answer: What's a possible reason behind the rise in school shootings every year? personally, i believe it's the rise in medications and social competition.
Consider: The education system, Medications, Media, Music, Government, Politics...
This is NOT normal, and I feel we are strongly ignoring the issue. Education is what protects the future of our people in this world and when people HATE education, we have major problems headed towards us in the future.
I feel schools need to be segregated to separate the extroverts from the introverts. The choice could be left to the student on their applications, BUT, not fitting in is like not living life itself.
Everything, No matter what it is, Has a true reason behind it. We don't act, unless something acts on us. -i.e. we didn't LIVE, until our mother gave BIRTH to us...or, she acted to make us act. Peers act upon other peers and make them act. Something makes these students act.
Reason for a rise in school shootings?
Short answer:
Parenting patterns that have lead to over-indulged children.
Reply:lack of respect for life, lack of mutual respect for other people. due to separation of religion in young children.as they grow into adults they are never taught not to steal,not to kill,etc.life doesn`t have the value it once did. -i.e.live by the golden rule.medications and social competition also play their part in my opinion.
Reply:I think society and the falsehoods that it holds is the culprit. It leads to a distorted perception of life and others, and sometimes that results in taking drastic decisions. Of course, it isn't just one single thing that school shooting or any other events occur, it's combination of several factors and misconceptions. You have drugs, exposure to violence (whether it's a virtual world or the real world), peer pressure that strangles you out of your mind, unstable and fractured family life, social competition, dreadful past experiences, your upbringing, academics, lack of respect and passion, and the list goes on. The question then becomes how to eliminate these things.
My personal opinion is that it can't eliminated, perhaps dramatically minimized, but not eliminated. The reason I say this is because they are some people who are reluctant to give their "false perceptions", behavior, and their overall lifestyle. It's like asking a drug dealer/rapper, who enrages constantly bad behavior, to give up his ways and settle for a "normal life". I don't mean to sterotype anyone here. But truthfully, in today's world, it's all about "me" and what I feel is right, despite the damage it may do.Most of us don't want to see the possible damage and maybe that's the root of the problem. Every now and then when walking by the streets, I might see a mother cursing out her little 4 year-old boy, giving then idea that his mother hates him. Now, you tell me, what is the likelihood that the child might follow that behavior?
Reply:more and more violent video games
there used to be none back before they came out
Reply:the simple answer is that there are more and more of us in this world every year. we are forced to interact more and more with each other and we are losing privacy and control. feelings of helplessness or revolt ensue.
Reply:I think the first school shooting that we heard about as a nation made it easier for other people to do school shootings, because many people have thoses "evil" thoughts but don't act upon them because it would be out of the "norm" but when they hear or see other people do it, it makes them feel that it is OK to do and on top of it you get a great deal of attention and will be known in history- I would say media plays a great deal in this
Reply:Less than 5% of those crimes are committed by females, so you must add in a gender element to these crimes.
I think males are more susceptible to influence by violence in the media, such as films, video games and other violent acts.
Women are stronger emotionally and spiritually by nature and do not bend the collective consciousness so easily.
Consider: The education system, Medications, Media, Music, Government, Politics...
This is NOT normal, and I feel we are strongly ignoring the issue. Education is what protects the future of our people in this world and when people HATE education, we have major problems headed towards us in the future.
I feel schools need to be segregated to separate the extroverts from the introverts. The choice could be left to the student on their applications, BUT, not fitting in is like not living life itself.
Everything, No matter what it is, Has a true reason behind it. We don't act, unless something acts on us. -i.e. we didn't LIVE, until our mother gave BIRTH to us...or, she acted to make us act. Peers act upon other peers and make them act. Something makes these students act.
Reason for a rise in school shootings?
Short answer:
Parenting patterns that have lead to over-indulged children.
Reply:lack of respect for life, lack of mutual respect for other people. due to separation of religion in young children.as they grow into adults they are never taught not to steal,not to kill,etc.life doesn`t have the value it once did. -i.e.live by the golden rule.medications and social competition also play their part in my opinion.
Reply:I think society and the falsehoods that it holds is the culprit. It leads to a distorted perception of life and others, and sometimes that results in taking drastic decisions. Of course, it isn't just one single thing that school shooting or any other events occur, it's combination of several factors and misconceptions. You have drugs, exposure to violence (whether it's a virtual world or the real world), peer pressure that strangles you out of your mind, unstable and fractured family life, social competition, dreadful past experiences, your upbringing, academics, lack of respect and passion, and the list goes on. The question then becomes how to eliminate these things.
My personal opinion is that it can't eliminated, perhaps dramatically minimized, but not eliminated. The reason I say this is because they are some people who are reluctant to give their "false perceptions", behavior, and their overall lifestyle. It's like asking a drug dealer/rapper, who enrages constantly bad behavior, to give up his ways and settle for a "normal life". I don't mean to sterotype anyone here. But truthfully, in today's world, it's all about "me" and what I feel is right, despite the damage it may do.Most of us don't want to see the possible damage and maybe that's the root of the problem. Every now and then when walking by the streets, I might see a mother cursing out her little 4 year-old boy, giving then idea that his mother hates him. Now, you tell me, what is the likelihood that the child might follow that behavior?
Reply:more and more violent video games
there used to be none back before they came out
Reply:the simple answer is that there are more and more of us in this world every year. we are forced to interact more and more with each other and we are losing privacy and control. feelings of helplessness or revolt ensue.
Reply:I think the first school shooting that we heard about as a nation made it easier for other people to do school shootings, because many people have thoses "evil" thoughts but don't act upon them because it would be out of the "norm" but when they hear or see other people do it, it makes them feel that it is OK to do and on top of it you get a great deal of attention and will be known in history- I would say media plays a great deal in this
Reply:Less than 5% of those crimes are committed by females, so you must add in a gender element to these crimes.
I think males are more susceptible to influence by violence in the media, such as films, video games and other violent acts.
Women are stronger emotionally and spiritually by nature and do not bend the collective consciousness so easily.
Has the acceptance in society of PORNOGRAPHY and objectification of females and males (to a lesser extent) had
a negative effect upon how you evaluate the opposite (or same) sex?
Why I am asking this question:
A preoccupation with promiscuous sex that was first introduced to me through pornographic film shaped my younger mind in regards to what I found "attractive" in females and shaped my perception of what women were "good for".
What I'm about to say is NOT an ego trip as I'm not looking for admiration or disgust etc. I can't remember how many women I have slept with, I can't remember their names or even every face. My memory is fine in case you're wondering, I can vividly recount events that occured when I was four years old.
I once thought this was great but now I realise it is unnatural and I personally feel social engineering through the mainstream and pornographic media(which seem to be merging) has had an effect on my choices sexually.
I think pornography is widely accepted and permeates mainstream culture like never before in the history of humankind.
Has the acceptance in society of PORNOGRAPHY and objectification of females and males (to a lesser extent) had
Well, as a woman I agree pornography objectifies women, but I think fashion and many women's magazines also trade, to a lesser extent of course, on the flesh of women. That said, I don't think many men look at women's magazines. And I doubt that they would objectify women because of the images they saw there.
So, I've seen lust in men's eyes when they look at me. (Not bragging here.)
I much prefer desire in the eyes of the one I love.
Since men usually respond to visual stimuli, it makes since that they might want to look at porn. As is true of many things in life, too much of a good thing might not be so good after all. I plan to talk to my son about porn (when he's older-10?). I want him to know that it can become an addiction like any other: alcohol, drugs, overeating, or video games.
I'm not sure what it is about repeatedly seeing women with their clothes off that makes viewers of porn begin to devalue them. Perhaps, seeing someone literally disrobed gives the viewer a feeling of power that itself becomes addicting?
I think the whole porn transaction leaves much to be desired. I'm not sure how many of the models are proud of the pictures five or ten years later. What about the models' children? (If we're talking about film, I'm sure there are even more regrets.) Others, like you, have had their ability to relate to women damaged by their viewing of porn. It makes big money though, so it likely won't go away soon. Also, there is a continuing market for porn. Baby boys are born everyday.
I don't think porn was what made me have a negative view of the opposite sex. It was the times I've been hooted at on the street, groped (in junior high), sexually harassed on different jobs, had a pass made at me at church, and approached by strange men on the street when I'm out walking, minding my own business. (FYI--I dress conservatively too (no midriffs, low necklines, or short skirts.) Oh, I don't think all men are wolves, but there are lots out there.
Reply:no
Reply:I think media's idea of sex in general, not just porn
Reply:A great question. Well thought out and written.
A lot of things permeate our subconscience, that's what advertising is.
Pornography would be even more indelible.
However I often wonder what happened to ones own power of the mind.
This is obviously a huge part of your makeup, but you can take control of the rest of your life.
Don't beat yourself up so much.
Reply:It very much seems to me like you are asking a question that you yourself personify and exemplify
I was exposed to pornography as a child, and subsequently the world has gone crazy for it..it is everywhere. Yet, it is only you who can not remember their faces. I have been through my fair share of the ladies (and a few other peoples fair shares too, if truth be known) yet I have not forgotton their faces.
Is this a subconcious thing on your part, were the girls that forgettable or maybe you were and are trying to erase it? I genuinely have not had this problem - they have rocked my world, and I savour those memories.
You are so far off the mark in terms of society and psychology that it is quite staggering. People look for societal issues around porn all the time, but the links are tenuous at best ; it ultimately comes down to the personal responsibility that you seem to have none of - let's all blame society, it is so much easier!!....it is this attitude that is indeed ruining society - congratulations.
I look forward to your next question which I assume will be how watching Tom and Jerry as a child has stimulated your desire to kill pets and that this indeed is also not your fault.
Reply:I think pornography is exploitive and dehumanizing, and is a poor substitute for stable family relationships. I think people that use pornography lack creativity, social skills, and use sex to make up for all the other shortcomings in their lives. People can get all the sex they want, but it never will really give them what they are truly looking for. The first thing two people do after a one night stand is try to get away from each other and pray they didn't catch anything.
Reply:No, when I see the unimaginative sex in porn films it only makes me appreciate the person that's in my arms at that time more.
Reply:Find Jesus!
Reply:God so love the world that He gave us good looking people to gaze upon.
Reply:I wouldn't go in detials , My answer is simply YES.
Reply:Not at all. In fact, the plastic image of the shallow woman with a nice body has helped me to appreciate real women who have personalities a lot more. Granted, it does seem to make a lot of women seem "faceless" or have nothing deeper than their skin, and maybe the popular media has helped to foster this stereotype. But, it's a two-way street - you have to remember that the popular media is popular for a reason. Which came first, the chicken or the egg?
Reply:I have this debate with my friends a lot about sex, pornography and violence.
I think pornography normalises certain sexual behaviour and has made some forms of behaviour more mainstream and accetable in the same way that many life style and relationship behaviours are amplified and made fashionable through the media.
However pornography has always been around in European society in more or less public ways. Think about the difference between the puritanical lifestyle enforced by Oliver Cromwell and the opulent debauched reign of Charles the II and his many many mistresses. Mistresses and prostitution and gigolos and extramarital sex have always been common. Women have also been sexually objectified that's not new. At periods of time it is considered more acceptable for women to have affairs.
However what is constant is that women still have more to lose from their sexual behaviour, both their reputations - men are very rarely derided for their sexuality, their economic well beings and their health.
Reply:The simple reason why pornography has emerged incredibly and is goin on booming in the present world can be traced on to a very fatal vice of mankind GREED (both the greed for money and tht for physical satisfaction). What is porn?? JUST A KNID OF BUSINESS. And those who get into it are emotionally NIX, that's for sure. I do not know what kinda life ur leading. Sleeping around with women just for bodily pleasure might be very "normal" for some ppl. But in the long run, they feel soulfully low with not an iota of sophistication and morality.
Yes, objectification has had a very bad effect on how one evaluates the opposite sex. For eg, today i'm a teenager, but the fact that ppl are perverts disappoints me. In this filthy society how will I find the right person for me tomorrow? Bcoz there are just no chivalrous guys left in this world.
ANd as far as guys are concerned bcoz of the explicit portrayal of females today, they are respecting the whole opposite sex lesser and lesser each day.
I think it just depends on the way u've been brot up. my parents have been so particular abt my thinking, my attitude and behaviour that i'm NOT gullible to the pornographic media. I have a extremely BAD opinion abt it. i am a very persevered person spiritually. i understand the value of true love and i know that sex is a part of it. ppl like me are rare. but they DO exist.
Reply:Yes from the ages , most of the caves are full of sculptures , explaining numbers of positions .
Reply:We still are responsible for how we choose to live. Once you don't like something and want to change, it's on you. Move forward in a new manner if you feel so enlightened.
Reply:I suppose it depends on the person, as to what way they're affected. A weak-minded person would be more likely to let pornographic 'ideas' (I suppose that's what you could call them) take over their actions. A strong-minded person would watch it for what it is- carnal entertainment- and go on about their life without being adversely affected.
I've watched a good amount of pornography, of pretty much *all* kinds. I don't objectify either sex, and porn has never had an effect on my sexual life or choices. I would much rather have an intelligent woman who is a truly good person as my significant other, than a woman with a pretty body who has no other real assets than being pretty.
Porn has become a scapegoat for all kinds of bad things. A person is a rapist, child molestor, murderer? People will always make a remark akin to "oh, that person must have watched porn to make them do something like that". Criminals blame their crimes on having seen something 'perverted'. It takes the blame off the person and puts it onto something else, when the blame should good and well remain with the perpetrator.
Pornography in any form is an entertainment, just like music, regular movies, or books. Did you go out and kill someone when you read a murder mystery? Kill yourself after listening to Marilyn Manson? Go on a killing spree after watching a horror film? I didn't think so.
If you are a sex addict who doesn't respect women, blame it on yourself. Not your entertainment.
Reply:I agree with what you had to say!!! Sex sells and people have a messed up perception of each other...and greed does have alot to do with the industry of porn....we do have choices, but when a young mind is introduced to this so early in life, like so many are, thru various kinds of media, music videos, TV, movies.... internet....you name it......INSANITY!!!!
~PEACE~
Reply:For me personally, no. I was never promiscuous and have been in a completely monogamous marriage for 34 years. I'm far from being a prude, enjoy sex immensely, can discuss all aspects of it with ease and with anyone, and used to run a pornography exchange board back in the old BBS days (if you have to ask, please don't bother, lol). To be honest, although I still enjoy antique and vintage porn, albeit not for the sexual thrills, it's all become a bore to me. When you see so much so often, it's somewhat like working in a meat room - same parts, different bodies, only so many ways to present it - and it's the same thing day after day after day. I don't disapprove of porn, unless it involves animals or children, who cannot properly consent to it.
It just no longer holds my interest. It's dehumanizing, as your sexual adventures have taught you, but so are ATM machines and self scanners at the supermarket, but they're not necessarily bad either, although they do somewhat objectify the customer by reducing them to an automatic transaction process in business.
As to how it shaped your life, that happens to many people. It
can influence people to a degree, yes, but in the end we all have free will and make our OWN sexual choices. It's my belief that those choices are more a product of our values, morals and ethics, and we were taught and observed those in our families as children. If porn has influenced you, you were open to that influence. My family valued and embodied loyalty to one partner and monogamy, and even though I was sexually active at a young age, and a very naughty girl, I never engaged in one night stands, or sex with more than one partner in any given timeframe. I was offered 2 jobs in pornography by the tiime I turned 18, and my response was a firm and immediate "NO" to both offers. It was a matter of pride, and personal integrity, and those are not things which are negotiable in my life. Yes, I was actively viewing pornography at the time, and no, it in no way
altered my perceptions of others (or myself) as sex objects, or what for me was right and wrong.
I've seen enough man meat in photos and films to stock a Lorena Bobbit international supermarket chain, but it's never influenced my choice in men, or the ways in which I expressed my strong sexuality (I am however known for having an iron will - some say titanium). There are people with certain psychological disorders that it may compel to actual sexual deviancy, but I disagree that the average citizen is among them. People make choices based on what they're taught, and life experience. I know many people of both (make that all) sexes whose sexual choices have been influenced by the media and porn, and the popular attitudes of their time, but I know many others whose actions weren't affected at all. Neither group, in my opinion, is wrong, nor is pornography. As with so many things, right and wrong is relative, and the onus is upon the individual to decide whether or not to allow outside influences to dictate what their personal choices become.
I must disagree with the assessment of porn's permeation of mainstream culture as being "like never before". If that's true,
it's only true in 2 ways: there are more people on earth than ever before, and there's much better technology available, which makes it easier to distribute much more porn to many more people.
Considered historically, we live in a very repressed society in regards to pornography. Yes, it's widely available, but societally it's still thought of as "dirty". Millions of people go to great lengths to hide their interests in it, and millions of others go to equally great lengths to repress, ban or outlaw it. Many older cultures were much freer in their use of pornographic images. It was considered erotic art, it was common, and considered beautiful and wholesome. To name just a few, the ancient Greek, Roman, Chinese, Japanese, East Indian and African cultures depicted many beautiful pornographic images in their homes and everyday
objects, from frescoes, mosaics, statues, pottery, paintings, to knick knacks, books and poetry. 'Gargantua and Pantagruel' by Rabelais was a very bawdy satirical book which delighted 16th century Europe, and there were many others, and many homes in many eras filled with erotic art and titillating tomes.
It is not a modern phenomenon, but it is, in many senses, still
not freely accepted in American mainstream culture, and repression tends to lend a fascination to things which they might not ordinarily possess (witness Prohibition). BDSM porn and practices suffer much the same sort of popularity, partially due to repression, and despite it's firm historical grounding, modern imagery entices many more people to it than really wish to study and understand it's philosophy, or should perhaps participate in it at all. Sadly, as Americans, we generally focus on the "me" and the "now", and tend to lose sight of our real place in the grand scheme of things. In another era, your grandmother might have visited your home and seen your erotic art displayed and not blinked an eye, as she and grandpa probably had quite a bit of their own. This is America in the year 2006 AD, and there may be T%26amp;A and S%26amp;m all over the TV and in the movies, but If you plan on dragging grammy over to the computer to see your 'collection of erotic art' this Thanksgiving, I'd strongly advise you to sit her in a nice big recliner AND to cue up 911 on that cellphone before you open those files. Just my opinion, but please do let grammy enjoy her pie - and I do mean pecan!
:)
Why I am asking this question:
A preoccupation with promiscuous sex that was first introduced to me through pornographic film shaped my younger mind in regards to what I found "attractive" in females and shaped my perception of what women were "good for".
What I'm about to say is NOT an ego trip as I'm not looking for admiration or disgust etc. I can't remember how many women I have slept with, I can't remember their names or even every face. My memory is fine in case you're wondering, I can vividly recount events that occured when I was four years old.
I once thought this was great but now I realise it is unnatural and I personally feel social engineering through the mainstream and pornographic media(which seem to be merging) has had an effect on my choices sexually.
I think pornography is widely accepted and permeates mainstream culture like never before in the history of humankind.
Has the acceptance in society of PORNOGRAPHY and objectification of females and males (to a lesser extent) had
Well, as a woman I agree pornography objectifies women, but I think fashion and many women's magazines also trade, to a lesser extent of course, on the flesh of women. That said, I don't think many men look at women's magazines. And I doubt that they would objectify women because of the images they saw there.
So, I've seen lust in men's eyes when they look at me. (Not bragging here.)
I much prefer desire in the eyes of the one I love.
Since men usually respond to visual stimuli, it makes since that they might want to look at porn. As is true of many things in life, too much of a good thing might not be so good after all. I plan to talk to my son about porn (when he's older-10?). I want him to know that it can become an addiction like any other: alcohol, drugs, overeating, or video games.
I'm not sure what it is about repeatedly seeing women with their clothes off that makes viewers of porn begin to devalue them. Perhaps, seeing someone literally disrobed gives the viewer a feeling of power that itself becomes addicting?
I think the whole porn transaction leaves much to be desired. I'm not sure how many of the models are proud of the pictures five or ten years later. What about the models' children? (If we're talking about film, I'm sure there are even more regrets.) Others, like you, have had their ability to relate to women damaged by their viewing of porn. It makes big money though, so it likely won't go away soon. Also, there is a continuing market for porn. Baby boys are born everyday.
I don't think porn was what made me have a negative view of the opposite sex. It was the times I've been hooted at on the street, groped (in junior high), sexually harassed on different jobs, had a pass made at me at church, and approached by strange men on the street when I'm out walking, minding my own business. (FYI--I dress conservatively too (no midriffs, low necklines, or short skirts.) Oh, I don't think all men are wolves, but there are lots out there.
Reply:no
Reply:I think media's idea of sex in general, not just porn
Reply:A great question. Well thought out and written.
A lot of things permeate our subconscience, that's what advertising is.
Pornography would be even more indelible.
However I often wonder what happened to ones own power of the mind.
This is obviously a huge part of your makeup, but you can take control of the rest of your life.
Don't beat yourself up so much.
Reply:It very much seems to me like you are asking a question that you yourself personify and exemplify
I was exposed to pornography as a child, and subsequently the world has gone crazy for it..it is everywhere. Yet, it is only you who can not remember their faces. I have been through my fair share of the ladies (and a few other peoples fair shares too, if truth be known) yet I have not forgotton their faces.
Is this a subconcious thing on your part, were the girls that forgettable or maybe you were and are trying to erase it? I genuinely have not had this problem - they have rocked my world, and I savour those memories.
You are so far off the mark in terms of society and psychology that it is quite staggering. People look for societal issues around porn all the time, but the links are tenuous at best ; it ultimately comes down to the personal responsibility that you seem to have none of - let's all blame society, it is so much easier!!....it is this attitude that is indeed ruining society - congratulations.
I look forward to your next question which I assume will be how watching Tom and Jerry as a child has stimulated your desire to kill pets and that this indeed is also not your fault.
Reply:I think pornography is exploitive and dehumanizing, and is a poor substitute for stable family relationships. I think people that use pornography lack creativity, social skills, and use sex to make up for all the other shortcomings in their lives. People can get all the sex they want, but it never will really give them what they are truly looking for. The first thing two people do after a one night stand is try to get away from each other and pray they didn't catch anything.
Reply:No, when I see the unimaginative sex in porn films it only makes me appreciate the person that's in my arms at that time more.
Reply:Find Jesus!
Reply:God so love the world that He gave us good looking people to gaze upon.
Reply:I wouldn't go in detials , My answer is simply YES.
Reply:Not at all. In fact, the plastic image of the shallow woman with a nice body has helped me to appreciate real women who have personalities a lot more. Granted, it does seem to make a lot of women seem "faceless" or have nothing deeper than their skin, and maybe the popular media has helped to foster this stereotype. But, it's a two-way street - you have to remember that the popular media is popular for a reason. Which came first, the chicken or the egg?
Reply:I have this debate with my friends a lot about sex, pornography and violence.
I think pornography normalises certain sexual behaviour and has made some forms of behaviour more mainstream and accetable in the same way that many life style and relationship behaviours are amplified and made fashionable through the media.
However pornography has always been around in European society in more or less public ways. Think about the difference between the puritanical lifestyle enforced by Oliver Cromwell and the opulent debauched reign of Charles the II and his many many mistresses. Mistresses and prostitution and gigolos and extramarital sex have always been common. Women have also been sexually objectified that's not new. At periods of time it is considered more acceptable for women to have affairs.
However what is constant is that women still have more to lose from their sexual behaviour, both their reputations - men are very rarely derided for their sexuality, their economic well beings and their health.
Reply:The simple reason why pornography has emerged incredibly and is goin on booming in the present world can be traced on to a very fatal vice of mankind GREED (both the greed for money and tht for physical satisfaction). What is porn?? JUST A KNID OF BUSINESS. And those who get into it are emotionally NIX, that's for sure. I do not know what kinda life ur leading. Sleeping around with women just for bodily pleasure might be very "normal" for some ppl. But in the long run, they feel soulfully low with not an iota of sophistication and morality.
Yes, objectification has had a very bad effect on how one evaluates the opposite sex. For eg, today i'm a teenager, but the fact that ppl are perverts disappoints me. In this filthy society how will I find the right person for me tomorrow? Bcoz there are just no chivalrous guys left in this world.
ANd as far as guys are concerned bcoz of the explicit portrayal of females today, they are respecting the whole opposite sex lesser and lesser each day.
I think it just depends on the way u've been brot up. my parents have been so particular abt my thinking, my attitude and behaviour that i'm NOT gullible to the pornographic media. I have a extremely BAD opinion abt it. i am a very persevered person spiritually. i understand the value of true love and i know that sex is a part of it. ppl like me are rare. but they DO exist.
Reply:Yes from the ages , most of the caves are full of sculptures , explaining numbers of positions .
Reply:We still are responsible for how we choose to live. Once you don't like something and want to change, it's on you. Move forward in a new manner if you feel so enlightened.
Reply:I suppose it depends on the person, as to what way they're affected. A weak-minded person would be more likely to let pornographic 'ideas' (I suppose that's what you could call them) take over their actions. A strong-minded person would watch it for what it is- carnal entertainment- and go on about their life without being adversely affected.
I've watched a good amount of pornography, of pretty much *all* kinds. I don't objectify either sex, and porn has never had an effect on my sexual life or choices. I would much rather have an intelligent woman who is a truly good person as my significant other, than a woman with a pretty body who has no other real assets than being pretty.
Porn has become a scapegoat for all kinds of bad things. A person is a rapist, child molestor, murderer? People will always make a remark akin to "oh, that person must have watched porn to make them do something like that". Criminals blame their crimes on having seen something 'perverted'. It takes the blame off the person and puts it onto something else, when the blame should good and well remain with the perpetrator.
Pornography in any form is an entertainment, just like music, regular movies, or books. Did you go out and kill someone when you read a murder mystery? Kill yourself after listening to Marilyn Manson? Go on a killing spree after watching a horror film? I didn't think so.
If you are a sex addict who doesn't respect women, blame it on yourself. Not your entertainment.
Reply:I agree with what you had to say!!! Sex sells and people have a messed up perception of each other...and greed does have alot to do with the industry of porn....we do have choices, but when a young mind is introduced to this so early in life, like so many are, thru various kinds of media, music videos, TV, movies.... internet....you name it......INSANITY!!!!
~PEACE~
Reply:For me personally, no. I was never promiscuous and have been in a completely monogamous marriage for 34 years. I'm far from being a prude, enjoy sex immensely, can discuss all aspects of it with ease and with anyone, and used to run a pornography exchange board back in the old BBS days (if you have to ask, please don't bother, lol). To be honest, although I still enjoy antique and vintage porn, albeit not for the sexual thrills, it's all become a bore to me. When you see so much so often, it's somewhat like working in a meat room - same parts, different bodies, only so many ways to present it - and it's the same thing day after day after day. I don't disapprove of porn, unless it involves animals or children, who cannot properly consent to it.
It just no longer holds my interest. It's dehumanizing, as your sexual adventures have taught you, but so are ATM machines and self scanners at the supermarket, but they're not necessarily bad either, although they do somewhat objectify the customer by reducing them to an automatic transaction process in business.
As to how it shaped your life, that happens to many people. It
can influence people to a degree, yes, but in the end we all have free will and make our OWN sexual choices. It's my belief that those choices are more a product of our values, morals and ethics, and we were taught and observed those in our families as children. If porn has influenced you, you were open to that influence. My family valued and embodied loyalty to one partner and monogamy, and even though I was sexually active at a young age, and a very naughty girl, I never engaged in one night stands, or sex with more than one partner in any given timeframe. I was offered 2 jobs in pornography by the tiime I turned 18, and my response was a firm and immediate "NO" to both offers. It was a matter of pride, and personal integrity, and those are not things which are negotiable in my life. Yes, I was actively viewing pornography at the time, and no, it in no way
altered my perceptions of others (or myself) as sex objects, or what for me was right and wrong.
I've seen enough man meat in photos and films to stock a Lorena Bobbit international supermarket chain, but it's never influenced my choice in men, or the ways in which I expressed my strong sexuality (I am however known for having an iron will - some say titanium). There are people with certain psychological disorders that it may compel to actual sexual deviancy, but I disagree that the average citizen is among them. People make choices based on what they're taught, and life experience. I know many people of both (make that all) sexes whose sexual choices have been influenced by the media and porn, and the popular attitudes of their time, but I know many others whose actions weren't affected at all. Neither group, in my opinion, is wrong, nor is pornography. As with so many things, right and wrong is relative, and the onus is upon the individual to decide whether or not to allow outside influences to dictate what their personal choices become.
I must disagree with the assessment of porn's permeation of mainstream culture as being "like never before". If that's true,
it's only true in 2 ways: there are more people on earth than ever before, and there's much better technology available, which makes it easier to distribute much more porn to many more people.
Considered historically, we live in a very repressed society in regards to pornography. Yes, it's widely available, but societally it's still thought of as "dirty". Millions of people go to great lengths to hide their interests in it, and millions of others go to equally great lengths to repress, ban or outlaw it. Many older cultures were much freer in their use of pornographic images. It was considered erotic art, it was common, and considered beautiful and wholesome. To name just a few, the ancient Greek, Roman, Chinese, Japanese, East Indian and African cultures depicted many beautiful pornographic images in their homes and everyday
objects, from frescoes, mosaics, statues, pottery, paintings, to knick knacks, books and poetry. 'Gargantua and Pantagruel' by Rabelais was a very bawdy satirical book which delighted 16th century Europe, and there were many others, and many homes in many eras filled with erotic art and titillating tomes.
It is not a modern phenomenon, but it is, in many senses, still
not freely accepted in American mainstream culture, and repression tends to lend a fascination to things which they might not ordinarily possess (witness Prohibition). BDSM porn and practices suffer much the same sort of popularity, partially due to repression, and despite it's firm historical grounding, modern imagery entices many more people to it than really wish to study and understand it's philosophy, or should perhaps participate in it at all. Sadly, as Americans, we generally focus on the "me" and the "now", and tend to lose sight of our real place in the grand scheme of things. In another era, your grandmother might have visited your home and seen your erotic art displayed and not blinked an eye, as she and grandpa probably had quite a bit of their own. This is America in the year 2006 AD, and there may be T%26amp;A and S%26amp;m all over the TV and in the movies, but If you plan on dragging grammy over to the computer to see your 'collection of erotic art' this Thanksgiving, I'd strongly advise you to sit her in a nice big recliner AND to cue up 911 on that cellphone before you open those files. Just my opinion, but please do let grammy enjoy her pie - and I do mean pecan!
:)
Apart from being murder suspects-when will the Mccan 2 be charged with neglect as they are surely guilty?
of that at the very least,and that is a serious crime in any civilised country.Please lets not have the social services backing off because off the media attention/fame of the mccan 2,if it were a black couple in London they would have had the other kids removed by now-whats source for the goose is source for the gander.
Apart from being murder suspects-when will the Mccan 2 be charged with neglect as they are surely guilty?
Throughout this whole case the McCanns have tried to suggest that their child neglect was somehow incidental to their child going missing whereas it is the major cause.
I don't believe for one moment there was an abduction and never have since they changed their story from disturbed blinds and shutters to the apartment being unlocked.
All the Team McCann PR exercise has been just that - about themselves and deflecting you and I from their gross and repeated child neglect, which, if Madeleine is dead, is the likely cause of her demise.
And if that wasn't evidence enough what about this PR business and the most expensive legal team in Europe - for a couple not even charged with anything?
I would jail them for child neglect and have the twins put with parents who care, not just bung 'em in a creche all day.
After all, the McCanns won't exactly miss them will they? Too busy jogging and playing tennis than entertaining their kids. They disgust me.
Reply:I don't think the McCanns are murder suspects - not by the police officially anyway.
Social Services (SS) will/have, supposedly checked on the twins and can find no reason to suspect they are in any danger. I believe SS found they are being looked after adequately.
I agree that had the McCanns been ethnics or a poorly educated family, the SS would have been very nasty towards them and given them a load of grief, but that's how the SS work. If you're an easy target we'll bully you, if you can fight back, we'll go easy on you because we know you'll trip us up.
Reply:While I don't believe their children should be taken away they should be held accountable somehow and I do believe I read that social services is looking in on the twins to be sure they are being cared for. I don't know how the foster system in the UK is but in the US it is horrible in many cases. There are few good foster parents out there who do it because they care about the welfare of children. No matter what happens tragically nobody should be above the law. I am sure if somebody is driving recklessly or drunk driving and kills someone they will also suffer alot of guilt but just because one suffers from guilt does not mean they are above the law. Laws are put in place for a reason and they need to be upheld and people who break them should be made an example so the next someone things about breaking that law maybe they will think twice. But again I want repeat clearly I do not think the twins should be removed from their home. I think the McCanns should take parenting classes and social services looking in on the children regularly and at odd hours like at night to be sure they are being properly taken care of. If it is proven Madeleine was in fact kidnapped by a stranger and the parents were not involved in her disappearence outside of the neglect I would say the parents have learned a hard lesson and will never do it again. They should be punished like any other parent who did this would be and again here in the US children are not just ripped from their homes because they were left alone. I know someone who had SS called on them this summer for leaving their 9 year old home all day alone while they worked. The basically just spoke to the parents and told them if they did not find proper child care they would take their child into custody. A week later Social Services looked in on the child again during the day and he was not home. The parents got paperwork filled out by the childs new sitter showing the child was in daycare. SS a week later showed up at the daycare to make sure he was there. I do not condone this behavior whatsoever...I would like to see the McCanns stop blaming others for their missing child and just for once take responsibilty for what they did that night. They need to say yes we are to blame the most because of how stupid we were.
Reply:They should but.... how about .... "never " ??
Reply:I totally agree with what you said but why did you have to play the race card? The fact is that if it had been ANY colour of poor kids they would have been arrested and charged.
This case has nothing to do with colour and it is comments like these that cause racial tension in this country.
Reply:Right with you on this one. That is one thing I KNOW they are guilty of. If they had been from socio-economic groups C2 - E they would have been in the dock as soon as the plane touched down! Pull them in - NOW!
Reply:I'm suprised that the Portuguese police, who seem to have handled the whole thing very badly, don't have psychological profilers. They could surely do with them. When Mr McCann was asked by a German interviewer at a press conference: "do you know what happened to your daughter?" He lowered his head (disguising facial cues) and closed his eyes (hiding eye info) and said "no!". His body language suggested that he new damn-well what had happened.
Having said that, your point is, I think a little harsh. Is anybody in the world a perfect parent? Haven't we all lapsed at sometime or other? Most people think that drink-driving is bad, yet nearly everyone has done it at sometime or other and most get away with it. As most parents do when they take their eye off the ball with their children. Anyway, it is a moot point. I am convinced that they are responsible for the child's disappearance. The motive is not obvious, but there will be a motive.
Reply:If they weren´t doctors, and they were unemployed the social services would have been all over them like a rash. They left their kids alone in an apartment in a foreign country while they went out for dinner with their mates. You wouldn´t get away with that in UK, (well unless you were a heart surgeon). How shifty do they look??? Look up body language.
Reply:I doubt very much that the McCanns would leave their twins alone now do you?
There is no need for social services to be involved.The only reason people like you want them to be is because you dont like the parents.Ive seen comments like"hes got dodgy eyes" or shes looks hard faced,what utter rubbish.
They have been punished,what more do you want?
Reply:Where did you read or hear that the McCann's are Murder Suspects ??
Suspects...YES !
Murderer's...NO !
Accidental Death and Disappearance of their daughter was the original suspicion...unless of course I've missed something...but never once did i hear the Portuguese Police mention murder..certainly not publicly ANYWAY !
Oh and just for the record..I'M NOT A McCANN SUPPORTER BY ANY MEANS..BUT I BELIEVE IN FAIRNESS !
However i agree with you that they are absolutely guilty of neglect...but I've no doubts they will get away with it !
Added: Why the thumbs down...simply because i gave a fair answer or simply because im not a PRO MCCANN FAN ??
Reply:Michael W = it is because they left Madeleine alone that they are suffering and in pain.
Reply:I'm sure the PJ have it lined up as plan B.
If the case against them being involved in her disappearance falls through due to lack of evidence (and not lack of guilt) then just when they think they're being great and smug and gotten away with it...
bang...
Criminal negligence charges. The old Al Capone trick.
I think the PJ are biding their time hoping they trip themselves up, rather than complicate things by charging them with a lesser crime.
However, why social services haven't intervened in the UK for the sake of the twins, god knows.
Reply:What they did, to leave that child alone at that age is despicable.
I just have a feeling that there is something much deeper and sinister going on here. I did not get a good feeling about the people they were with that night.
And she has very hard eyes. (Mrs)
Also, both in the medical field. Something smells here.
Reply:Firecat, I don't think it was intended as a race issue (at least I hope not). I think it is in reference to class and how if they fit the description of a group that is easily discriminated against, they would have been done for neglect by now, but as 2 respected doctors, nothing yet has happened.
As tragic a story as it is Michael, the fact is, BECAUSE of their neglect, their daughter is now missing, it isn't a case of their daughter is missing and now everone wants to accuse them of neglect for a laugh. I think one rule should apply to all! btw, since when was Maddie "abducted"??? Even Gerry had to change his word to "disappearance". And Jane Tanners "sighting" of the alleged abductor has been disputed by a few witnesses
Reply:I think you are a horrible person. This family have had their child abducted and all you can think about is prosecuting them for leaving them alone.. I hope that your children are never taken away from you in this way. Your question has made me very cross. Just grow up and do something positive in your miserable life
Reply:half of the World is leaving their children alone at home, because they cant afford a babysitter and social services arent taking away their children. my parents had money for a babysitter, but I got raped by a babysitter. so there is nothing wrong about what McCanns did. maybe they saved their children from child abuse, like the thing that happened to me.
Reply:Amazing, you have turned a question about child neglect into a race issue.
Thats a new slant.
Reply:how do you determine that, never left your kids unattended, do you even have kids.
Reply:Bollacks!
Apart from being murder suspects-when will the Mccan 2 be charged with neglect as they are surely guilty?
Throughout this whole case the McCanns have tried to suggest that their child neglect was somehow incidental to their child going missing whereas it is the major cause.
I don't believe for one moment there was an abduction and never have since they changed their story from disturbed blinds and shutters to the apartment being unlocked.
All the Team McCann PR exercise has been just that - about themselves and deflecting you and I from their gross and repeated child neglect, which, if Madeleine is dead, is the likely cause of her demise.
And if that wasn't evidence enough what about this PR business and the most expensive legal team in Europe - for a couple not even charged with anything?
I would jail them for child neglect and have the twins put with parents who care, not just bung 'em in a creche all day.
After all, the McCanns won't exactly miss them will they? Too busy jogging and playing tennis than entertaining their kids. They disgust me.
Reply:I don't think the McCanns are murder suspects - not by the police officially anyway.
Social Services (SS) will/have, supposedly checked on the twins and can find no reason to suspect they are in any danger. I believe SS found they are being looked after adequately.
I agree that had the McCanns been ethnics or a poorly educated family, the SS would have been very nasty towards them and given them a load of grief, but that's how the SS work. If you're an easy target we'll bully you, if you can fight back, we'll go easy on you because we know you'll trip us up.
Reply:While I don't believe their children should be taken away they should be held accountable somehow and I do believe I read that social services is looking in on the twins to be sure they are being cared for. I don't know how the foster system in the UK is but in the US it is horrible in many cases. There are few good foster parents out there who do it because they care about the welfare of children. No matter what happens tragically nobody should be above the law. I am sure if somebody is driving recklessly or drunk driving and kills someone they will also suffer alot of guilt but just because one suffers from guilt does not mean they are above the law. Laws are put in place for a reason and they need to be upheld and people who break them should be made an example so the next someone things about breaking that law maybe they will think twice. But again I want repeat clearly I do not think the twins should be removed from their home. I think the McCanns should take parenting classes and social services looking in on the children regularly and at odd hours like at night to be sure they are being properly taken care of. If it is proven Madeleine was in fact kidnapped by a stranger and the parents were not involved in her disappearence outside of the neglect I would say the parents have learned a hard lesson and will never do it again. They should be punished like any other parent who did this would be and again here in the US children are not just ripped from their homes because they were left alone. I know someone who had SS called on them this summer for leaving their 9 year old home all day alone while they worked. The basically just spoke to the parents and told them if they did not find proper child care they would take their child into custody. A week later Social Services looked in on the child again during the day and he was not home. The parents got paperwork filled out by the childs new sitter showing the child was in daycare. SS a week later showed up at the daycare to make sure he was there. I do not condone this behavior whatsoever...I would like to see the McCanns stop blaming others for their missing child and just for once take responsibilty for what they did that night. They need to say yes we are to blame the most because of how stupid we were.
Reply:They should but.... how about .... "never " ??
Reply:I totally agree with what you said but why did you have to play the race card? The fact is that if it had been ANY colour of poor kids they would have been arrested and charged.
This case has nothing to do with colour and it is comments like these that cause racial tension in this country.
Reply:Right with you on this one. That is one thing I KNOW they are guilty of. If they had been from socio-economic groups C2 - E they would have been in the dock as soon as the plane touched down! Pull them in - NOW!
Reply:I'm suprised that the Portuguese police, who seem to have handled the whole thing very badly, don't have psychological profilers. They could surely do with them. When Mr McCann was asked by a German interviewer at a press conference: "do you know what happened to your daughter?" He lowered his head (disguising facial cues) and closed his eyes (hiding eye info) and said "no!". His body language suggested that he new damn-well what had happened.
Having said that, your point is, I think a little harsh. Is anybody in the world a perfect parent? Haven't we all lapsed at sometime or other? Most people think that drink-driving is bad, yet nearly everyone has done it at sometime or other and most get away with it. As most parents do when they take their eye off the ball with their children. Anyway, it is a moot point. I am convinced that they are responsible for the child's disappearance. The motive is not obvious, but there will be a motive.
Reply:If they weren´t doctors, and they were unemployed the social services would have been all over them like a rash. They left their kids alone in an apartment in a foreign country while they went out for dinner with their mates. You wouldn´t get away with that in UK, (well unless you were a heart surgeon). How shifty do they look??? Look up body language.
Reply:I doubt very much that the McCanns would leave their twins alone now do you?
There is no need for social services to be involved.The only reason people like you want them to be is because you dont like the parents.Ive seen comments like"hes got dodgy eyes" or shes looks hard faced,what utter rubbish.
They have been punished,what more do you want?
Reply:Where did you read or hear that the McCann's are Murder Suspects ??
Suspects...YES !
Murderer's...NO !
Accidental Death and Disappearance of their daughter was the original suspicion...unless of course I've missed something...but never once did i hear the Portuguese Police mention murder..certainly not publicly ANYWAY !
Oh and just for the record..I'M NOT A McCANN SUPPORTER BY ANY MEANS..BUT I BELIEVE IN FAIRNESS !
However i agree with you that they are absolutely guilty of neglect...but I've no doubts they will get away with it !
Added: Why the thumbs down...simply because i gave a fair answer or simply because im not a PRO MCCANN FAN ??
Reply:Michael W = it is because they left Madeleine alone that they are suffering and in pain.
Reply:I'm sure the PJ have it lined up as plan B.
If the case against them being involved in her disappearance falls through due to lack of evidence (and not lack of guilt) then just when they think they're being great and smug and gotten away with it...
bang...
Criminal negligence charges. The old Al Capone trick.
I think the PJ are biding their time hoping they trip themselves up, rather than complicate things by charging them with a lesser crime.
However, why social services haven't intervened in the UK for the sake of the twins, god knows.
Reply:What they did, to leave that child alone at that age is despicable.
I just have a feeling that there is something much deeper and sinister going on here. I did not get a good feeling about the people they were with that night.
And she has very hard eyes. (Mrs)
Also, both in the medical field. Something smells here.
Reply:Firecat, I don't think it was intended as a race issue (at least I hope not). I think it is in reference to class and how if they fit the description of a group that is easily discriminated against, they would have been done for neglect by now, but as 2 respected doctors, nothing yet has happened.
As tragic a story as it is Michael, the fact is, BECAUSE of their neglect, their daughter is now missing, it isn't a case of their daughter is missing and now everone wants to accuse them of neglect for a laugh. I think one rule should apply to all! btw, since when was Maddie "abducted"??? Even Gerry had to change his word to "disappearance". And Jane Tanners "sighting" of the alleged abductor has been disputed by a few witnesses
Reply:I think you are a horrible person. This family have had their child abducted and all you can think about is prosecuting them for leaving them alone.. I hope that your children are never taken away from you in this way. Your question has made me very cross. Just grow up and do something positive in your miserable life
Reply:half of the World is leaving their children alone at home, because they cant afford a babysitter and social services arent taking away their children. my parents had money for a babysitter, but I got raped by a babysitter. so there is nothing wrong about what McCanns did. maybe they saved their children from child abuse, like the thing that happened to me.
Reply:Amazing, you have turned a question about child neglect into a race issue.
Thats a new slant.
Reply:how do you determine that, never left your kids unattended, do you even have kids.
Reply:Bollacks!
Is the generation gap btwn adults&teens an issue? Are teens indiffrent & incompetent, or proactive& misguided?
What are the factors that have created such a large gap between adults and kids? As for teens who are lazy and have no desire in life other than climbing the social ladder; is it their fault that media has brainwashed them, or is it the parents' fault for not guiding their children and developing them intellectually?
Is the generation gap btwn adults%26amp;teens an issue? Are teens indiffrent %26amp; incompetent, or proactive%26amp; misguided?
All the answers are yes, and all are no. People have been asking these very questions for at least 2500 years that I know about, that I have read personally. I imagine these questions have been asked a lot longer than that.
dds
Is the generation gap btwn adults%26amp;teens an issue? Are teens indiffrent %26amp; incompetent, or proactive%26amp; misguided?
All the answers are yes, and all are no. People have been asking these very questions for at least 2500 years that I know about, that I have read personally. I imagine these questions have been asked a lot longer than that.
dds
When an ounce of prevention is worth a ton of cure, why is the health budget focussed on sickness only?
World wide there is a phenomena that society only react to what confronts it with neither preparing for the future or trying to prevent the inevitable?
What makes this obsession with sickness so vile when what you focus upon you often get? Is it really any better to only bad news stories and the media focussed on making society only bad, because that is all people have ever had as a social image to aim for in the media, just because it sells?
Should commerce be the only criterion for choosing how government money is spent, in Australia or internationally, as a global community, do we not have an obligation to make the whole world healthier, and not just wealthy countries?
Is the accountability for community health by preventing illness so sick it can not prevent even affordability sickness as budgets blow out focussed on only being reactionary? What can be done to improve wellness as a health budget?
When an ounce of prevention is worth a ton of cure, why is the health budget focussed on sickness only?
Because nobody can make money if everybody is healthy! The big drug companies want you to have diseases so that they can prey on you and get rich. You have to take your health into your own hands in a lot of ways. Stay healthy by eating lots of vegetation and exercising regularly. Also stay away from all those fly by night new drugs they keep coming out with. If your doctor pushes you, then get a new one. It's a sad state that we are in.
Reply:Because it's only about money not about health!!
Reply:Your answer is in your question. They prevent you from getting sick, they get paid an ounce. They let you get sick and cure you (or not), and they get paid a ton.
What makes this obsession with sickness so vile when what you focus upon you often get? Is it really any better to only bad news stories and the media focussed on making society only bad, because that is all people have ever had as a social image to aim for in the media, just because it sells?
Should commerce be the only criterion for choosing how government money is spent, in Australia or internationally, as a global community, do we not have an obligation to make the whole world healthier, and not just wealthy countries?
Is the accountability for community health by preventing illness so sick it can not prevent even affordability sickness as budgets blow out focussed on only being reactionary? What can be done to improve wellness as a health budget?
When an ounce of prevention is worth a ton of cure, why is the health budget focussed on sickness only?
Because nobody can make money if everybody is healthy! The big drug companies want you to have diseases so that they can prey on you and get rich. You have to take your health into your own hands in a lot of ways. Stay healthy by eating lots of vegetation and exercising regularly. Also stay away from all those fly by night new drugs they keep coming out with. If your doctor pushes you, then get a new one. It's a sad state that we are in.
Reply:Because it's only about money not about health!!
Reply:Your answer is in your question. They prevent you from getting sick, they get paid an ounce. They let you get sick and cure you (or not), and they get paid a ton.
These are my interests/dislikes...what should i major in?
i feel like my interests are so spread out...i don't know what I want to do with them...help
writing papers (research + persuasive)
organizing
people: helping them
studying crimes
numbers (patterns)
i'm passionate about helping the organ shortage
chemistry
environmental science
nutrition
planning events
working out/sports/fitness
psychology
religion
public/community health. preventing disease
computers
animals
technology in general
teaching others (if i know the topic)
dislikes/majors I am not interested in considering
history
biology
sick people (contagious)
business/law
economics/marketing/poli sci
languages
public relations
radio/tv/media studies
art
engineering
kids
sales
social work
fashion
journalism
i'm looking for:
as much job security/money i can get.
I would prefer a bachelors degree but I would consider getting a masters.
These are my interests/dislikes...what should i major in?
Be very careful of choosing a major just on your likes and dislikes. You need to figure out which skills you can get a job in.
Universities %26amp; colleges sell degrees. They don't guarantee jobs or income.
You may pay for a lot of knowledge that you spend a lifetime paying back.
Reply:I had a similar problem when I went for my B.A. I recommend, if your a freshman, enroll as UNDECIDED for your major and take the classes that interest you. They'll count towards your General Education (GE) requirements and help you weed out careers you wouldn't want to do. Also, I would recommend that you JOB SHADOW someone who works in a field that your interested in. This is the best way to find out if you like or dislike a job.
Reply:I simply want to reiterate what the first poster said. If your undecided delay the decision of major for as long as you can. Even if you are decided it is probably worth thinking about.
Thanks
Bill
Reply:Instead of giving lists of things to people and asking them to formulate a decision for you, I think it is best for you to go in wihthout a major, take a lot of different classes your first year and start to decide for youself what you like best. It is not that bad to go in with no major, remember most people change their major anyways.
writing papers (research + persuasive)
organizing
people: helping them
studying crimes
numbers (patterns)
i'm passionate about helping the organ shortage
chemistry
environmental science
nutrition
planning events
working out/sports/fitness
psychology
religion
public/community health. preventing disease
computers
animals
technology in general
teaching others (if i know the topic)
dislikes/majors I am not interested in considering
history
biology
sick people (contagious)
business/law
economics/marketing/poli sci
languages
public relations
radio/tv/media studies
art
engineering
kids
sales
social work
fashion
journalism
i'm looking for:
as much job security/money i can get.
I would prefer a bachelors degree but I would consider getting a masters.
These are my interests/dislikes...what should i major in?
Be very careful of choosing a major just on your likes and dislikes. You need to figure out which skills you can get a job in.
Universities %26amp; colleges sell degrees. They don't guarantee jobs or income.
You may pay for a lot of knowledge that you spend a lifetime paying back.
Reply:I had a similar problem when I went for my B.A. I recommend, if your a freshman, enroll as UNDECIDED for your major and take the classes that interest you. They'll count towards your General Education (GE) requirements and help you weed out careers you wouldn't want to do. Also, I would recommend that you JOB SHADOW someone who works in a field that your interested in. This is the best way to find out if you like or dislike a job.
Reply:I simply want to reiterate what the first poster said. If your undecided delay the decision of major for as long as you can. Even if you are decided it is probably worth thinking about.
Thanks
Bill
Reply:Instead of giving lists of things to people and asking them to formulate a decision for you, I think it is best for you to go in wihthout a major, take a lot of different classes your first year and start to decide for youself what you like best. It is not that bad to go in with no major, remember most people change their major anyways.
Help for senio exit project?
I was thinking about arguing that immigration is a good thing for the united states and that it is not negative like it is portrayed in the media. Not only does it promote social diversity it also promotes the economy and immigrants take care of the U.S by doing most of the jobs that us citizens dont want to do. I was wanting to know if this might be a good idea and What could i do for my product?
Help for senio exit project?
another argument for you - only the best %26amp; brightest have the guts %26amp; determination to immigrate - so we are improved by the addition of high calibre people.
Profile a few immigrants that have contributed a lot to the country, and perhaps one that has contributed to the neighborhood. Find stats on educational achievement amongst immigrant children, and/or children of immigrants.
Help for senio exit project?
another argument for you - only the best %26amp; brightest have the guts %26amp; determination to immigrate - so we are improved by the addition of high calibre people.
Profile a few immigrants that have contributed a lot to the country, and perhaps one that has contributed to the neighborhood. Find stats on educational achievement amongst immigrant children, and/or children of immigrants.
What do you think?
What is it worth?
I've not had much money all my life, and I've been happy. However, now that I'm to be paid more per annum, people want more. The more you get, the less you have. An increase in income means a reduction in freedom.
I know this is an outlandish thought, but has anyone ever thought of what it would be like to start again? Humans almost wiped out to the point that those few left had to actually learn about the world in order to survive?
I think life would have more meaning that way. Media, money, the law, all these social constructs in place would be erased. It would be you, naked, in a tree, with a sharp stick, about to catch a wild boar. Think about it, no more soap operas, just the natural world to explore. =oD
What do you think?
Okay, I get what you're saying. But do we hafta be nekkid in the tree with that stick? I'm just saying. I have very sensitive skin, and I'm also Irish/Swedish and prone to sunburn.
Reply:It wouldn't take long before we got back the status quo and the whole messy stuff started all over, that's basic human nature for you. I think i will just stick with what Ive got thank you.
dental bridge
I've not had much money all my life, and I've been happy. However, now that I'm to be paid more per annum, people want more. The more you get, the less you have. An increase in income means a reduction in freedom.
I know this is an outlandish thought, but has anyone ever thought of what it would be like to start again? Humans almost wiped out to the point that those few left had to actually learn about the world in order to survive?
I think life would have more meaning that way. Media, money, the law, all these social constructs in place would be erased. It would be you, naked, in a tree, with a sharp stick, about to catch a wild boar. Think about it, no more soap operas, just the natural world to explore. =oD
What do you think?
Okay, I get what you're saying. But do we hafta be nekkid in the tree with that stick? I'm just saying. I have very sensitive skin, and I'm also Irish/Swedish and prone to sunburn.
Reply:It wouldn't take long before we got back the status quo and the whole messy stuff started all over, that's basic human nature for you. I think i will just stick with what Ive got thank you.
dental bridge
Negative Associations with Working Mothers?
This is purely hypothetical and something that was discussed in a sociology class. But, I would like to know others ideas.
Why is it that the working mother is portrayed negatively in the media and in also in some social circles? Do you believe that all the stereotyping of working class mothers is true? Why or Why Not?
Do you believe working class mothers are better or worse mothers then their stay home mom counterparts?
Do you believe working mothers really have a choice to work? Why or Why Not?
Negative Associations with Working Mothers?
Hi Answer Girl,
I believe we should not pit the working mothers against the stay-at-home mothers and vice-versa.
They both love their families. They both do what they think is best for their families.
People should do what works for their families and not judge other families. What works for one family might not work for another. Let's not question them on why.
Most mothers have been both at one time or another. Either way, motherhood is a rewarding and at times, demanding job. Let's respect all mothers.
peace,
julie
Reply:Any women who hires someone else to raise their child full time isn't a full time mother. That is where some of the negativity comes from.
Every women has the choice to work or not.
Women can choose a good partner to reproduce with which would allow the family to live on one income. Women can also choose to live a lifestyle that would allow the family to live on one income.
Life is full of choices in America.
Reply:I believe mothers belong with their children, especially until they go to school. Why have children and pay someone else to raise them? Having children is a status symbol, that's why.
Everyone can stay home with their small children, if they choose. It is all about life-style choices. I love my children more than a new car, electronic gadgets, a bigger house, fancy vacations, etc. There will be time for that when they are grown.
My husband and I banked my salary for two years before we had kids. That way, we knew we could afford to live on his salary, and we had some savings. Now, seven years later, my younger son is off to full day Kindergarten next year, and I will get a job then, part time so I can be home in the afternoons, at least until they are a bit older. But then we are a two parent family that lives within our means and planned when to have our children. That helps, too.
I honestly believe just about everyone can stay at home with their children if they choose. Some women don't want to. Being a mother isn't glamorous, and some days it isn't even fun. It is a different kind of challenge and reward than a job. Should those women be thought less of? I am not sure. My heart says yes, but my head says no.
We also (in America) live in a culture that doesn't value children. They aren't welcome in restaurants, anything but perfect behavior is frowned upon, and we try to make them into little adults. Mothers who don't work are frowned upon, too.
P.S. Stay at home dads rock, too.
Reply:They are not portrayed negatively. Quite the contrary, in fact. Look at all the studies and books out there designed solely to make a working mother feel at ease by telling her, "Day care is fine," "Studies show daycare is good for kids," and so forth.
At home moms are portrayed more negatively, in my opinion.
But when it comes down to it, it's just a bunch of petty bitchiness.
Reply:Most households need both incomes and don't have the luxery of either parent staying home. And I have to disagree with "working moms are reflected negatively." I am a working mom and in being so I show my family I love them and want to take care of them by helping provide food shelter and maybe a fun vacation during the summers.And also showing my children hard work is an important character builder. That is a negative thing? I think sitting on my azz collecting welfare would be more of a negative thing, don't you?
Reply:I am actually a stay at home mother/working mother... I stay at home with my little girl all day and work 3 nights a week at a restaurant. I very much enjoy the time that I get to spend with her, and we save so much money. The average cost of childcare here is $600+ a month. My Aunt on the other hand is the "bread winner" of her family so she has my cousin in daycare and my grandmother also has her a good bit of the time. I think that she has sacrificed a lot of much needed time with her and my grandmother is so busy with her every day that she has only seen my baby her great grandchild maybe 3-4 times. I think that my aunt and I are both equally good parents working/stay at home moms, I just get to spend more time with my daughter and she wishes she could.
Reply:I think women can't win in this area. Working mothers feel guilt over not being there everyday for their children, and stay at home moms don't get enough respect for the work they do at home.
why is it no one says anything about working dads? there is no pressure for dads to stay at home and raise the children.
Its funny - women are told to go out, get an education, because you can, you have the right. but then when we try to use our education for a career, and then have children, those same people are saying, oh you're going back to work already?
Like I said - a no-win situation! As a mom (or a dad) you have to be content with the decision you've made, and make sure it works for you.
Reply:I think that making mothers are choosing to work. My cousin is an Doctor. He makes close to half a mllion dollars a year, but yet his wife who is a teacher chooses to work. Their is nothing wrong with this scenrio either. They have a great marriage, but who is to say something is not going to happen and then what. She will be left with a nice settlement, but no job and in our area finding a teaching job is hard enough as it is.
There is also the Stay at Home Mom who is married to the Doctor or Lawyer who can afford to hire a nanny etc.. These are the moms who give the public the illusion that Stay at Home Parents do nothing. They drive up to Starbucks in their Range Rover, talk on their cell phone in line, head for their manicure and than to lunch with the ladies. That is not reality for most parents who stay at home. It is hard work and it should not be looked down upon. I have stayed at home with my daughter for the past eight months; while my wife has gone back to work. I recently got a job offer and am going back to work in a few weeks. So I know how hard it is for the typical parent to manage a child, cleaning, cooking etc..
For parents who work, their is nothing wrong with it. Both my wife and I have great careers, and not that we put our careers in front of our child but our careers are what is going to give our child a nice life. Not that material objects are the world and not that someone who makes minimum wage isnt a great parent but what I am saying is we can set her up with a nice college fun, give her a nice home to grow up in etc..
I know many Stay at Home Parents think working parents are horrible for leaving their child in daycare. The reality is that if you shop around for a daycare there are a lot of great daycares; and there are also a lot of bad ones.
Reply:I worked until my now 3 year old son was 13 months. After giving birth to my now 2 year old-I decided to stay home because 1. I wanted to and 2. It made no financial sense to work due to the high cost of daycare.
So, I can say from being a working mother-I did not feel that anyone looked upon me negatively. Personally, I feel that I am looked upon negatively in some circles for being a SAHM. I believe that whether you decide to be a SAHM or a working mother-someone is always going to have something bad to say depending on who you ask.
Are working class mothers better or worse or do working mothers have a choice to work...those are very difficult questions! Personally, my husband and I chose to work 7 days a week for one year (and this was while I was pregnant with my second son) so that we could build a house in the country where we could afford to live on one salary and provide a better life for our children. It was an amazingly difficult year-but now, even though things are really tight-we are making it (and have a bigger house plus land). I think that when you have a child, you are at a crossroads in life. I think if you make certain choices-you can stay home but and this is a big but-there are other situations that no matter what-financially you cannot lose one income. Every family is different. I run a playgroup and I do not judge the working mothers because I have been there and could go back to working part time in the future-it depends on my children and their needs.
We could have a lot more if I worked (I made more $$ than my husband) but our choice is for me to be home. My children have to go to speech and occupational therapy most days-so this ended up being the only choice for us after all-but was not the reason that I quit initially.
I think that if you can figure out a way to stay home-it is best-but that is not always feasible. Everyone does the best that they can-we all love our kids bottom line and try to do the best for them.
Reply:To start with, I have actually found that stay at home mothers are portrayed more negatively than working mothers. For example, on the Today Show, women who chose to stay at home with their children were noted as being less than ambitious since they never went out and got an education and tried to "better" themselves.
I don't think that a stay at home mother is any better a mother than a working class mother, but I do believe that a stay at home mother can provide what her children need most: their mother constantly with them. Of course, working mothers would disagree, saying that they are providing a secure financial future for their children, and that that is more important.
I completely believe that working mothers have a choice to work. There is ALWAYS a solution to stay at home. It is all relative as to what you absolutely need to survive. To some, poverty is cutting out cable TV or a cell phone, or having only 1 car. To others, who put children over identity and work, poverty is having nothing to eat. You can always find something to eat and have a roof over your head if you search for it. In the United States, you won't be homeless if you look for help. Children don't need more than love, and instruction, and a roof over their heads and food.
Reply:Ok, here is my opinion on the subject. Some women just prefer to work or some just have to. It is not something negative. We live in a society that is so expensive that it is difficult these days for there to be only one incoming salary. I myself, have been a stay at home mom since my son was born 12 years ago. It was a choice I made not only because I wanted to be the one to raise my kids, but because I could not afford daycare and family was not willing to help when I needed it. Because a mom stays at home rather than working doesn't necessarily make her a better mother. And just because a mother works does not make her neglectful of her children. I think in society, it is deemed that the mother raise the children, which is why sometimes it is looked down on when a mother decides to work, especially when kids are still young. I believe all mothers have the choice whether to work or not. It depends on their situation and if they can afford to stay home, or if they can afford to work and pay childcare. Sometimes it is not worth it to work if you are working part time and paying someone part time to watch your kids. If you hypothetically make $10 an hour and the babysitter gets $6, where is the profit for you if you work let's just say even 20 hours per week. And let's not forget taking taxes out of pay as well as childcare. I would love to go back to work at least part time, but when it comes to holidays and times off, there is no one who is willing to watch my kids (family) and I can't afford to pay a babysitter, so I stay home and we just try to live within our means. What others choose to do is their choice.
P.S. - I am a firm believer that being a stay at home mom is a full time job, and therefore, should be a paid job. At some point, I wish someone would see that it is not all fun and games and can be rather exhausting, especially when little ones are young.
Reply:Working Mothers, think us stay at home moms are in the dark ages. I'm educated but chose to stay at home. I hate being told I'm fortunate to be able to do so, I say that working moms are lucky they can afford daycare b/c when I did the math 6 yrs ago, we'd be $400 ahead a month that wasn't worth missing out on our children. For some that's a price tag they deem worthy enough. I don't. It's personal choice I'd have to say that it's the stay at home moms who get portrayed negatively! They do have a choice, depending on location and status but it's all choice. You can always move and down size ---it is a choice and anyone saying otherwise is just being guilt ridden.
Reply:i don't think they are portrayed negatively most of the mothers in the U.S. are working mothers very ferw stay at home and raise their children anymore. i make a choice not to work. i have 3 children so by the time childcare was paid for it would leave me with very little. my husband works 70 hours a week and we do sacrifice some things for me to be able to stay home. i hate when people say you are so fortunate to be able to stay home. No we sacrifice for me to be able to stay home, because that is what is important to us. i don't judge women who do go to work though to each their own.
Reply:there are people who want to work and there are some women that have to help. there are some that would love to stay home and there are some that would rather work. there are woman who work and men stay home. it all depends and yes you are right women are discussed as being talked down about this has been going on since the beginning of time remember we had prohibition and it was finally they were going to vote and there are slowly things being changed but its hard. the third world countries are still with their main stay thinking. its hard to get men to admit there is equals here some do and some don't'. someday we hope the media will change their attitudes but it will be long way. right now we have woman wanting to be president and i don't' see it in the cards and i am sure she is qualified but no one wants her why they feel she could lead the country wrong that is way of thinking old way. so we have to change some mothers do have choice to work i did and loved it and retired after 20 years some people don't' retire till they are 70 or near 80 cause they feel they don't' have enough. its sad how you see people ruining and running all their lives but its there why i am not sure why. but i do know this women have fought long and hard for many years ou t of the 20's and we'll eventually come out in top at least here but not in third world countries for many centuries. take care
Reply:I think it's only a select few that think working moms are not good mothers. (many of which are a particular varity of sahm's)
some women choose to work, some HAVE to work. the economy isn't good now, especially where i live, and every mother i know that isn't married to a guy that works 60 hours a week at a rare good job HAS to work to put food on the table. (i only know one of those). there are many extenuating cirucmstances, and having children is not a "status symbol" but a reality for many. almost everyone i know didn't plan their children and are doing the best they can for them in their personal situation. oh, and none of these people are living "high on the hog" btw, many are on food stamps and work full time, along with thier partners, have one old car, and barely make ends meet. housing is insane here, studio apartment rents for at LEAST $700 a month! i have to go back to work after i have my baby, and we don't have cable, internet (i'm not home now), car payments, a phone, garbage service, we don't go out to eat, we've never taken a vacation (well, two nights in a neighboring town when we got married), we have a house under 900 sq ft, we don't have any luxurious expenses. heck, i haven't even gotten a new pair of shoes in over 2 yrs!
oh, %26amp; btw, just because a woman works does not mean her child is in day care the whole time. not that day care is evil, but it's usually assumed.
working or sahm's can be either good or bad mothers. it isn't dependant on whether or not the woman works, but that she does the best she can with what she has.
Why is it that the working mother is portrayed negatively in the media and in also in some social circles? Do you believe that all the stereotyping of working class mothers is true? Why or Why Not?
Do you believe working class mothers are better or worse mothers then their stay home mom counterparts?
Do you believe working mothers really have a choice to work? Why or Why Not?
Negative Associations with Working Mothers?
Hi Answer Girl,
I believe we should not pit the working mothers against the stay-at-home mothers and vice-versa.
They both love their families. They both do what they think is best for their families.
People should do what works for their families and not judge other families. What works for one family might not work for another. Let's not question them on why.
Most mothers have been both at one time or another. Either way, motherhood is a rewarding and at times, demanding job. Let's respect all mothers.
peace,
julie
Reply:Any women who hires someone else to raise their child full time isn't a full time mother. That is where some of the negativity comes from.
Every women has the choice to work or not.
Women can choose a good partner to reproduce with which would allow the family to live on one income. Women can also choose to live a lifestyle that would allow the family to live on one income.
Life is full of choices in America.
Reply:I believe mothers belong with their children, especially until they go to school. Why have children and pay someone else to raise them? Having children is a status symbol, that's why.
Everyone can stay home with their small children, if they choose. It is all about life-style choices. I love my children more than a new car, electronic gadgets, a bigger house, fancy vacations, etc. There will be time for that when they are grown.
My husband and I banked my salary for two years before we had kids. That way, we knew we could afford to live on his salary, and we had some savings. Now, seven years later, my younger son is off to full day Kindergarten next year, and I will get a job then, part time so I can be home in the afternoons, at least until they are a bit older. But then we are a two parent family that lives within our means and planned when to have our children. That helps, too.
I honestly believe just about everyone can stay at home with their children if they choose. Some women don't want to. Being a mother isn't glamorous, and some days it isn't even fun. It is a different kind of challenge and reward than a job. Should those women be thought less of? I am not sure. My heart says yes, but my head says no.
We also (in America) live in a culture that doesn't value children. They aren't welcome in restaurants, anything but perfect behavior is frowned upon, and we try to make them into little adults. Mothers who don't work are frowned upon, too.
P.S. Stay at home dads rock, too.
Reply:They are not portrayed negatively. Quite the contrary, in fact. Look at all the studies and books out there designed solely to make a working mother feel at ease by telling her, "Day care is fine," "Studies show daycare is good for kids," and so forth.
At home moms are portrayed more negatively, in my opinion.
But when it comes down to it, it's just a bunch of petty bitchiness.
Reply:Most households need both incomes and don't have the luxery of either parent staying home. And I have to disagree with "working moms are reflected negatively." I am a working mom and in being so I show my family I love them and want to take care of them by helping provide food shelter and maybe a fun vacation during the summers.And also showing my children hard work is an important character builder. That is a negative thing? I think sitting on my azz collecting welfare would be more of a negative thing, don't you?
Reply:I am actually a stay at home mother/working mother... I stay at home with my little girl all day and work 3 nights a week at a restaurant. I very much enjoy the time that I get to spend with her, and we save so much money. The average cost of childcare here is $600+ a month. My Aunt on the other hand is the "bread winner" of her family so she has my cousin in daycare and my grandmother also has her a good bit of the time. I think that she has sacrificed a lot of much needed time with her and my grandmother is so busy with her every day that she has only seen my baby her great grandchild maybe 3-4 times. I think that my aunt and I are both equally good parents working/stay at home moms, I just get to spend more time with my daughter and she wishes she could.
Reply:I think women can't win in this area. Working mothers feel guilt over not being there everyday for their children, and stay at home moms don't get enough respect for the work they do at home.
why is it no one says anything about working dads? there is no pressure for dads to stay at home and raise the children.
Its funny - women are told to go out, get an education, because you can, you have the right. but then when we try to use our education for a career, and then have children, those same people are saying, oh you're going back to work already?
Like I said - a no-win situation! As a mom (or a dad) you have to be content with the decision you've made, and make sure it works for you.
Reply:I think that making mothers are choosing to work. My cousin is an Doctor. He makes close to half a mllion dollars a year, but yet his wife who is a teacher chooses to work. Their is nothing wrong with this scenrio either. They have a great marriage, but who is to say something is not going to happen and then what. She will be left with a nice settlement, but no job and in our area finding a teaching job is hard enough as it is.
There is also the Stay at Home Mom who is married to the Doctor or Lawyer who can afford to hire a nanny etc.. These are the moms who give the public the illusion that Stay at Home Parents do nothing. They drive up to Starbucks in their Range Rover, talk on their cell phone in line, head for their manicure and than to lunch with the ladies. That is not reality for most parents who stay at home. It is hard work and it should not be looked down upon. I have stayed at home with my daughter for the past eight months; while my wife has gone back to work. I recently got a job offer and am going back to work in a few weeks. So I know how hard it is for the typical parent to manage a child, cleaning, cooking etc..
For parents who work, their is nothing wrong with it. Both my wife and I have great careers, and not that we put our careers in front of our child but our careers are what is going to give our child a nice life. Not that material objects are the world and not that someone who makes minimum wage isnt a great parent but what I am saying is we can set her up with a nice college fun, give her a nice home to grow up in etc..
I know many Stay at Home Parents think working parents are horrible for leaving their child in daycare. The reality is that if you shop around for a daycare there are a lot of great daycares; and there are also a lot of bad ones.
Reply:I worked until my now 3 year old son was 13 months. After giving birth to my now 2 year old-I decided to stay home because 1. I wanted to and 2. It made no financial sense to work due to the high cost of daycare.
So, I can say from being a working mother-I did not feel that anyone looked upon me negatively. Personally, I feel that I am looked upon negatively in some circles for being a SAHM. I believe that whether you decide to be a SAHM or a working mother-someone is always going to have something bad to say depending on who you ask.
Are working class mothers better or worse or do working mothers have a choice to work...those are very difficult questions! Personally, my husband and I chose to work 7 days a week for one year (and this was while I was pregnant with my second son) so that we could build a house in the country where we could afford to live on one salary and provide a better life for our children. It was an amazingly difficult year-but now, even though things are really tight-we are making it (and have a bigger house plus land). I think that when you have a child, you are at a crossroads in life. I think if you make certain choices-you can stay home but and this is a big but-there are other situations that no matter what-financially you cannot lose one income. Every family is different. I run a playgroup and I do not judge the working mothers because I have been there and could go back to working part time in the future-it depends on my children and their needs.
We could have a lot more if I worked (I made more $$ than my husband) but our choice is for me to be home. My children have to go to speech and occupational therapy most days-so this ended up being the only choice for us after all-but was not the reason that I quit initially.
I think that if you can figure out a way to stay home-it is best-but that is not always feasible. Everyone does the best that they can-we all love our kids bottom line and try to do the best for them.
Reply:To start with, I have actually found that stay at home mothers are portrayed more negatively than working mothers. For example, on the Today Show, women who chose to stay at home with their children were noted as being less than ambitious since they never went out and got an education and tried to "better" themselves.
I don't think that a stay at home mother is any better a mother than a working class mother, but I do believe that a stay at home mother can provide what her children need most: their mother constantly with them. Of course, working mothers would disagree, saying that they are providing a secure financial future for their children, and that that is more important.
I completely believe that working mothers have a choice to work. There is ALWAYS a solution to stay at home. It is all relative as to what you absolutely need to survive. To some, poverty is cutting out cable TV or a cell phone, or having only 1 car. To others, who put children over identity and work, poverty is having nothing to eat. You can always find something to eat and have a roof over your head if you search for it. In the United States, you won't be homeless if you look for help. Children don't need more than love, and instruction, and a roof over their heads and food.
Reply:Ok, here is my opinion on the subject. Some women just prefer to work or some just have to. It is not something negative. We live in a society that is so expensive that it is difficult these days for there to be only one incoming salary. I myself, have been a stay at home mom since my son was born 12 years ago. It was a choice I made not only because I wanted to be the one to raise my kids, but because I could not afford daycare and family was not willing to help when I needed it. Because a mom stays at home rather than working doesn't necessarily make her a better mother. And just because a mother works does not make her neglectful of her children. I think in society, it is deemed that the mother raise the children, which is why sometimes it is looked down on when a mother decides to work, especially when kids are still young. I believe all mothers have the choice whether to work or not. It depends on their situation and if they can afford to stay home, or if they can afford to work and pay childcare. Sometimes it is not worth it to work if you are working part time and paying someone part time to watch your kids. If you hypothetically make $10 an hour and the babysitter gets $6, where is the profit for you if you work let's just say even 20 hours per week. And let's not forget taking taxes out of pay as well as childcare. I would love to go back to work at least part time, but when it comes to holidays and times off, there is no one who is willing to watch my kids (family) and I can't afford to pay a babysitter, so I stay home and we just try to live within our means. What others choose to do is their choice.
P.S. - I am a firm believer that being a stay at home mom is a full time job, and therefore, should be a paid job. At some point, I wish someone would see that it is not all fun and games and can be rather exhausting, especially when little ones are young.
Reply:Working Mothers, think us stay at home moms are in the dark ages. I'm educated but chose to stay at home. I hate being told I'm fortunate to be able to do so, I say that working moms are lucky they can afford daycare b/c when I did the math 6 yrs ago, we'd be $400 ahead a month that wasn't worth missing out on our children. For some that's a price tag they deem worthy enough. I don't. It's personal choice I'd have to say that it's the stay at home moms who get portrayed negatively! They do have a choice, depending on location and status but it's all choice. You can always move and down size ---it is a choice and anyone saying otherwise is just being guilt ridden.
Reply:i don't think they are portrayed negatively most of the mothers in the U.S. are working mothers very ferw stay at home and raise their children anymore. i make a choice not to work. i have 3 children so by the time childcare was paid for it would leave me with very little. my husband works 70 hours a week and we do sacrifice some things for me to be able to stay home. i hate when people say you are so fortunate to be able to stay home. No we sacrifice for me to be able to stay home, because that is what is important to us. i don't judge women who do go to work though to each their own.
Reply:there are people who want to work and there are some women that have to help. there are some that would love to stay home and there are some that would rather work. there are woman who work and men stay home. it all depends and yes you are right women are discussed as being talked down about this has been going on since the beginning of time remember we had prohibition and it was finally they were going to vote and there are slowly things being changed but its hard. the third world countries are still with their main stay thinking. its hard to get men to admit there is equals here some do and some don't'. someday we hope the media will change their attitudes but it will be long way. right now we have woman wanting to be president and i don't' see it in the cards and i am sure she is qualified but no one wants her why they feel she could lead the country wrong that is way of thinking old way. so we have to change some mothers do have choice to work i did and loved it and retired after 20 years some people don't' retire till they are 70 or near 80 cause they feel they don't' have enough. its sad how you see people ruining and running all their lives but its there why i am not sure why. but i do know this women have fought long and hard for many years ou t of the 20's and we'll eventually come out in top at least here but not in third world countries for many centuries. take care
Reply:I think it's only a select few that think working moms are not good mothers. (many of which are a particular varity of sahm's)
some women choose to work, some HAVE to work. the economy isn't good now, especially where i live, and every mother i know that isn't married to a guy that works 60 hours a week at a rare good job HAS to work to put food on the table. (i only know one of those). there are many extenuating cirucmstances, and having children is not a "status symbol" but a reality for many. almost everyone i know didn't plan their children and are doing the best they can for them in their personal situation. oh, and none of these people are living "high on the hog" btw, many are on food stamps and work full time, along with thier partners, have one old car, and barely make ends meet. housing is insane here, studio apartment rents for at LEAST $700 a month! i have to go back to work after i have my baby, and we don't have cable, internet (i'm not home now), car payments, a phone, garbage service, we don't go out to eat, we've never taken a vacation (well, two nights in a neighboring town when we got married), we have a house under 900 sq ft, we don't have any luxurious expenses. heck, i haven't even gotten a new pair of shoes in over 2 yrs!
oh, %26amp; btw, just because a woman works does not mean her child is in day care the whole time. not that day care is evil, but it's usually assumed.
working or sahm's can be either good or bad mothers. it isn't dependant on whether or not the woman works, but that she does the best she can with what she has.
Give some informative website?
sorry am doing a caribbean studies essay on How mass media and technology impacts on politics, social development, business sector, culture and consumption patterns in the caribbean. I just need some ideas of a good website that will help me get the info.
Give some informative website?
Try theses two links. They might help if you check around on them.
Give some informative website?
Try theses two links. They might help if you check around on them.
Why is the US such a backwards country?
death penalty, gun ownership, warmongers, severly biased media, rigged elections, idiot president, crappy social services, intelligent design, regressive taxes, fundamentalist Christians
Most of Americans I meet are smart and rationale. Do only the smart ones travel abroad?
Why is the US such a backwards country?
IF YOU DON'T LOVE IT LEAVE IT
WE ARE THE BEST IN TECHNOLOGY AND SCHOOLS
AND IN ALL ONE WORD FREEDOM TO DO WHAT WE LIKE
Reply:Move to China
Reply:You just visited Arkansas, haven't you?
Reply:Compared to other countries on this earth, the Unites States of America is hardly backwards. 1.) In other countries, someone can be killed without a fair trial, 2.) people in other countries have guns, 3.) most other countries don't have anything that can be labeled "media", at least not in the sense that the U.S. has, 4.) most other countries don't have social services, 5.) at least we're trying to learn different ideas about humans came to exist, 6.) the elections were never confirmed to be rigged, and 7.) SHUT UP about the president for Christ's sake! I mean, sure not everyone is for him, but can you imagine trying to do his job? No, you probably can't, so don't go calling anyone an idiot. Obviously, you are getting most of your ideas about Americans from stereotypes.
Reply:death penalty, gun ownership, warmongers, severly biased media, rigged elections, idiot president, crappy social services, intelligent design, regressive taxes, fundamentalist Christians
erm, the other countries flat out kill people they dont like, everyone has illegal guns, machines, warmongers, media controlled by gov... its all good and your full of it.
Whys american #1? Were doing something right.
Reply:The USA is believed to be the cradle of democracy. Its economic figures are the highest in the world. The level of life and social benefits are of high quality. So it can't be called "backwards". However, death penalty is banned in some states. But everyting is in the hands of people. You don't like present situation - change it.
Come to Russia and try to live on the wage of 1500 rubles per month(about 50$) and you will understand that the USA is a paradise.
Reply:It seems to me that there are similar problems all over the world. Just look at Africa, the middle East, most of Eastern Europe, China... all civilizations that are thousands of years old and still haven't gotten their sh*t together.
As to our problems: as long as there is a need for the death penalty, there should be private gun ownership.
Warmongers? Maybe, but we sure saved some European *ss back in WWII.
Biased media? Definitely, but that's a side effect of freedom of the press.
Rigged elections? No, I don't think so. If it had been rigged, the cover-up would have been a lot better.
Idiot president- No, that would go to the biased media.
Crappy social services? People need to get off their butts and do for themselves.
Intelligent design? I'm not sure what the problem is with that.
Regressive taxes? At least they don't go to some B.S. royal family.
Fundamentalist Christians? Better than the so called Fundamentalist Muslims.
And no, I don't think our smart ones travel abroad. With the anti-American sentiment we keep hearing about, the smart ones stay home.
Reply:Did you see the Tommy Lee goes to college thing? I caught an episode... the level that they are studying at in college we do in Australia here in high school....
more money on education ... less on the military might be a start...
and for the gung ho "I'm a proud American and you a loser" idiots... the first sign of intelligence and wisdom is the ability to take constructive criticisim and use it to better yourself... you prove the asker completely correct when you answer in such a manner.. put across your point sure but think about how you will present it first...
You know even if I agree with someone I will argue the opposite opinion (that I disagree with) if I think they are not basing their position on a well rounded overview of all aspects of the matter... objective, solid reasoning is the key
Oh and highest standard of living.. education excellent.. best in technology... wow guys there are either just plain opinions or straight of a government propaganda flyer...
Just because people from extremely poor nations and / or rife with internal and / or external conflict flee to America DOES NOT EQUAL we are fantastic... death or life.. eating or not eating... these are the reasons they come...
and you do not have a high standard of living... you have over 37 million Americans living below the poverty line .. in fact someone mentioned Arkansas? yeah they at what 18.8%?... man... do you guys read ever?
As a waiter in Australia you get $15 an hour... wot you get over there? I think our kids here working at McDonalds earn more a week than many adults supporting families in the US....
Reply:I don't think so. It's only the american government that is backwords, not really the people. I mean England is really old fashioned, there is nothing here, it's like they tell you what to wear, and do. I think America is amazing, way better than here. Yes America has alot of problems, but that because of the government, england is ten times worse.
Reply:Backwards? 11,000,000 illegal immigrants think we're doing something right---they're willing to break the law to live here.
If we're backwards, why are we the only superpower left in the world?
If we're backwards, why do we have the highest standard of living in the world?
If we're backwards, why are we allowed to openly criticize our government?
If we're backwards, why are women allowed to appear in public alone, have careers, run for office, vote?
If we're backwards, why are we able to help every country in the world when they need it?
Lord, I love being backwards!
Reply:given the nature of your question you seem to make your own point. backwards thinking. false assumptions. my guess is you are not traveling abroad are you?
Reply:I think that backwards is probably the wrong word. I'm not american. I don't think that any american would say that everything in their country is perfect. Believe me there are lots of ways to improve the US!
Poverty- it's a huge problem, is there really any social assistance for those in need? It doesn't seem like it. How's New Orleans doing? The US does not have the highest quality of life. I suppose those of the highest social economic status may have a very good quality of life. What about those of the lowest social economic status? How's their life? According to the 2006 World-Wide Quality of Life Assessment released April 3rd: "Cities in Canada, Europe and Australia dominate the top of the rankings." I happen to live in the #3 rated city in the world! The highest ranking US city is Honolulu which is #27.
I'm sure that no one knows anything about McCarthy-ism. Protectionism is just an attempt to make the country feel unsafe and focus on dangers that don't exist, so that no one focuses on what's really going on.
I do agree on the biased media point. I think that every country's media is biased. It's amazing to see the difference between US, Canadian and BBC media. The truth is somewhere in the middle.
Reply:The death penalty is neither good, bad, backward or progressive. It is a reflection of society's belief about what is a just punishment for crime.
Gun ownership is actually quite progressive. Disarmed citizens are called subjects, serfs or slaves. Gun ownership also means that the citizenry have personal power, and the personal responsibility to protect themselves. This is a good thing.
'Idiot' president. That's just a biased opinion unsupported by any measurable documentation. You disagree with him, so he is an idiot. Do people really think they can spew crap like that and call it intelligent discourse?
Taxes. The lower 50% of income earners pay less than 5% of all income taxes. The top 10% of earners pay over 30% of income taxes. Compare these facts with your 'regressive' statement. Compare with your 'idiot' statement.
And why are you so intolerant of religious people? Smug feeling of superiority based on ...?
I'm pretty sure the only ones you consider smart are people who echo your thoughts.
Reply:wow. you don't get out much, do you.
Reply:look at the president and ask yourself who could elect him
Most of Americans I meet are smart and rationale. Do only the smart ones travel abroad?
Why is the US such a backwards country?
IF YOU DON'T LOVE IT LEAVE IT
WE ARE THE BEST IN TECHNOLOGY AND SCHOOLS
AND IN ALL ONE WORD FREEDOM TO DO WHAT WE LIKE
Reply:Move to China
Reply:You just visited Arkansas, haven't you?
Reply:Compared to other countries on this earth, the Unites States of America is hardly backwards. 1.) In other countries, someone can be killed without a fair trial, 2.) people in other countries have guns, 3.) most other countries don't have anything that can be labeled "media", at least not in the sense that the U.S. has, 4.) most other countries don't have social services, 5.) at least we're trying to learn different ideas about humans came to exist, 6.) the elections were never confirmed to be rigged, and 7.) SHUT UP about the president for Christ's sake! I mean, sure not everyone is for him, but can you imagine trying to do his job? No, you probably can't, so don't go calling anyone an idiot. Obviously, you are getting most of your ideas about Americans from stereotypes.
Reply:death penalty, gun ownership, warmongers, severly biased media, rigged elections, idiot president, crappy social services, intelligent design, regressive taxes, fundamentalist Christians
erm, the other countries flat out kill people they dont like, everyone has illegal guns, machines, warmongers, media controlled by gov... its all good and your full of it.
Whys american #1? Were doing something right.
Reply:The USA is believed to be the cradle of democracy. Its economic figures are the highest in the world. The level of life and social benefits are of high quality. So it can't be called "backwards". However, death penalty is banned in some states. But everyting is in the hands of people. You don't like present situation - change it.
Come to Russia and try to live on the wage of 1500 rubles per month(about 50$) and you will understand that the USA is a paradise.
Reply:It seems to me that there are similar problems all over the world. Just look at Africa, the middle East, most of Eastern Europe, China... all civilizations that are thousands of years old and still haven't gotten their sh*t together.
As to our problems: as long as there is a need for the death penalty, there should be private gun ownership.
Warmongers? Maybe, but we sure saved some European *ss back in WWII.
Biased media? Definitely, but that's a side effect of freedom of the press.
Rigged elections? No, I don't think so. If it had been rigged, the cover-up would have been a lot better.
Idiot president- No, that would go to the biased media.
Crappy social services? People need to get off their butts and do for themselves.
Intelligent design? I'm not sure what the problem is with that.
Regressive taxes? At least they don't go to some B.S. royal family.
Fundamentalist Christians? Better than the so called Fundamentalist Muslims.
And no, I don't think our smart ones travel abroad. With the anti-American sentiment we keep hearing about, the smart ones stay home.
Reply:Did you see the Tommy Lee goes to college thing? I caught an episode... the level that they are studying at in college we do in Australia here in high school....
more money on education ... less on the military might be a start...
and for the gung ho "I'm a proud American and you a loser" idiots... the first sign of intelligence and wisdom is the ability to take constructive criticisim and use it to better yourself... you prove the asker completely correct when you answer in such a manner.. put across your point sure but think about how you will present it first...
You know even if I agree with someone I will argue the opposite opinion (that I disagree with) if I think they are not basing their position on a well rounded overview of all aspects of the matter... objective, solid reasoning is the key
Oh and highest standard of living.. education excellent.. best in technology... wow guys there are either just plain opinions or straight of a government propaganda flyer...
Just because people from extremely poor nations and / or rife with internal and / or external conflict flee to America DOES NOT EQUAL we are fantastic... death or life.. eating or not eating... these are the reasons they come...
and you do not have a high standard of living... you have over 37 million Americans living below the poverty line .. in fact someone mentioned Arkansas? yeah they at what 18.8%?... man... do you guys read ever?
As a waiter in Australia you get $15 an hour... wot you get over there? I think our kids here working at McDonalds earn more a week than many adults supporting families in the US....
Reply:I don't think so. It's only the american government that is backwords, not really the people. I mean England is really old fashioned, there is nothing here, it's like they tell you what to wear, and do. I think America is amazing, way better than here. Yes America has alot of problems, but that because of the government, england is ten times worse.
Reply:Backwards? 11,000,000 illegal immigrants think we're doing something right---they're willing to break the law to live here.
If we're backwards, why are we the only superpower left in the world?
If we're backwards, why do we have the highest standard of living in the world?
If we're backwards, why are we allowed to openly criticize our government?
If we're backwards, why are women allowed to appear in public alone, have careers, run for office, vote?
If we're backwards, why are we able to help every country in the world when they need it?
Lord, I love being backwards!
Reply:given the nature of your question you seem to make your own point. backwards thinking. false assumptions. my guess is you are not traveling abroad are you?
Reply:I think that backwards is probably the wrong word. I'm not american. I don't think that any american would say that everything in their country is perfect. Believe me there are lots of ways to improve the US!
Poverty- it's a huge problem, is there really any social assistance for those in need? It doesn't seem like it. How's New Orleans doing? The US does not have the highest quality of life. I suppose those of the highest social economic status may have a very good quality of life. What about those of the lowest social economic status? How's their life? According to the 2006 World-Wide Quality of Life Assessment released April 3rd: "Cities in Canada, Europe and Australia dominate the top of the rankings." I happen to live in the #3 rated city in the world! The highest ranking US city is Honolulu which is #27.
I'm sure that no one knows anything about McCarthy-ism. Protectionism is just an attempt to make the country feel unsafe and focus on dangers that don't exist, so that no one focuses on what's really going on.
I do agree on the biased media point. I think that every country's media is biased. It's amazing to see the difference between US, Canadian and BBC media. The truth is somewhere in the middle.
Reply:The death penalty is neither good, bad, backward or progressive. It is a reflection of society's belief about what is a just punishment for crime.
Gun ownership is actually quite progressive. Disarmed citizens are called subjects, serfs or slaves. Gun ownership also means that the citizenry have personal power, and the personal responsibility to protect themselves. This is a good thing.
'Idiot' president. That's just a biased opinion unsupported by any measurable documentation. You disagree with him, so he is an idiot. Do people really think they can spew crap like that and call it intelligent discourse?
Taxes. The lower 50% of income earners pay less than 5% of all income taxes. The top 10% of earners pay over 30% of income taxes. Compare these facts with your 'regressive' statement. Compare with your 'idiot' statement.
And why are you so intolerant of religious people? Smug feeling of superiority based on ...?
I'm pretty sure the only ones you consider smart are people who echo your thoughts.
Reply:wow. you don't get out much, do you.
Reply:look at the president and ask yourself who could elect him
Can you feel the power of the clicker?
Changes in media technology have brought on major social political and economic changes throughout history. For instance, the Gutenberg moveable type can be easily argued to have brought down the Holy Roman Empire and the power of the Catholic church and rule by devine right.
What social, political and economic impact will the television remote have?
Can you feel the power of the clicker?
nothing. the internet has taken over as the entertainment source for most people who have power.
Reply:Why not?
Decode this lyrics " Bettermen"
In the advancement of skill and technology?
In solving the misery of living human kind.?
In the creation of peace on earth goodwill to men?
In the advancement and survival of living human kind?
Luke 9.55-56
What do you think?
What social, political and economic impact will the television remote have?
Can you feel the power of the clicker?
nothing. the internet has taken over as the entertainment source for most people who have power.
Reply:Why not?
Decode this lyrics " Bettermen"
In the advancement of skill and technology?
In solving the misery of living human kind.?
In the creation of peace on earth goodwill to men?
In the advancement and survival of living human kind?
Luke 9.55-56
What do you think?
I need a good idea for a Teenage Socials Issue Essay?
For my life planning class, we're required to write an essay about a social issue in today's teenaged society. Examples are media impression on teens, pressure to do drugs/have sex/drink ect. I want something really original to write my essay on! Any ideas?
I need a good idea for a Teenage Socials Issue Essay?
How about, Teens who want to get pregnant. I had this one friend, called her Skunk, anyways she didn't have enough love in her life, so she thought a baby would give her this love she was missing. So she made herself get preggers with her ex BF Fat J, she also thought her ex would come crawling back to her if they had a baby. Anyways she got pregnant, got big, kids teased her at school, Fat J dropped her like a hot potato and called her a filthy slut. She was so scared she dropped of school and moved to Saffron City, stole from candy stores and stuff. Anyways she had the baby, and it didn't love her. It just popped. So she dropped the baby on the steps of her sis, kinda like when Obi gave Luke to Owen, but not really. Anyways her sis Suzy V had the baby and together they joined a circus with some old guys, some guy that looks like a bird, some Gothic freak, and some macho princess like gal. Anyways so yeah, it worked out in the end, don't know what happened to Skunk. Last I heard she joined some deranged travel agency is Africa with some chicks named seely and sof. so yeah wright about that,
later alligator on an escalator
Reply:See if some of the topics on these websites will spur some good ideas:
http://socialissues.wiseto.com/AZIndex/
http://www.multcolib.org/homework/sochc....
http://www.tomfolio.com/bookssub.asp?sub...
http://www.questia.com/library/sociology...
Good luck! I hope you find something good to write about!
Reply:Rampant commercialism, social exclusion, and sketchy things all around in general: drinking, sex, smoking, drugs, etc etc
Or the artificial segregation found in public schools.
Reply:i think u should write about teens and bulimia!
i did a paper on that and it turned out pretty good!
good luck!!!
Reply:now-a-days parents employ detectives to spy on their children coz of their late coming on one pretext or the other.
Reply:domestic violence in teen relationships?
how peer pressure has changed over the years?
many teens are from single parent homes- how do they deal with this, what relationship do they have with their noncustodial parents? how does it affect the discipline and structure of the home?
Reply:dealing with a mental illness....adhd, bipolar, and depression are a few examples.
Or you could write about some of the bad things that go on with bulling..cyber bulling is something that your generation is having to deal with that prior generations didnt have.
Reply:commercial advertising
or.......................................
eletronics
hacking
dating
I need a good idea for a Teenage Socials Issue Essay?
How about, Teens who want to get pregnant. I had this one friend, called her Skunk, anyways she didn't have enough love in her life, so she thought a baby would give her this love she was missing. So she made herself get preggers with her ex BF Fat J, she also thought her ex would come crawling back to her if they had a baby. Anyways she got pregnant, got big, kids teased her at school, Fat J dropped her like a hot potato and called her a filthy slut. She was so scared she dropped of school and moved to Saffron City, stole from candy stores and stuff. Anyways she had the baby, and it didn't love her. It just popped. So she dropped the baby on the steps of her sis, kinda like when Obi gave Luke to Owen, but not really. Anyways her sis Suzy V had the baby and together they joined a circus with some old guys, some guy that looks like a bird, some Gothic freak, and some macho princess like gal. Anyways so yeah, it worked out in the end, don't know what happened to Skunk. Last I heard she joined some deranged travel agency is Africa with some chicks named seely and sof. so yeah wright about that,
later alligator on an escalator
Reply:See if some of the topics on these websites will spur some good ideas:
http://socialissues.wiseto.com/AZIndex/
http://www.multcolib.org/homework/sochc....
http://www.tomfolio.com/bookssub.asp?sub...
http://www.questia.com/library/sociology...
Good luck! I hope you find something good to write about!
Reply:Rampant commercialism, social exclusion, and sketchy things all around in general: drinking, sex, smoking, drugs, etc etc
Or the artificial segregation found in public schools.
Reply:i think u should write about teens and bulimia!
i did a paper on that and it turned out pretty good!
good luck!!!
Reply:now-a-days parents employ detectives to spy on their children coz of their late coming on one pretext or the other.
Reply:domestic violence in teen relationships?
how peer pressure has changed over the years?
many teens are from single parent homes- how do they deal with this, what relationship do they have with their noncustodial parents? how does it affect the discipline and structure of the home?
Reply:dealing with a mental illness....adhd, bipolar, and depression are a few examples.
Or you could write about some of the bad things that go on with bulling..cyber bulling is something that your generation is having to deal with that prior generations didnt have.
Reply:commercial advertising
or.......................................
eletronics
hacking
dating
What do you think about my essay? what do i need to change?
"The media and entertainment industries have become social institutions that may be contributing to increase violence among young people. The media's main goal is to make money by getting advertisers. Many companies that advertise believe that young and sexy sells. So they target their products to this market group.
Children today have been heavily exposed to violence on various media, including television, videos, movies, comic books, music lyrics, and computer games. According to The American Academy of Pediatrics, by age 18, the average American child will have viewed about 200,000 acts of violence on television alone. Research continues to find a strong correlation between violence experienced through media and entertainment with increased aggression, anti-social behavior and desensitization to violence, especially among children. It desensitized children to violence
What do you think about my essay? what do i need to change?
You haven’t closed you quotes and too many of them become tedious to the reader. You can paraphrase the author in your own words and that way you don’t have to use quotation marks. It’s an option unless your instructor specified using them.
The media and entertainment industries have become businesses which are leading the way in early sexual awareness and increasing violence in children. Their goal, like any other business, is to make money. They do this by selling time and space to advertisers. Advertisers have learned that humans pay the most attention to sex and violence. They have discovered also that while adults have the ability to critically judge advertisements, children have difficulty distinguishing between reality and what is presented to them by advertising. So advertisers target children.
There are a many ways that advertisers reach children. They use sexual and violent messages in television, videos, movies, comic books, music lyrics, and computer games. According to The American Academy of Pediatrics, by age 18, the average American child will have viewed about 200,000 acts of violence on television alone. Research continues to find a strong correlation between violence experienced through media and entertainment with increased aggression, anti-social behavior and desensitization to violence, especially among children. It has desensitized children to violence
The messages in media and entertainment are powerful and increasingly negative. And, they can be very convincing to young people. “Don't go to school”, “Don’t obey your parents”, “Smoking makes you look cool”. Kids think its ok to not to go to school and not to obey their parents. They are given the message that all their friends are doing these things so they should do them too. So they start smoking and drinking at a very early age. There has been documented studies on the effects of the media and entertainment industry on children, but who is listening? Mom and dad may voice their concerns, but how many have taken control of the time their children are exposed to the media or decide with their children what they will chose to see from the entertainment industry?
According to a major study by the Kaiser Family Foundation, measuring the media consumption of 3,000 children between the ages of 2 and 18, the typical American child spends about 5 1/2 hours a day "consuming" media (computers and music, but mainly TV) at home. For children 8 and older, the time jumps to almost 7 hours a day. (QDT Amy Dickinson Nov 29, 1999)
While the media and entertainment industry are not the sole reason for the increase in early sexual awareness and increasing violence, they are the most important contributor. Violence in the mass media contributes to a number of antisocial attitudes and behaviors in children and adolescents. Hundreds of studies have confirmed that exposing children to a steady diet of violence in the media makes them more violence prone. The psychological processes here are not mysterious. Children learn by observing others. Mass media and the advertising world provide a very attractive window for these observations. The shame is that they are well aware of it, but chose profit over moral responsibility.
The media and entertainment industry are the authors of the false belief that only the young and thin are sexually desirable. One of the ways they do this is with how they chose to present the people on sitcoms. They stereotype the characters. If you are young and thin you not only are sexually desirable, but you make the most money, drive the fancy cars and live in big houses with a lot of friends. If you are old or fat you aren’t sexually desirable, you don’t have a good job or any job at all, you have a junk car or ride public transportation and you live in an apartment that’s not the best. Children are hammered with those stereotypes continually. They come to believe that they are true and strive to emulate them. Young girls are increasingly lured into dressing like 25 year old women going out to a party. (Watch WINX or Bratz on Saturday morning to see how they are dressed!) They see celebrities like Britney Spears, Hilary Duff and Beyonce and they want to be like them. This is the underlying cause of eating disorders so prevalent in our society today.
We are being manipulated by the media and the entertainment industry into how we spend our time, what to look like, and what we need to be happy. All if it is an illusion designed to part us from our money and the side-effect is an increased sexual awareness and increased violence in children and society at large. We are being programmed using our basic drives to procreate and be accepted to be mass consumers of things that we don’t need, and may actually be harming us. We need to stop being a nation of mindless sheep and take back control of our own lives.
Dickinson, Amy (Nov 29, 1999). “Must-See TV? Too much media--television especially--can be an isolating experience. Get it under control”.
Woodward, Ed. John (2005). Media Violence Promotes Violent Behavior.
Lieberman , Joe, %26amp; McIntyre, Jeff (2005). The Media Contribute to Youth Violence. Retrieved April 30, 2007,
Reply:You're welcome. Report It
Reply:I did not get to read your entire essay, however I would suggest that yyou revise the structure of some of your sentences.
In the First paragraph, your second sentence is incomplete. In addition your point are all over the place in the said and other paragraphs.
Essay must be well structured (ie organised) and presented in a way that the reader finds easy to follow and clear: it must look tidy and not present any obstacles to the reader. It must have a clear readable interesting style. But, above all, it must consist of your ideas about literary texts.
Reply:I would work on the opening paragraph. Which should contain your thesis statement. I would write something like this for your thesis:
Today's media influence has a negative impact on young people by dramtically increasing their exposure to violence and sex.
Then add a few points in that first paragraph that you will discuss in your paper.
Children are reached by entertainment and media in endless ways. Parents need to monitor what their children see and encourage healthly activities.
You should add a paragraph on what you think would be healthy or other things to do than watch tv.
Also your closing paragraph should summarize your paper. It should read something like this:
To avoid young people's overexposure to negative images, they should spend less time watching tv and engage in healthy activities. Our children don't have to be addicted to whats going on in the media and how we should look and act. How can we remain a free nation when we act like slaves to the entertainment industry?
Good Luck!!
Children today have been heavily exposed to violence on various media, including television, videos, movies, comic books, music lyrics, and computer games. According to The American Academy of Pediatrics, by age 18, the average American child will have viewed about 200,000 acts of violence on television alone. Research continues to find a strong correlation between violence experienced through media and entertainment with increased aggression, anti-social behavior and desensitization to violence, especially among children. It desensitized children to violence
What do you think about my essay? what do i need to change?
You haven’t closed you quotes and too many of them become tedious to the reader. You can paraphrase the author in your own words and that way you don’t have to use quotation marks. It’s an option unless your instructor specified using them.
The media and entertainment industries have become businesses which are leading the way in early sexual awareness and increasing violence in children. Their goal, like any other business, is to make money. They do this by selling time and space to advertisers. Advertisers have learned that humans pay the most attention to sex and violence. They have discovered also that while adults have the ability to critically judge advertisements, children have difficulty distinguishing between reality and what is presented to them by advertising. So advertisers target children.
There are a many ways that advertisers reach children. They use sexual and violent messages in television, videos, movies, comic books, music lyrics, and computer games. According to The American Academy of Pediatrics, by age 18, the average American child will have viewed about 200,000 acts of violence on television alone. Research continues to find a strong correlation between violence experienced through media and entertainment with increased aggression, anti-social behavior and desensitization to violence, especially among children. It has desensitized children to violence
The messages in media and entertainment are powerful and increasingly negative. And, they can be very convincing to young people. “Don't go to school”, “Don’t obey your parents”, “Smoking makes you look cool”. Kids think its ok to not to go to school and not to obey their parents. They are given the message that all their friends are doing these things so they should do them too. So they start smoking and drinking at a very early age. There has been documented studies on the effects of the media and entertainment industry on children, but who is listening? Mom and dad may voice their concerns, but how many have taken control of the time their children are exposed to the media or decide with their children what they will chose to see from the entertainment industry?
According to a major study by the Kaiser Family Foundation, measuring the media consumption of 3,000 children between the ages of 2 and 18, the typical American child spends about 5 1/2 hours a day "consuming" media (computers and music, but mainly TV) at home. For children 8 and older, the time jumps to almost 7 hours a day. (QDT Amy Dickinson Nov 29, 1999)
While the media and entertainment industry are not the sole reason for the increase in early sexual awareness and increasing violence, they are the most important contributor. Violence in the mass media contributes to a number of antisocial attitudes and behaviors in children and adolescents. Hundreds of studies have confirmed that exposing children to a steady diet of violence in the media makes them more violence prone. The psychological processes here are not mysterious. Children learn by observing others. Mass media and the advertising world provide a very attractive window for these observations. The shame is that they are well aware of it, but chose profit over moral responsibility.
The media and entertainment industry are the authors of the false belief that only the young and thin are sexually desirable. One of the ways they do this is with how they chose to present the people on sitcoms. They stereotype the characters. If you are young and thin you not only are sexually desirable, but you make the most money, drive the fancy cars and live in big houses with a lot of friends. If you are old or fat you aren’t sexually desirable, you don’t have a good job or any job at all, you have a junk car or ride public transportation and you live in an apartment that’s not the best. Children are hammered with those stereotypes continually. They come to believe that they are true and strive to emulate them. Young girls are increasingly lured into dressing like 25 year old women going out to a party. (Watch WINX or Bratz on Saturday morning to see how they are dressed!) They see celebrities like Britney Spears, Hilary Duff and Beyonce and they want to be like them. This is the underlying cause of eating disorders so prevalent in our society today.
We are being manipulated by the media and the entertainment industry into how we spend our time, what to look like, and what we need to be happy. All if it is an illusion designed to part us from our money and the side-effect is an increased sexual awareness and increased violence in children and society at large. We are being programmed using our basic drives to procreate and be accepted to be mass consumers of things that we don’t need, and may actually be harming us. We need to stop being a nation of mindless sheep and take back control of our own lives.
Dickinson, Amy (Nov 29, 1999). “Must-See TV? Too much media--television especially--can be an isolating experience. Get it under control”.
Woodward, Ed. John (2005). Media Violence Promotes Violent Behavior.
Lieberman , Joe, %26amp; McIntyre, Jeff (2005). The Media Contribute to Youth Violence. Retrieved April 30, 2007,
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Reply:I did not get to read your entire essay, however I would suggest that yyou revise the structure of some of your sentences.
In the First paragraph, your second sentence is incomplete. In addition your point are all over the place in the said and other paragraphs.
Essay must be well structured (ie organised) and presented in a way that the reader finds easy to follow and clear: it must look tidy and not present any obstacles to the reader. It must have a clear readable interesting style. But, above all, it must consist of your ideas about literary texts.
Reply:I would work on the opening paragraph. Which should contain your thesis statement. I would write something like this for your thesis:
Today's media influence has a negative impact on young people by dramtically increasing their exposure to violence and sex.
Then add a few points in that first paragraph that you will discuss in your paper.
Children are reached by entertainment and media in endless ways. Parents need to monitor what their children see and encourage healthly activities.
You should add a paragraph on what you think would be healthy or other things to do than watch tv.
Also your closing paragraph should summarize your paper. It should read something like this:
To avoid young people's overexposure to negative images, they should spend less time watching tv and engage in healthy activities. Our children don't have to be addicted to whats going on in the media and how we should look and act. How can we remain a free nation when we act like slaves to the entertainment industry?
Good Luck!!
To all you "kids" under 20....?
Do you think your lives would be different if you were raised in the 70s or 80s...in a whole different social environment, with different music and media to guide you?
Do you think there would still be gender confusion, and all these sub-cultures happening that exist now?
I think you would all be so different. People are a product of the times.
To all you "kids" under 20....?
Totally and absolutely agree with you , i'm not twenty , but we had the best of times in the 70's and 80's there were not a lot of these problems ; people lived more simpler and really there were times that were a blessing. NO computers and video games..music was better, there were real musicians..we had much more in terms of school, a lot of things have been taken out of schools. Lots, kids of today have a very disullioned future. This society is headed for a lot of problems.
Well do you remember David Bowie we sort of thought he had gender confusion..but it was a show.
Reply:i trully agree... like... if we where raised in the 70 or 80s i think... that everything would be diffrent... just because of the time frame...
Reply:no i would probably just bash hippies even more
Reply:We can't have a wholoe other generation of old fogies like us, now can we...?...lol
Reply:Agree
America dictated what the world has become. We need another world war for a good wake up call to everyone whos too comfortable.
Then after that... a time of satisfaction... of peace.. like the 70s
Reply:my bf who is 23 (im 21) always says he would have loved to have been raised in the 60's a time where music was fantastic, people were into 'free love' and the times were just so relaxed and people weren't as nasty and difficult as in todays society.
It seems nowadays that war and conflict overrule everything.
Reply:I'm so into older women. Its my hottest fantasy.
Reply:I wish i was raised in that time .................. I'm 13- and I don't like getting called "Glam Rock wannabe emo" for liking KISS and Def Leppard..... I'm tired of people trying to be "Gangster" and I'm tired of Fall Out Boy and Disney Channel. I think there won't be as much gender confusement
I was so born in the wrong generation.......................
I so agree!!!!!!!!! I hate being 13 in this day and age!!!!
Reply:Disagree. It seems like you're completely ignoring all the fragmentation that existed in the 60's and 70's. Not all people were hippies in the 60's or Disco nuts in the 70's. There were just as many fringe elements that existed, many of today's sub-cultures are direct decendents of these groups.
Reply:yeah, i am 17, and if i was raised then my whole life would be different. People didnt care back then as much about getting to work on time, and just little things that make our lives stressful today. I think that i would probably not no a thing about computers. I think i would have ended up going out more, and would have played games with all of my friends more, and just little things that people take for granted today. It seems as if back in the 70's people went to dances more often, and i think it would be very interesting to live back then. But then again i wouldnt change my life for anything, its who i am.
Reply:think so...
Reply:agree but i think i would still have the same personality and all, the technology we have these days is rotting brains!!!
lol!!! kiss kiss!!
Reply:I have two girls 2years and 6years old and i agree totally because the things that come on t.v like saying curses and showing nudity on regular t.v didn't happen and the openness of same sex. i have no problem with it, but i went to Conney island Sunday and my daughter ask me why 2 girls was kissing well i didn't see it growing up you are a product of your surroundings.
dental supply
Do you think there would still be gender confusion, and all these sub-cultures happening that exist now?
I think you would all be so different. People are a product of the times.
To all you "kids" under 20....?
Totally and absolutely agree with you , i'm not twenty , but we had the best of times in the 70's and 80's there were not a lot of these problems ; people lived more simpler and really there were times that were a blessing. NO computers and video games..music was better, there were real musicians..we had much more in terms of school, a lot of things have been taken out of schools. Lots, kids of today have a very disullioned future. This society is headed for a lot of problems.
Well do you remember David Bowie we sort of thought he had gender confusion..but it was a show.
Reply:i trully agree... like... if we where raised in the 70 or 80s i think... that everything would be diffrent... just because of the time frame...
Reply:no i would probably just bash hippies even more
Reply:We can't have a wholoe other generation of old fogies like us, now can we...?...lol
Reply:Agree
America dictated what the world has become. We need another world war for a good wake up call to everyone whos too comfortable.
Then after that... a time of satisfaction... of peace.. like the 70s
Reply:my bf who is 23 (im 21) always says he would have loved to have been raised in the 60's a time where music was fantastic, people were into 'free love' and the times were just so relaxed and people weren't as nasty and difficult as in todays society.
It seems nowadays that war and conflict overrule everything.
Reply:I'm so into older women. Its my hottest fantasy.
Reply:I wish i was raised in that time .................. I'm 13- and I don't like getting called "Glam Rock wannabe emo" for liking KISS and Def Leppard..... I'm tired of people trying to be "Gangster" and I'm tired of Fall Out Boy and Disney Channel. I think there won't be as much gender confusement
I was so born in the wrong generation.......................
I so agree!!!!!!!!! I hate being 13 in this day and age!!!!
Reply:Disagree. It seems like you're completely ignoring all the fragmentation that existed in the 60's and 70's. Not all people were hippies in the 60's or Disco nuts in the 70's. There were just as many fringe elements that existed, many of today's sub-cultures are direct decendents of these groups.
Reply:yeah, i am 17, and if i was raised then my whole life would be different. People didnt care back then as much about getting to work on time, and just little things that make our lives stressful today. I think that i would probably not no a thing about computers. I think i would have ended up going out more, and would have played games with all of my friends more, and just little things that people take for granted today. It seems as if back in the 70's people went to dances more often, and i think it would be very interesting to live back then. But then again i wouldnt change my life for anything, its who i am.
Reply:think so...
Reply:agree but i think i would still have the same personality and all, the technology we have these days is rotting brains!!!
lol!!! kiss kiss!!
Reply:I have two girls 2years and 6years old and i agree totally because the things that come on t.v like saying curses and showing nudity on regular t.v didn't happen and the openness of same sex. i have no problem with it, but i went to Conney island Sunday and my daughter ask me why 2 girls was kissing well i didn't see it growing up you are a product of your surroundings.
dental supply
As a radio talk host from africa now living in NYC am looking for similar oppurtunties- Do I need an agent?
My work in the past included interviewing politicians and business people.News anchoring, reporting and commentary on political,social and economic issues.Since the media scene is more diverse in the US I wouldn't mind working for free to gain the necessary experience - I however have no idea where to start at. I was hoping someone could give me information on where I could find an agent in the New York area -who will help me further my career.
As a radio talk host from africa now living in NYC am looking for similar oppurtunties- Do I need an agent?
yes
As a radio talk host from africa now living in NYC am looking for similar oppurtunties- Do I need an agent?
yes
Questions on Sociology!?
1) Explain how globalization affects cultural variations around the world.
2) Discuss the issues raised by the social conflict perspective regarding to the media in US society.
3) Using your personal experience, give examples of role expectations, role conflict, and role strain.
Questions on Sociology!?
Role expectations are the duties that come with a certain role, ex. mothers are suppose to take care of their children. Role conflict is a struggle between two statuses one cares, ex. being a mother and being wife, more time with the children means less with your spouse which can hurt a relationship. Role strain is a struggle within a single role, ex. single mother has to raise her child and work enough to provide for the child. I am taking sociology one right now, that's all I know, I have no clue on the rest. Hope it helps.
teething
2) Discuss the issues raised by the social conflict perspective regarding to the media in US society.
3) Using your personal experience, give examples of role expectations, role conflict, and role strain.
Questions on Sociology!?
Role expectations are the duties that come with a certain role, ex. mothers are suppose to take care of their children. Role conflict is a struggle between two statuses one cares, ex. being a mother and being wife, more time with the children means less with your spouse which can hurt a relationship. Role strain is a struggle within a single role, ex. single mother has to raise her child and work enough to provide for the child. I am taking sociology one right now, that's all I know, I have no clue on the rest. Hope it helps.
teething
Help: can anyone tell me any free on line library where I can read reference book?
I want to read Aletha C. Huston,"Media, Children, and the Family: Social Scientific, Psychodynamic, and Clinical Perspectives"
Help: can anyone tell me any free on line library where I can read reference book?
Free eBooks
There are 18,000 free books in the Project Gutenberg Online
Book Catalogue.
http://www.gutenberg.org/
http://www.baen.com/library/
http://www.bookspot.com/ask/
http://www.bookspot.com/
http://www.online-literature.com/
http://www.intratext.com/
http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/
http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/lis...
http://www.infomotions.com/alex/
Good luck.
Kevin, Liverpool, England.
Reply:try visiting a public library in your town... a lot easier and safe 4 ur eyes...
Reply:Erm.. I would suggest u to go to the NLB or any library nearest to ur home. And why would u want to strain ur eyes just simply because to look for ur book? I would might as well go to the library and come home happily holding the borrowed book in my hands. And sitting at the sofa reading is better than to strain ur eyes and much more comfortable. If there isn't ur book there, try searching the internet for the information. (e.g. u want to read up on blue whales, search for "blue whales" in the search engine. Take my advice, don't strain ur eyes.^^
You might want to try the search engines for ur information below.I've listed some. Theres also a free online encyclopedia below.^^
Reply:I'm sorry but I guess you'll have to visit the public library near you. And why would you want to kill your eyes by staring at your computer when you can borrow the books (for free) and take your time reading them at home?
Reply:Try searching pn library catolgues on the web and if they have the required book, reserve it and then go and collect it later
Reply:From what I got on the title I think a library might be your best choice. Amazon listed two (only two) copies at a start price of $101(CDN) and, as it sounds like a rather esoteric tome, to find it in an on line library may be unlikely and in a free one next to impossible. Try using WORLDCATLIBRARIES.org to find it in one near you.
Help: can anyone tell me any free on line library where I can read reference book?
Free eBooks
There are 18,000 free books in the Project Gutenberg Online
Book Catalogue.
http://www.gutenberg.org/
http://www.baen.com/library/
http://www.bookspot.com/ask/
http://www.bookspot.com/
http://www.online-literature.com/
http://www.intratext.com/
http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/
http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/lis...
http://www.infomotions.com/alex/
Good luck.
Kevin, Liverpool, England.
Reply:try visiting a public library in your town... a lot easier and safe 4 ur eyes...
Reply:Erm.. I would suggest u to go to the NLB or any library nearest to ur home. And why would u want to strain ur eyes just simply because to look for ur book? I would might as well go to the library and come home happily holding the borrowed book in my hands. And sitting at the sofa reading is better than to strain ur eyes and much more comfortable. If there isn't ur book there, try searching the internet for the information. (e.g. u want to read up on blue whales, search for "blue whales" in the search engine. Take my advice, don't strain ur eyes.^^
You might want to try the search engines for ur information below.I've listed some. Theres also a free online encyclopedia below.^^
Reply:I'm sorry but I guess you'll have to visit the public library near you. And why would you want to kill your eyes by staring at your computer when you can borrow the books (for free) and take your time reading them at home?
Reply:Try searching pn library catolgues on the web and if they have the required book, reserve it and then go and collect it later
Reply:From what I got on the title I think a library might be your best choice. Amazon listed two (only two) copies at a start price of $101(CDN) and, as it sounds like a rather esoteric tome, to find it in an on line library may be unlikely and in a free one next to impossible. Try using WORLDCATLIBRARIES.org to find it in one near you.
UFOs and Extraterrestrials! Where do you stand?
The UFO phenomena has been covered extensively since 1947 in the media and in scientific and social circles. It comes in many forms including; crop circles, cattle mutilations, human abductions and both ET and UFO sightings. The military and governments are accused of a 'cover up'. What do you think?
Most people fall into one of the categories below when it comes to this mystery. Which category best describes your views on UFOs and ETs:
1 - there is no way they are for real
2 - it is a possibility ...but I doubt it
3 - something is going on ...but I've never seen concrete proof
4 - they are out there somewhere ...but have never visited us
5 - of course ...they have been visiting us for ages
Addition comments are welcomed and encouraged ...I'm open!
UFOs and Extraterrestrials! Where do you stand?
I'm a 3 . why should we be the only planet in the solar system with life form i believe there is something out there
Reply:#2
Reply:Having had what appears to be repressed memories retrieved of abductions, surgeries and visitations; I still have trouble believing it ever happened myself. Sadly, mostly what I have is just a scoop mark scar on my right leg. I do remember having x-rays that show metallic objects inside my skull as well. But, because I have been subjected to psychotherapy and medication; it makes all the harder to bother to investigate with more x-rays. That's where the self doubt comes in about trying at all.
Reply:I kind of agree with 3 and 4
it's a big universe so I think something is out there.but if they were to travel all this way,you think they would stick around a bit
Reply:1. Of course they are real. This Universe is entire too vast for Earth to be the only planet with intelligent(?) life.
2. Only a egoistic idiot (we are the center of the Universe, we're all that matter) would doubt the existence of extraterrestrial intelligent beings.
3. Something IS going on... On two separate occasions I've seen unexplainable UFO phenomena.
4. Yes, they have visited us and probably still do.
5. Of course... they have been visiting us for ages. This is a correct statement.
Best.
H
Reply:5
Reply:UFO does not mean little green men its just somthing you cant identify thats flying
now chances are there is life out there now i dont think that life has come to earth or knows about earth
Reply:I believe number 5. No one has yet, to prove it different.
Reply:I can't believe that anyone would think that aliens DO NOT exist - it's just such a naive and self-involved view-point it's rediculous.
We are certainly not the only beings out there, and considering the potentially infinite size of space, undoubtedly not the most intelligent ones either. There will be other beings out there that will know we exist, but I can't see any real reason why they would make contact with us - we're not exactly doing things that are going to effect any life-form outside of our galexy. They may have visited, but I don't think that if they had it would be to cause us harm - we're just not important enough to be worth the effort :P
Reply:i think that they might exist because humans have been seeing them ever since early indians. indians have been drawing extraterrestrials on cave drawings. but we have know concrete proof.
Reply:2
Reply:I believe the 2nd Choice would be the closest to my views on this, though more along the lines of - It is a possibility ....that I am not absolutely certain of.
Reply:#5. They have been around since the program began.I know.
Reply:5
Reply:Yes they are real!
We can not be the only life forms in this universe! Logic would dictate that..
They have been coming here to earth for Millions of years and yes the Governments are covering it up! Do you think they would tell us the truth?? Just think how much our leaders Lie and never tell us the real truth! They have been and will continue to come here and the Governments have proof and they will never let us see the evidence! I think allot of our Science has come from capture of aliens. Trust me ! They are just as real as we are! They been seen and documented over thousands of years... It is like everything you have to use the brain! With our Universe as large as it is and old we can not be the only life forms that have intelligence and I am sure most are so advanced beyond us it is scary to think what our Governments are doing this very day with the Aliens dead or Alive???
Most people fall into one of the categories below when it comes to this mystery. Which category best describes your views on UFOs and ETs:
1 - there is no way they are for real
2 - it is a possibility ...but I doubt it
3 - something is going on ...but I've never seen concrete proof
4 - they are out there somewhere ...but have never visited us
5 - of course ...they have been visiting us for ages
Addition comments are welcomed and encouraged ...I'm open!
UFOs and Extraterrestrials! Where do you stand?
I'm a 3 . why should we be the only planet in the solar system with life form i believe there is something out there
Reply:#2
Reply:Having had what appears to be repressed memories retrieved of abductions, surgeries and visitations; I still have trouble believing it ever happened myself. Sadly, mostly what I have is just a scoop mark scar on my right leg. I do remember having x-rays that show metallic objects inside my skull as well. But, because I have been subjected to psychotherapy and medication; it makes all the harder to bother to investigate with more x-rays. That's where the self doubt comes in about trying at all.
Reply:I kind of agree with 3 and 4
it's a big universe so I think something is out there.but if they were to travel all this way,you think they would stick around a bit
Reply:1. Of course they are real. This Universe is entire too vast for Earth to be the only planet with intelligent(?) life.
2. Only a egoistic idiot (we are the center of the Universe, we're all that matter) would doubt the existence of extraterrestrial intelligent beings.
3. Something IS going on... On two separate occasions I've seen unexplainable UFO phenomena.
4. Yes, they have visited us and probably still do.
5. Of course... they have been visiting us for ages. This is a correct statement.
Best.
H
Reply:5
Reply:UFO does not mean little green men its just somthing you cant identify thats flying
now chances are there is life out there now i dont think that life has come to earth or knows about earth
Reply:I believe number 5. No one has yet, to prove it different.
Reply:I can't believe that anyone would think that aliens DO NOT exist - it's just such a naive and self-involved view-point it's rediculous.
We are certainly not the only beings out there, and considering the potentially infinite size of space, undoubtedly not the most intelligent ones either. There will be other beings out there that will know we exist, but I can't see any real reason why they would make contact with us - we're not exactly doing things that are going to effect any life-form outside of our galexy. They may have visited, but I don't think that if they had it would be to cause us harm - we're just not important enough to be worth the effort :P
Reply:i think that they might exist because humans have been seeing them ever since early indians. indians have been drawing extraterrestrials on cave drawings. but we have know concrete proof.
Reply:2
Reply:I believe the 2nd Choice would be the closest to my views on this, though more along the lines of - It is a possibility ....that I am not absolutely certain of.
Reply:#5. They have been around since the program began.I know.
Reply:5
Reply:Yes they are real!
We can not be the only life forms in this universe! Logic would dictate that..
They have been coming here to earth for Millions of years and yes the Governments are covering it up! Do you think they would tell us the truth?? Just think how much our leaders Lie and never tell us the real truth! They have been and will continue to come here and the Governments have proof and they will never let us see the evidence! I think allot of our Science has come from capture of aliens. Trust me ! They are just as real as we are! They been seen and documented over thousands of years... It is like everything you have to use the brain! With our Universe as large as it is and old we can not be the only life forms that have intelligence and I am sure most are so advanced beyond us it is scary to think what our Governments are doing this very day with the Aliens dead or Alive???
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