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A stereotype is “to believe unfairly that all people or things with a particular characteristic are the same” (Merriam-Webster). Gaby Rodrigues co-author of The Pregnancy Project decided to spend her senior year of High School investigating stereotypes. She decided to fake her own pregnancy, even deciding most of her family and her boyfriend's parents, because she wanted to investigate the stereotypes associated with teen pregnancy. The Pregnancy Project is a memoir written by Gaby Rodriguez…

the risk of mental health problems is no greater than a woman delivering her own baby. Not only did the APA concluded this, but also the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges claim that the rates of mental health problems are the same as a woman giving birth (Guttmacher Institute). In the article, it says that women who have an abortion are required to get counseling and therapy so no…

expect during, and after pregnancy. It’s also important to be aware of HIV positive mom psychosocial needs and behavior during and after her pregnancy. Being properly informed can help mom have a positive birth experience, and allows her to be involved in decision making when it comes to her birth plan. When a woman who is HIV positive finds out she is pregnant, it’s important that she continue to take antiviral medications. The continued use of antiretroviral medications during pregnancy and…

Although we are technically considered adults when we turn 18, most of us begin to transition to adulthood much sooner. For me that transition has come through challenges, challenges that have forced me to be independent and responsible for myself, and my little sister. I can easily say that my little sister Kylie and I have had our love hate relationship from the start. Kylie has always been the biggest pain in my butt. She has always been a follower and the person she follows the most happens…

Imagine a world where sexually transmitted diseases are on the front page of every newspaper. Imagine a world where children are born to parents who are not financially or mentally equipped to rear them. Imagine a world where condoms are not readily available. Each year, an average of 40,000 to 80,000 students are affected by either a sexually transmitted disease or an unintended pregnancy. Although this problem is far too complex for any one solution, promoting safe sex seems to alleviate the…

The short story “Through the Tunnel” Doris Lessing, the non-fiction story, “The Loneliness of the Long Distance Rider” Bruce Weber, and the novel, “The Outsiders” S.E. Hinton, all portray that coming of age is when a person goes through a changing experience which allows them to grow and become their own heroes. Bruce Weber’s non-fiction story “The Loneliness of a Long Distance Rider” portrays that loneliness is the key to coming of age and healing after going through a traumatic experience.…

It is difficult to decide where the rights of one citizen stop, and the rights of all other citizens begin. In the case of Mary Mallon, health care officials placed the greater good of the population above the rights of an individual, for the right reasons. However, officials at the New York City Health Department went about it in the wrong way. I do not think Mary should have been kept in isolation for the rest of her life. However, I do believe she was given a fair chance at a normal life…

The media popularised images of what constitutes homelessness generally thought of single dirty male roaming the streets, or as an individual or family without a home has changed over the past decade. However, the numbers of homeless people are not conclusive and vary across studies and collective data. However, research from Department for Communities and Local Government (2013) estimated that there are approximately two million homeless people in United Kingdom including people residing in…

Civic action against abortion Kirolos Y. In order to perform civic action against abortion I would first have to study the reasons of abortion. Usually, the main reasons of abortion are; ignorance, poverty, irresponsibility, and abuse of free will as it is more relevant in developing countries. To start tackling this issue I would have to raise awareness on the consequences of this issue and provide alternatives to abortion procedures in case of an ‘unwanted’ pregnancy. To…

. HPV was traced back to 1842 in Italy. Scientists were trying to find things that cause cervical cancer. Scientists started observing women’s lifestyles with and without cervical cancer. Observed how married women were developing cervical cancer more exclusively than women of the convent. The interesting difference led researchers to believe that since the main difference between married women and nuns was sex; it was theorized that whatever was causing cervical cancer might be a sexually…