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

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

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    Benefits Of Abortion

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    You would not be sitting here reading this superior essay. Many people would say that life begins when the baby fully enters the birth canal, but there is a problem. At five weeks, the baby’s heart begins to beat. At six weeks, electronic brain waves have been detected. Both of these functions are used to determine when somebody has died. Why can not these same functions be used to…

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    Tongue-Tastic Rolling For my pedigree project I did tongue rolling. My dad can roll his tongue but my mom on the other hand can’t. In conclusion to my project I figured out that a lot on my dad’s side could roll their tongues, such as almost all my aunts and one uncle. The only ones who couldn’t are my Aunt Rachel and Aunt Becky. On my mom’s side only my Uncle Scott can. I also learned that my brothers and I can all roll our tongues, which is pretty cool. I can use this in the future to figure…

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    We live in a society where women still struggle to find their place, as evidenced by the Women’s March, a social movement, that took place nationwide this past January. (1) Gender roles are placed upon us from the moment we are born, defined by our society, and enforced by our parents. As most men, I grew up oblivious to the fact that my female counterparts were seen as different despite I coming from a Hispanic household where the phrase “boys will be boys” seems acceptable. Even though our…

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

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

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    Jack Craughton was born in Manhattan to a wealthy family. Jack’s father, Ronald, was a lawyer and his mother, Jane, was a United States senator representing the state of New York. His father’s sister, Betty, was an actress and his father’s brother, Paul, was the CEO of Brooklyn Oil. Jack had two older brothers and a younger sister. Ben was a lawyer, like their father and Bill, the oldest, was a politician, like their mother. The youngest sibling, Ally, was a real estate tycoon. Jack…

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

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

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