1982

teen films. A majority of these films dealt with sexual activity. Films like Little Darlings (1980), The Last American Virgin (1982), and Joy of Sex (1984) portrayed teenagers as only concerned about their own virginity. And all of these films pushed a narrative of maturing and realizing the complications of sex. Risky Business (1983) and Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982), both extremely successful, also dealt with teenagers and sex. Risky Business, considered…

law of the land, supreme as a legal matter over any other nonconstitutional law.” Its main function is to maintain and regulate the most basic matters regarding the organization and operation of society and government, but also, after the addition in 1982, to guarantee the rights and freedoms of Canadian citizens. The Constitution is the ultimate form of law in Canada, but it is far from flawless. It is often criticized for its lack of accommodation of the ethical values and social rights of…

In regards to human rights vulnerable groups have received growing attention due to their vulnerability towards discrimination and being overlooked by those within society to be excluded and their rights being insufficiently met (United Nations Enable, 2006). United Nations Enable (2006) describes vulnerable groups as those people belonging in a group that share common characteristics or in situations that make them vulnerable to discrimination and exclusion from society. Two of these vulnerable…

From these studies, the place of talk in the classroom remained a major focus of interest for teachers and academics. Subsequent work by the Nuffield Foundation in the 1970’s explored the effect of various classroom lay-outs on the quality of talk; but it was The Bullock Report (1975) which effectively gave official authorisation to oracy, capturing the importance of language in all its forms and its single minded response that ‘… by its very nature a lesson is a verbal encounter through which…

created a stigma that’s present today. The lyric “don't know how to treat a lady. Don't know how to be a man” shows that all men must know how to properly treat a woman allowing most men who do know how to treat them; to objectify women as toys (Jackson, 1982). The idea of rape culture is implied because when drunken men are near women, they’re often sexually assaulted. Though this idea wasn’t big in the 70s, the lyrics did state it creating a norm for women to be aware of their surroundings and…

about 12.2%. The main contributors to this rapid increase are several, but food prices and energy costs were the main culprits. . (Blinder, 1982) As stated before, food costs rose dramatically due to weather in 1972, which it affects were later felt in the form inflation in the next year. This inflationary effect from 1972-1973 was a 20% increase. (Blinder, 1982) The author Alan Blinder suggests that inflation caused by increases on food, also added to increases in wages too, which is also a…

In the early 1980s neoliberalism came to dominate the UK and US in terms of economic policy making. When Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Raegan came into power they believed that the solution to world debt was “free market and sound money” (Kiely, 2005). This theory involved very little involvement of the government, leading to less public spending and increased taxes. In the UK, this targeted the welfare state as benefit systems were tested and unemployment increased. First World countries, in…

read literature declined 7 more percent than the percentage of adults read any book from 1982 to 2002. The “Literacy Reading by Gender” table shows that men generally read less than women, and the percentage of American men reading literature has declined about 3 percent more than American women reading literature. However, the percentage of all American men and women reading literature have declined from 1982 to 2002. The “Literacy Reading by Age” table concludes that people at the age between…

Colorado, reported more women had been battered that previously known. Offenses such as forgery, burglary, assault and sale and drugs were engaged by women, as under threat, by the battered claim and bypass another beating (Walker, Thyfault & Browne, 1982). Women in this study, understood that the violence at home could've increased to suicide or homicide.…

AIR CREEBEC – CORPORATIVE VIDEO NARRATION Air Creebec was founded in June 1982 and the started its operations on July 1, 1982 with a strong desire to develop a carrier that will meet the needs of the northern communities. At that time, the Cree owned 51% of the company and Austin Airways own the remaining 49%. In 1988, the Cree purchased all the airline assets in the largest transaction ever conducted by First Nations Peoples in Canada, making Air Creebec wholly owned by the Cree. The…