Cleanliness

The term beauty or prettiness is a burning and sizzling topic which has turned into an instrument of measurement these days. Especially facial and physical beauty has become the exclusive appraisal of the worth of girls. In the words of feminism this is what we called ‘strategy of patriarchy’ to control women & girls and their bodies. If we look back to the traditional metaphors we will see from feminist views that patriarchy is the main culprit behind this drama. It is the patriarchal terms of…

Immigration greatly affects how people live life and can create many differences in between generations. The parents and children in the three stores, “Who’s Irish”, “Two Kinds”, and “Children of Loneliness”, all adapt differently to moving to America. In one of the stories, “Two Kinds”, the parents are the ones to adapt quicker and believe in changing to do things and be like the other Americans. In the other two stories, the children are the ones to adapt and believe it is okay to let go of an…

that when we pump chemicals and antibiotics into our world that we are also killing the cloud of microbes in and on us” (TedTalks, 2012). This is an obstacle also, getting society to see especially the medical community to understand that by over cleanliness and antibiotic use that we are undoing what was discovered in the 18th and 19th century. We are killing the microbes we need to keep us healthy and creating new bacteria that can make us…

How Serious Are Bed Bugs? Though once considered a thing of the past, bed bugs are increasingly becoming an epidemic throughout not just Nassau County, but across the United States. Even upscale hotels and restaurants aren’t immune. Bed bugs are sneaky and hard to find, but the experts at Westbury Pest Control and Exterminator are trained to pinpoint their existence. Bed bugs can ruin not only your home but also your health and wealth. Bed bugs feed exclusively on blood and swell up after a…

Shelters. Electro-Shock Therapy. Skull Drills. Pills. Expulsions. Seclusion. Lobotomies. A hefty portion of the uncommon systems that have been set up to ease a man of dysfunctional behavior are just effective in making "vegetables" out of patients, not curing their ailment but rather making them apparitions of their past selves. All through history, there have been radical changes in how the rationally sick are dealt with and watched over; a large portion of these happened on account of…

During the nineteenth century, the public health profession was assembled. The leading cause of death in the U.S. was infectious diseases. Because of overcrowding and poor cleanliness in public areas, these were the initial reasons for high rates of infectious disease. The Tenement House Act in 1901 in New York City was one of the first acts that led the way in regulating these conditions and setting codes and regulations for…

brooms or haul them outside to beat the dirt out of them, a very time consuming task. One would think that when vacuums became popular in early 1910, women would have some time freed up for them, but in fact the only thing that changed was the cleanliness of their homes. Early vacuums were heavy and hard…

innovators, Mendel, Einstein, and Semmelweis, have tested these boundaries and have been persecuted for it. Mendel discovered the fundamental laws of inheritance. Einstein created the theory of relativity. Semmelweis recognized the importance of cleanliness, and developed the germ theory. Brilliance! Yet all these men, in their time, were thought to be mentally slow or insane, because humanity could not understand the way they perceived the world. In the end, these men did not receive Noble…

made of gems, and the men would wear decorative pins on their shirts (Greek Body Decorations). For the most part, the Greeks were occupied with their physical appearance, leaving no room for imperfections. Life in Ancient Greece meant exercise, cleanliness, perfection, and idolization. Anything other than that was not accepted. Because Greeks believed in idolizing the human body, their lives were centered around their appearance (Greek Body Decorations). Looking nice was an expectation in the…

I have been selected to be a member of the Youth Bach Motet group sponsored by the Bach Choir of Bethlehem. Outside of school I currently have a job at Red Robin as a hostess and To-Go specialist. As a hostess, I am in charge of maintaining the cleanliness of the main entrance, seating and greeting guests, and prioritizing seating according to the seating chart. As a To-Go specialist, I need to completely memorize the menu, take orders, check accuracy of and package food, and deliver it to…