Domination

Webster’s Dictionary describes Culture as “Characteristics and knowledge of a particular group of people, defined by everything from language, religion, cuisine, social habits, music and arts.” These five subjects are the basic make-up of what we call “Culture.” Vietnamese culture is very complex, in part due to the participation of many groups in Vietnamese history (LaBorde, 2010). Vietnam embodies the Webster’s definition by having a rich and diverse history in each of the subjects and many…

a consequence of the rearrangement of anything that was formerly quasi-monopolies from central districts, manufacturing progressions to semiperipheral manufacturing developments which encourage a pseudo-dominations on the marketplace (Scott and Edles, 2008: 764-765). They are capable to yield wide-ranging money, which can point to rising occupation, greater incomes, and a universal increase of a world-economy (Scott and Edles, 2008: 764-765). Additional businesses enter the marketplace and…

Growing up, gender was everything and it defined your life. For as long as I can remember, I wanted to be a boy. In my mind and in my sight they were superior, respected, and stronger. Looking back, I am not surprise. I grew up in a Patriarchal society where your voice cannot be heard. The motto “a lady should be seen, not heard.” It was not ladylike to speak loudly, to run, to shout, to play rough, and etc. When I heard the word feminism, I often thought of anger, pain, equality, women’s rights…

Steps to Freedom Nelson Mandela once said, “There is no easy walk to freedom anywhere, and many of us will have to pass through the valley of the shadow of death again and again until we reach the mountain tops of our desires.” (BrainyQuote) Politically an African nationalist and democratic socialist, Nelson Mandela, in his speech, “I Am Prepared to Die,” justifies the wrongful accusations he faced during his law-breaking years to create a racialism free country. Mandela’s purpose is to protect…

instances of senseless violence and brutality, whereas strong patriarchies (such as a Russian group discussed later) created war. A quote from Marija Gimbutas says: “The Goddess centered art with its striking absence of images of warfare and male domination, reflects a social order in which women as heads of clans or queen-priestesses played a central part” (Gimbutas). And, although women were essential to the people’s survival, they still did not dominate over the…

first democratic election. He is also noted as the first Black African president. Under this nonviolence movement of South Africa, Nelson Mandela gave this famous speech entitled, “Speech from the Doc.” He stated, “I have fought against white domination, and I have fought against black…

everyone, leading to the creation of a tyrannical power. In Tales of the Tyrant, Mark Bowden, the author and narrator, uses sarcastic diction to justify Saddam’s weaknesses of his survival along with detailing Saddam’s precautionary actions against his domination in order to prove how Saddam fears the world he is surrounded by and how he must hide from fear by putting it upon others. Sarcasm can play as an…

Radical feminist theory emerged in the 1970’s in an effort to address the “micro-inequalities in women’s daily lives” and began with the assumption that there is a power imbalance between men and women (Chesney- Lind & Faith, 2001, p. 292). It mainly focuses on the notion that society requires a radical change in order to remove the widely held notions of male supremacy (Ringrose et al., 2013). Proponents of this theory advocate that men are systematically and purposefully privileged while women…

the British Empire, restoring stability to the crown. His reign is considered one of the most prosperous of his time, so he came to become a symbol of a period to take his name: (Victorian era) With Queen Victoria in power (1837-1901), the British domination of the known world, reached unprecedented levels. His reign, become emblem of the consolidation of the British Empire, witnessed the rise of the middle classes and was characterized by a deeply conservative morality and intense nationalism.…

In Elijah Anderson’s “Code of the Streets”, there is a myriad of social institutions that can influence crime in neighborhoods. The “street code” is described to be that based on the amount of respect and power one earns by actions they take to gain a reputation or result in unfortunate predicaments. A social institution that can influence crime is family. If the family is exposed to the “street life”, the child will more than likely become part of it. Other institutions include peer pressure, a…