Double majority

When I began reading Jonathan Kozol’s Amazing Grace (1995), I was struck by a quotation early on that described the South Bronx area of New York City he would further explore throughout the book: The houses in which these children live, two thirds of which are owned by the City of New York, are often as squalid as the houses of the poorest children I have visited in rural Mississippi, but there is none of the greenness and the healing sweetness of the Mississippi countryside outside their…

illustrated one of the highest percentage of families living below the poverty level of 50.5 percent, and the highest unemployment which was 17 percent, with the exception of Humphreys and Yazoo, all selected counties in the Mississippi Delta were marked by double-digit unemployment rates and high family poverty rates, from 27.9 percent in Washington County. Regardless, of how poverty is measured deprived people that deal with the challenges of being poor are more likely to have health issues.…

The double majority voting system is hard to achieve, since federation only 8 out of 44 referendums has be successful which was amended in the constitution. One of the most latest referendums which was not successful is the Establish of a republic in 1999. The latest…

deadlocked. He should be dismissed of the charge in count one due to double jeopardy. On Fifth Amendment of U.S. Constitution, it states “nor shall any person be subject for the same offence to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb”. Since count one and count two share similarities whereas they charge of the same degree of assault, he should not be subjected for the same offence twice based on the Fifth Amendment. Firstly, double jeopardy ensures Fuller from being endlessly on trial for an…

The double standard of sexual behavior, or the notion that men are allotted a more favorable perception of their sexual behavior than that of women has been prevalent in our society for centuries. Moreover, I believe the negative impact of double standards are most prominent within a woman’s secondary schooling and college years between the ages of fourteen and twenty-two. During this time, I believe that boys are often praised for their sexual behavior while girls are looked down upon and are…

hooking up, and analyze the gendered differences in these risks and how it socially controls men and women. The authors explore the physical, emotional and social risks that many college women experience with hookup culture, which results from sexual double standards. In addition, the authors studied the responses to a hypothetical situation where they asked students to indicate what they might say when trying to prevent a close friend from hooking up while drunk. They provided two hypothetical…

It has long been studied that saturated fats increase cholesterol. Mono-unsaturated (one carbon double-double bond) and polyunsaturated (more than one carbon double-double bond) found primarily in vegetable oils, tend to lower cholesterol and therefore better for your health. Higher cholesterol elevates the chances of getting coronary heart disease. Back in the 1950’s, it was discovered that animal fats could be substituted with vegetable oils in the substance we know as margarine. This meant…

one of the companies who recently exploited the notorious double-Irish tax structure. The double-Irish tax structure in question was first established in the late 1980s. It exploited the lack of transfer pricing rules in Ireland to move profits in a…

Sylvanna M Falcón is one of numerous sociologist that have built on Du Bois’s work, showing the importance of his theory of Double Consciousness as well as its limitations. When developing his theory of Double Consciousness Du Bois focused strictly on blacks and whites in American society. Falcón explores Du Bois’s theory of Double Consciousness in relation to Peruvian women of African descent today. This shows that although Du Bois used specific races in his accounts, the theory can still be…

Mass media is a macro level influence in today’s society and one of the ways the sexual double standard and expectations for girl’s sexual behavior is reproduced. Miller discovered that many of these women were trying to make sense of the hypersexualized female in the media and the sexual behavior expectations of society. Despite these contradictory messages, most of the women she interviewed understood that being feminine is about being wanted by men but not wanting sex in return. By…