Infanticide

People want to pass their best gene to their offspring if they have choice. The gene itself is selfish base on Dawkins's theory. People pass their best gene to the next generation in order to successfully pass to the even next generation. In the movie Gattaca, people's destiny are already being set since they were born. Someone are good at art, someone are good at study, and someone are good at sport. Most of people are not quite the same, but they are one thing in common -- almost perfect…

policy). Unfortunately sex selective abortions are common in China and while the government says they punish those who commit the act, they can not be sure that that will abolish the act. In some extreme cases, female infants were the victims of infanticide, and daughters were sold to brothels or to wealthy families. All of this has contributed to the steep 115 males: 100 females in China (One Child Policy) which translates to over 20 million more men in China than women. This has led to a whole…

Rape culture, or the normalization and excusing of sexual violence within a society or culture, is surprisingly prevalent around the globe today (Citation). Even in more modern democracies such as India, rape culture permeates and plagues the culture, legal system, and environment in general. In India, misogyny runs rampant in society. Victims of rape and sexaul assault are blamed by their peers and the atrocities committed upon them are justified by their abusers. Women are terrified to tell…

The Indian society was marked by incidences of female infanticide, sati, polygamy and child marriage. The colonialist introduced new concepts in the country that was aimed at improving the way iinwhich the women were treated. This facilitated the improvement in the way that the women were being treated. For instance…

Beloved begins in1873 in Cincinnati, Ohio, where Sethe, a former slave, has been living with her eighteen year old daughter Denver. Sethe’s mother in law Baby Suggs, lived with them until her death eight years earlier. Just before Baby Sugg’s death, Sethe’s two sons, Howard and Buglar, ran away. Sethe believes they fled because of the ghost that haunts their house. Denver in facts, likes the ghost, which everyone believes the spirit of her dead sister. ON the day the novel begins, Paul d, an old…

Feminist Approaches to Sex-Selective Reproductive Technologies in the East and West The use of prenatal diagnostic technologies to detect for sex prior to having a sex-selective abortion (SSA) is a contentious topic amongst feminists, reproductive rights advocates, anti-abortion activists, and anyone concerned with gendered discrimination. As Shivana Jorawar and Miriam Yeung reveal in Wolves in Sheep’s Clothing: The Impact of Sex-selective Abortion Bans on Asian American and Pacific Islander…

Introduction The family of Callitrichidae houses the Saguinus imperator, or the Emperor Tamarin. This species can be further classified into two sub-species: Sanguinus imperator subgrisescens and Sagninus imperator imperator. They are included in the group of New World Monkeys. Emperor tamarins are known for their long white mustaches; in fact, they were named after the Emperor Wilhelm II of Germany because he shared this distinct facial accessory (“Emeror tamarin fact file”). The Emperor…

The chimpanzee and another ape, the bonobo, are humans' closest living relatives. These three species look alike in many ways, both in body and behavior. As our closest living relatives, chimpanzees and bonobos have been widely used as models of the behavior of early hominids. In recent years, as information on the social behavior and ecology of bonobos has come to light, many interspecific comparisons have been made. Molecular studies indicate that humans, chimpanzees and bonobos are very…

College in New York City, and is currently a representative of Personhood Education at the United Nations. Craddock’s article discusses the moral value of human life, and describes the controversy between two Australian ethicists who proposed that infanticide, also referred to as "after-birth abortion", should be accepted in all circumstances that accept abortion. This article shows two different views on moral abortion, and give lots of references to other credible articles. This source will…

V. SYMBOLISM Beloved is the most complex symbol within the novel, mainly representing past. She reminds Sethe, Denver, and Paul D of the forgotten for years. “[I]f you go there—you who was never there—if you go there and stand in the place where it was, it will happen again; it will be there, waiting for you . . . [E]ven though it’s all over—over and done with—it’s going to always be there waiting for you” (43-4). Beloved aroused the evident history needed to move forward, yet became a…