Infanticide

1. The Industrial Revolution gave rise to new economic needs: raw materials and agricultural products 2. Occasionally with industrial capitalism, more manufactured goods were produced than their people could afford 3. European investors found it more profitable to invest money away from home and at one point Britain was investing about half of its savings around the world 4. Imperialism guaranteed solutions to societies of industrializations class conflicts but eluding revolution and…

The feminist theory has concentrated on publicly displaying the gender inequalities present in our society since the publication of the first true feminist works in the end of the 18th century. Even then feminist writers in the likes of Mary Wollstonecraft wrote on the subject and recognized the inequalities blatantly present in everyday life. In her publication “A Vindication of the Rights of Women” she defends the rights of women by proclaiming their essentiality to the society as human beings…

Theatre is a revelation as it unveils the drama of human life and emotions in a society warped by injustice and oppression. Theatre’s ability to plumb the depths of human psyche in this oppressive and corrupt world makes it a strong voice for addressing the suffering and the angst of the individual suffocated in the terrible grip of control and exploitation. In doing so, theatre not only problematizes contemporary socio-cultural issues but also provokes critical thoughts on conflicts, dilemmas,…

“Every nine seconds in the U.S., a woman is assaulted or beaten”; mostly by an intimate partner or family member (“Statistics”). Although it is believed that domestic violence is a fading problem, it’s still quite common and cannot be ignored. Domestic violence is a pattern of behavior used to establish power and control over another person through fear and intimidation, often including aggression or threats (“Domestic Violence: Statistics & Facts”). Currently, domestic violence is still an…

"Women in the Colonial-Era" Annotated Bibliography Brown, Kathleen M. Good Wives, Nasty Wenches, and Anxious Patriarchs: Gender, Race, and Power in Colonial Virginia. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1996. Brown is a professor at the University of Pennsylvania who focuses on gender and race in early America, and I believe that due to that and the advanced language used in this text that it is geared towards scholars. Brown chooses to narrow her focus to solely colonial Virginia…

Family plays a great role in the life of every living creature. Every human being is incomplete without a family. Over the years, the family has been viewed as a strong part of who a person becomes later on in life. However, many times the family is viewed as either a cradle of virtues or criticized as the center of psychological deformation and ideological indoctrination. Whatever the debate, it is clear that family forms a huge part of a human’s life. This paper looks at the concept of family…

Why You Think The Way You Do by Glenn S. Sunshine describes worldviews beginning with Rome and ending with our worldview today. He goes through and talks about each worldview and what shaped it and also how it leads to the next worldview during European history. He talks about the major viewpoints during European history. He begins with the worldview of ancient Rome then to Christianity followed by Medieval, which years later led to the Enlightenment and Renaissance worldview and then eventually…

After writing a letter to the editor dealing with the issue of abortion and researching committees in Congress that could help influence public policy, I have decided to take further action and join an interest groups that strives to protect the rights of the unborn. However, in order to do this, I need to research interest groups which could prove to be beneficial in the fight to end abortion. I intend to pick an interest group I view as the best fit and possibly become an active member of that…

Colonialism and patriarchy lead to a number of parallel relationships made between individuals occupying similar roles. Through the colonial missions goal of “remaking the Other in the image of the Self, inevitably needed and produced culturally hybrid subjects among the colonizers as well as the colonized” (Krishnaswamy 39). There seems to be a merging of sexual, gendered, and national identities in Anna Lombard. Gerald remarks that natures craves “to return to the type which is neither…

Vredenburg 1 Amber Vredenburg Professor Green ENG 170-03 3 December 2014 Industrial Dairy Production Misconceptions “Major problems exist with the theory that higher or greater intelligence grants us the right to dominate and consume others though because it provides us with the argument that it is all right to eat human babies and people with mental disabilities because they potentially lack the same intelligence we possess” (Keegan par.18) Most people assume that dairy consumption is cruelty…