Joint manipulation

In the poem “Those Winter Sundays” by Hayden, a man looks back on his childhood to realize his father showed his love through his actions. The father woke up before the crack of dawn, even on Sunday, Hayden states, “then with cracked hands that ached/ from labor in the weekday made/ banked fires blaze. No one ever thanked him,” (Lines 3-5) His body, at least his hands, showed the physical labor of his job taking a toll on him, but still he woke up early to make sure the house was warm for him…

Amongst the eleven women that Megan Sweeney interviewed in The Story Within Us, most suffered some kind of abuse before entering the carceral state. From emotional, physical, and sexual abuse, these women have lived through it all. One interesting narrative that was found amongst the stories was the intimate relationship between the abuser and the abused. They were family members (parents, uncle, brother, cousins), stepparents, mothers’ boyfriends, friends of the family, or teachers. The…

Bully, a verb. By dictionary definition it is when superior strength is used to influence and intimidate someone else. How can a five letter word cause so much pain for so many people? Bullying can happen to anyone and often does, according to the article "The Issue Of Bullying.", “I in 4 teens are being bullied” while a child is getting bullied every 7 minutes.” As often as it happens, it is common for it to go unnoticed or be brushed off. The effects and importance to stopping bulling has…

Recently in one of my classes, the teacher asked for four brave volunteers to do an in-class activity. The class was very shy and it was hard for him to get participation. A guy raised his hand to participate and after seeing the lack of participation from the class I raised my hand and volunteered. After me, two more guys volunteered. I was the only woman in the group and I was feeling proud of myself. All four of us sat in the front of the classroom facing the rest of the class. The set-up of…

What defines an unhealthy romantic relationship? Is it simply arguing constantly or is it taken to a deeper level? Most people when thinking about an unhealthy romantic relationship only think about when a person is going through a physically abusive relationship. This causes people to not recognize the warning signs of the other form, emotional abuse. Emotional abuse is not easily recognized by the people who are experiencing it, but it leaves scars that are not seen by outsiders. The effect…

Authority’s influence and the level of support for the abused woman determine whether or not a woman stays with her spouse. Obedience influences the prolonged abusive relationship. In the psychology study Opinions and Social Pressure, Asch explained, “. . . those who choose the path of compliance are unable to free themselves as the ordeal is prolonged” (Asch 21). If an individual conforms and submits to those around them, they are ensnared by conformity rather than disagreeing with the…

Have you ever been angry? Have you done something you regret or look back on while you were angry? Can you recall what made you angry? In Touching Spirit Bear Ben Mikaelsen demonstrates that there are many ways to deal with anger. However, you can only control anger if you accept people to help you. We all have experienced anger in our lives. It's how you control and change your anger that shapes who you are as a young person. Your expression of anger also defines how people see you as an…

Joe, hearing the beeping of the trash truck, thought there was a bomb in his house. He ran through the house searching in the closet, in the refrigerator, in the dishwasher, and the bedrooms trying to find the bomb. In reality, there was no bomb. Joe came home from the war with many challenges to overcome. One of the many challenges was that he stayed in fighting mode for a long. Coming home after the war veterans struggle, though they often try to hide it. When people think of veterans, they…

To whom this is directed to, UNICEF, Invisible Children, Amnesty International, United Nations, U.S. Military Tribunals I am going to argue that child soldiers should be portrayed as victims. I say this because they are too young to be handling weapons, drugs, and lives. They are forced to kill with drugs, war movies, sexual abuse and even death. They don’t know anything better than to listen to orders and go ahead and follow them like they were told. It’s crazy that the idea of prosecuting…

It’s not real. It’s artificial. Photoshop has an ever lasting effect, they’re what stays in a person’s mind, real or not. A fake image that influences what we call “beauty”. A society that’s exposed to the many advertisements that uses manipulative body images to sell yet they’re unreal. Many people don’t even notice what’s real and what’s artificial in these photos. Photoshop shouldn’t be argued if it is good or bad since it results in people suffering from low self-esteem, poor body images…