Lindsay Davenport

Women can be strong and beautiful without having to be sexualized by the media. Should women show a little skin to promote a brand or themselves and their sport? Although this paper is about women and the things they go through to remain thin, I have to say that men have been sexualized as well. Sports players such as Derek Jeter, David Beckam, and Rafael Nadal have all been part of the pretty boys in sports image. With respect to Wimbleton female tennis players have been playing in small colorful outfits that make them stand out in the courts. The sexualization of these athletes has added more pressure to fit into a specific mold. Implementing what is considered the female athlete triad. The female athlete triad includes eating disorders, amenorrhea, and osteoporosis. It is possible for a female athlete to have one, two or all three parts of the triad (Olympic.org ).With 95% of eating disorders affecting more women than men (US National Library of Medicine 2014), it is important to recognize what these disorders are and how they effect the body. Eating disorders include anorexia nervosa which is a disorder in which where a person does excessive dieting and excercising to almost the stage of starving themselves (WebMD). This eating dIsorder manifestes when a person has a severe fear of gaining weight, no matter how thin they are they still see themselves as fat. If untreated complications can develop such as malnutrition or more severe organ failure. Those who have…

I have decided to write a response paper to Jamie Schultz’s: “Reading the Catsuit: Serena Williams and the Production of Blackness at the 2002 U.S. Open.” I really enjoyed reading her journal and all the opinions regarding Serena William’s infamous catsuit. Although there are some negative opinions regarding Williams’ choice of outfit and the way she presents herself, but she has challenged the normative white identity in women’s tennis. She has pushed the boundaries not only in tennis, but also…

Be it through television, radio, or toys, we are a product of our childhood. The things we experience as children daily have an enormous, impressionable impact on our lives. For me, childhood wasn’t a typical cookie-cutter situation. For me, the character that stuck with me the most during my childhood wasn’t a toy or television character; it was a tennis player by the name of Maria Sharapova. To understand my––for lack of a better word––obsession, let’s set the scene. It’s been approximately a…

There are different amounts that have to be paid depending on what you are going into. For a trimester at the campus in davenport which consist of about 16-21 credit hours and is $11,072 every trimester, and the amount of trimesters required ar 10.(San Jose) as for San Jose, California the amount is set at $8,266 per quarter. Also set at 16-21 credit hours,the required amount of quarters for this campus is 13 quarters(San Jose). In 2014 69% of students who graduate from public and nonprofit…

Equality is Key Ever since the revolution of the United States in 1776, Americans have strived for fairness and equality. From racial fairness to the equivalence of women in the workplace, equality has always been fought for. Many times this equality is achieved; however, this is not always the case. There are instances where some people are not treated the same as others. School funding in Iowa is one of these instances. Currently, there are schools in Iowa that are not getting the same…

Quad City Mall features a unique layout that differs from any other mall there is today. It is four departments(Food, Entertainment, Clothing, and Technology) each having their own dedicated area as well as an atrium located at the center of all four of the departments. This provides a quick, organized, and enjoyable shopping experience. 2. One of the truly unique about Quad City Mall is the CENTER. This is an acronym used to describe its interaction with its community in the atrium. CENTER…

Chiropractic Compliance Interview and Presentation For my chiropractic compliance interview and presentation, I interviewed my first Chiropractor and preceptor doctor, Dr. Rick Elbert. Dr. Elbert or Dr. Rick to many friends and patients, is known throughout the country as an expert in the Gonstead Chiropractic Technique. He is a graduate from Palmer College of Chiropractic in Davenport and has been a chiropractor for 39 years. Dr. Elbert opened his first office in Ames Iowa in 1978. He then…

Famous celebrity, Lindsay Lohan, was admitted to Malibu’s Promises Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment Facility back in the summer of 2007. When the world hears of celebrities being admitted to treatment facilities, they wonder why and how did someone end up in this position? When Lohan’s father is brought into the picture, who was incarcerated for driving under the influence of alcohol, it is no surprise that Lohan followed in her fathers footsteps of becoming an alcoholic. Not to mention the song…

Many people know of Germany's most well-know supreme controlling and murderous famous dictator, Adolf Hitler. Many people also know of the hit movie Mean Girls staring Lindsey Lohan before her drug downfall. What many people do not know is that Adolf Hitler and Regina George of Mean girls have many similarities. Adolf Hitler was a dictator governmental leader in Germany from 1933 – 1945. Adolf was a major power in Germany, being a brutal an unforgiving leader. During Adolf leadership he was…

Don’t you understand? Can’t you see we ought to—ought to die before we let the fire out?" (Golding 31). The boy's purpose was to make sure that there was a fire going everyday in order to get saved. In order to be a survivor one should find purpose in any circumstance to help get saved from the troubles they face. It is much easier to just give up than to figure out how to survive, which is why it is important to find one's purpose in any situation. By finding a purpose one will have the ability…