Misrepresentation

which contribute to our widening gender gap. Cardiovascular disease (CVD), for example, traditionally thought to be a men’s issue has recently been found to impact and kill more women (Bird & Rieker, 2008) Our misinformation, misdiagnoses and misrepresentation from past health research and policies has continually perpetuated this belief that CVD is a “men’s illness”. This is due to many factors…

Who would have thought that someone could meet their soul mate online? Ten plus years ago people weren’t using the internet to meet people. You were connecting with people you met out somewhere or someone one of your friends set you up with to go on a blind date with. It’s been reported that one in ten American’s have used or know someone that has used an online dating site or mobile site. Online dating is slowly changing the world. Online dating comes with many different websites, a handful of…

Renaissance LEQ The fourteenth century saw surprising change from the resurrection of classicalism and its impact on European life, taking after the destruction confronted amid the period of the Black Death. This "Brilliant Age", known as the Renaissance was extraordinarily affected by humanist thoughts, which vigorously focused on independence and the arrival to great thoughts. A lion's share of the traditional writings were translated comparatively and diversely which prompt similarity and…

"Still I Rise," by Maya Angelou, is a poem written about African Americans right after the nation's Civil Rights Movement. It expresses the free spirit of all African Americans. Angelou writes of overcoming the hardships of the beginnings of the race in America. Furthermore, the poem gives people the will to rise above all inequities and flourish. Angelou's writing is loud with hope and inspiration. Her work is about survival and looks for the positive things in life, especially in a time of…

problematic. More specifically, the image of the Scandinavian settlers that expanded into the British Isles in the late 8th century has received much of this treatment. Today, these people are commonly known as ‘Vikings’ and a fair amount of misrepresentation accompanies the term. This stereotype of the Scandinavians paints them as a brutish and uncultured group of people that terrorised the coasts of the British Isles without purpose. Media is perhaps the most susceptible to this image as is…

The Nobel Peace Prize is just some worthless piece of metal. Anybody can achieve it, yet some of the people who have received it accomplished feats that anyone could do. Watson and Crick did not have to discover DNA, anyone could have done that, and Gandhi did not have to invent the nonviolence movement, that’s so easy. Tom Toles illustrated a political cartoon in the Washington Post and Michael Binyon wrote an article in the London Times claiming that the prize the Nobel committee gives to…

Planned Parenthood–an organization that supplies women, men, and teens high-quality, affordable healthcare. Many people just associate Planned Parenthood with abortions, but the majority of the healthcare that is provided at the centers is preventative, primary care that, “helps prevent unintended pregnancies through contraception, reduce the spread of sexually transmitted infections through testing and treatment, and screen for cervical and other cancers” ("Who We Are."). The organization also…

Today’s society is comprised of multiple platforms of media, both mainstream and alternative, which is responsible for distributing and informing members of the public about events. Through the use of platforms such as television, radio, newspapers, magazines and social media, the media is able to present perceptions on multiple issues. It is often found, however, that the media sensationalizes events to sell stories, this is demonstrated in the frequent distortion of crime. This essay will…

Importance of Ethics and Integrity in the Healthcare field as a Healthcare Provider Ethics can be defined as a collective system of moral principles and values. This system is used by humans as a guideline to make appropriate decisions during their everyday life. It helps improve the morality and quality of a society. From its Greek origin “ethos” (Merriam-Webster’s online dictionary, n.d), it can be translated to mean a certain custom, habit, or character that is used to govern a good life by…

Sofia Vergara’s character in Modern Family is an accurate example of misrepresentation of a female Latina in the media. Vergara plays the typical sassy, spicy Latina. She is often over sexualized, seen as ditsy, and bossy. As if all these things weren’t bad enough her character has this exaggerated Spanish accent that is intentionally…