William Wordsworth’s poem: ’Composed on the Westminster Bridge’ is a sonnet that describes London in the morning as the city is still asleep. The poem’s title: “composed on the Westminster Bridge” tells the reader that the Author is standing on the Westminster Bridge, in London and is describing the sights of the City that he can see from the Bridge. Wordsworth is fascinated by the city’s beauty. He says that the earth has nothing equal to show than this beautiful scene and that the one who…
is abundant but hidden to the every day person, Prostitution and human trafficking is a dreadful oppression that breaks up families and the results on a person can be devastating. Alma is a young Filipina women who is a simple waitress in Olongapo City; and the restaurant that she works at was in a U.S Naval base at Subic Bay. It was her dream to become an accountant and she reluctantly became a waitress after her brother tricked her into coming and living with her in…
that had long existed but had not been openly discussed or publicly advocated.” People knew that some form of birth control did exist, for example practices like the rhythm method as well as having one chart their menstrual cycle and avoiding having sex during ovulation. As a result of some of these “birth control” methods the birthrate had declined over 100…
fundamentally influences how we define our identity, including gender," (Wood, 2015, p.43). I recall a moment when I was three years old I watched my biological mother put on red lipstick and when she left the room I put it on as well. I grew up in a city where all I saw was mainly my own race and Hispanics. The first time I was surrounded by diversity is when I went to live with my aunt in California for a couple of months. I finally lived in a balanced home where I later was adopted into the…
Jane Dowe was a girl from Lorain County-suburb in Ohio who became addicted to heroin and forced into prostitution because of car accident when she was 14. In the accident her arm was shattered and she had six surgeries to fix it. She spent two weeks on morphine. Due to her pain, the hospital prescribed pain killers. She would take the pills until she needed a refill. When the prescription ended, she turned to the streets to support her addiction. When she could no longer afford the pills, she…
Human Trafficking Human trafficking must be stopped in Canada to keep immigrants safe. Human trafficking is the transportation of a person to exploit them against their wishes. It takes place in large urban centres or in smaller cities and communities in Canada and is often described as a modern form of slavery (public safety Canada). Majority of human trafficking victims in Canada are international women and children living in poverty because they are more vulnerable to forced…
This is the most equivalent to Western Culture is transsexual, as discussed in Hyde, a man who acts and dresses, and desires to have a sex change (Hyde, 2013). Hijras are incapable to produce children. Hijras have been in existence as people of third gender since the 5th century BC. They dress up in their best saris and jewelry in order to perform a ritualistic wedding ceremony with the…
Babylonian King, Nebuchadnezzar commissioned his builders to construct and design a monumental gate on the outskirts of the city. The gate was situated at the main entrance to the promenade, north of the city’s border to the temple of Marduk, chief God of Mesopotamian. The monument was dedicated and named after Ishtar, the Babylonian Goddess of; love, fertility, war and sex. (Wikipedia) If thou openest not the gate to let me enter, I will break the door, I will wrench the lock, I will smash…
that all employers with a population of at least 15 employees and whose “business conduct” affects commerce, must maintain a workplace that is free from discrimination. The act outlaws all forms of discrimination which includes discrimination based on sex, race, color, religion or country of origin. In response, organizations have strived to reduce racial discrimination, of which age discrimination is a subtype (Hirsh & Kornrich, 2008). Employment discrimination litigation is expensive and…
ethnicity, by sex, crowds and loneliness. Space becomes increasingly rare—it is expensive, a luxury and privilege maintained and kept up through a practice (the “center”) and various strategies. The city does indeed grow richer. It attracts wealth and monopolizes culture just as it concentrates power. But it collapses under the weight of its wealth. The more it concentrates the necessities of life, the more unlivable it becomes. The notion that happiness is possible in the [actually existing]…