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    Prostitution related laws can be classified into three systems- Prohibitionist system, Tolerationist system and Legalized Prostitution . The Prohibitionist system perceives prostitution as an immoral act. It aims at the eradication of this evil by imposing a blanket ban on it and all related activities. It also charges criminal sanctions on all categories of people involved in it. The Tolerationist system regards it as a voluntary activity between two consenting adults and assumes the role of…

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    have come into conflict with long-existing aspects of America’s oldest laws. One such case is the conflict arising when individuals running private businesses refuse service to same-sex marriage couples, domestic partnership gays, or civil union gays based on the owners’ personal beliefs. These individuals seek shelter under the rights granted to them by the First Amendment of the Constitution of the United States, the highest law in the land. But as of late, the American courts have declared…

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    A sexual offender list was created for just officials to be able to know who has committed a sexual crime. However, because of certain cases the sexual offender list was made public in 1995. Megan’s Law states that the authorities must inform all communities about where a sex offender lives. This law also allowed the public to view the offender’s picture, name, address, and the description of their crime (Bonner-Kidd). Public shaming is a way to punish someone for the wrong that person did.…

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    INTRODUCTION Through a thorough look into the case, it is clear that there are unresolved issues and legal loopholes in regard to legislation and acts in regard to discrimination in its broad nature. The Anti-Discrimination Act 1991 (Qld) is an Act to “promote equality of opportunity for everyone by protecting them from unfair discrimination in certain areas of activity and from sexual harassment and certain associated objectionable conduct.” However, there is a clear abundance of depth within…

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    investigators believe that the robot that Steele owned, Dolly was either the weapon of this murder or was a murderer. After the investigation, they found out that Dolly was a sex robot of Steele. They thought that this was because she was raped, enslaved and that is why she might have killed her master. As Deontology’s building blocks are moral laws and what is wrong and right. Based on the theory, Dolly and Sven are robots who are supposed to follow the rules of their masters. For them, their…

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    human trafficking, there are “800,000 people trafficked across borders every year” (“Human Trafficking Facts”). Human trafficking is a type of modern-day slavery that denies freedoms and rights of individuals. Two forms of human trafficking include: sex and labor trafficking. This industry quickly gains popularity due to its low risk for high profit and the demanding needs for labor in modern world. Behind the profit hides many negative impacts, such as the increasing rate of sexually…

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    then it is not included within the data sources. There are a number of reasons as to why abuse is often underreported, which will be later discussed. The fact that the majority of sex crimes go underreported says a lot about the society we live in. All of the reasons mentioned contributes to the problem in some way. Even…

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    Advances to set the bathroom bill as a standard in some schools have been debated as a civil rights issue as well as a means of protecting women and children. While ‘Religious Freedom’ laws give the right to public business owners and officials to refuse service to those who they believe ‘violate their religious beliefs.’ The Obama administration is trying to make schools allow their transgender students to use the school facilities based…

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    Eukaryotic organism such as drosophila have been used extensively to demonstrate the classical Mendelian laws because they are inexpensive and abundant in genetic variations due to a small number of chromosomes. The purpose of this lab was to determine the phenotypic ratio for monohybrid and dihybrid crosses using drosophila. In a monohybrid cross, a single trait (eye color) is crossed in the organism and in a dihybrid cross,two different traits (eye color and wings) are crossed for a…

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    How do Reform Judaism and Orthodox Judaism compare regarding homosexuality? Reform Judaism has embraced and are very supportive of same-sex marriage equality. Orthodox Judaism is the opposite and are against homosexuality and see it as a sin. Although the two religions were based upon the same beliefs they have very different views on this particular topic. Orthodox Judaism is more outdated and still practice their old-fashioned ways. Reform Judaism is very modernized and accepting of modern…

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