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Over the years the teen depression rate has been in an increase in girls. The Department of Health estimated about 30% girls are becoming more depressed between the ages of 12 to 17 totaling 1.89 million teens(47). Girls that goes through depression feels as if they’re alone in the world and have no one to turn to. They also may feel as if there parents wouldn’t understand them even if they tried explaining it to them. Parents should start being more cautious of the actions their teenage…

Debating Same-Sex Marriage is a dialogue between John Corvino and Maggie Gallagher but this summary will exclusively focus on the pro same-sex marriage argument of John Corvino. John Corvino is a highly-respected philosopher at Wayne State University. Primarily his focus tends to be on ethics, equality, sexuality, and freedom. While Corvino is an open homosexual man he does not allow that bias to cloud his argument. In a somewhat Socratic method he deconstructs other arguments using a means of…

The directive to replenish and subdue the earth (rightful dominion) and to be in authentic relationship (rightful sociability) leads us to a heterosexual norm" (Balswick & Balswick, 2008. p.135). To some, it is possible that a people can have a non-sexual physical relationship with the same-sex and not be gay. This argument is based on an “eros” relationship; it challenges people to apply Biblical passages to their idea of “eros” relationships and to not reject concepts of homosexuality in…

Emma Thibeault Gender and Culture October 26, 2017 Some people say that both male and female babies are raised the same exact way, and in no way different at all. On the other hand, some say that male babies are raised completely different than female babies. Some people also say that male babies get more attention than female babies. So, do male babies get more attention? Are the two genders raised differently? Germaine Greer wrote an essay called “Masculinity” that…

engage in friendship and the comfortability that comes along with it. In the poem “To the Fair Clarinda, Who made Love to Me, Imagined More than Woman” the reflection of the theme is much more apparent. Although this poem contains such imagery of sexual acts between women some will still interpret it as ambiguous, classifying the person of interest as neither sex. As the poem continues the speaker justifies the acts between herself and Clarinda. The speaker compares the acts between man and…

“The moment you’re loved, that's when you got your soul” (Shusterman 174). Neal Shusterman, the author of Unwind, grew up in Brooklyn, where he began writing at an early age. Shusterman wrote Unwind with the intention to “point out the fact that there are two sides on all of these gray area issues” (Shusterman); he wanted people to look at issues like abortion, storking, and unwinding with a different perspective. Shusterman uses setting, point of view, characters, theme and symbolism to depict…

Jason Derulo’s ‘Swalla’ takes sexual images too far in music video. The music video begins with a candy wonderland filled with lollipops, soft drinks, bright colours and girls in tiny bikinis that instantly lures people with innocent images although the innocence stops there. When the music begins, unrealistic woman at the mercy of Jason Derulo perform pelvic pushes on the floor and swarm around Derulo, attempting to awe him with their sexual dance moves and their thin bodies. Society spends a…

‘Same Love’ promotes the legalisation of gay marriage in America, a very topical debate at the time of its release. Macklemore’s hit encompasses an eminent evident message of equality, an equal world where people aren’t discriminated against for sexual preference. Macklemore allows the listener to understand to the detrimental effects of stereotypes, the overt oppression of the LGBT community by hip hop artists has undesirable consequences on our society. I believe that Macklemore writing a song…

Being a part of the LGBTQ community, I have developed of sense of what is right and what is wrong. It is not my place to judge those who would like to be different. I have faced so many challenges and still to this day I am trying to figure out my very identity. As someone who has been discriminated against, I have developed a sense of self respect for those who face challenges every day. Core Values The core values that I use every day are respect for those who are different. We as human…

On National Coming Out Day the rainbow center held an event for students to listen to poetry and other students’ personal experiences with coming out. Walking in I was a little nervous and was not sure what to expect. No one in my family or my close friends have ever dealt with coming out, so this was new to me. Although I was not very knowledgeable about what it is like to come out, I was still interested in learning about what other people have gone through. As I walked in my eyes went first…