Religious tolerance is often regarded as a fundamental human right which grants individuals the autonomy to practise their religious faith. Religious tolerance advocates the peaceful coexistence of all religions without any one group being discriminated or oppressed because of their beliefs. Practicing religious tolerance need not mean that individuals validate or agree with certain beliefs or practices, but that they acknowledge the fact that others have the right to their own beliefs and…
In the contemporary approach to literature and culture there is an opening of a new way of thinking about old concept by rethinking of sex, gender and sexuality. It assumes that sexual identity is fluid not fixed and critiques gender and sexuality. Sex and gender do not mean the same. Sex is the biological or anatomical construction that defines between the male and the female. Gender is often regarded to be the natural or innate expression of biological sex. A female is gendered feminine and a…
become a member of the Waterloo Jaycees. In 1967, Gacy was named State Chaplin and Man of the Year by the Jaycees. The next year Gacy ran for president of the Jaycees but his campaign was surprisingly cut short-Gacy had been accused and convicted of sodomy (John Wayne Gacy Part 01 of 01, 15). He was given a ten year prison sentence but he only served eighteen months before he was let out for good behavior. While in prison…
Alexander Pope once said, “To err is human; to forgive, divine.” (PhraseFinder). An adage many are familiar with, Alexander Pope’s thoughts on forgiveness reveal that everyone makes mistakes. We all sin. And eventually, we seek redemption to find peace. Khaled Hosseini delves deeper into this aspect of human nature in his novel The Kite Runner. A story about two inseparable friends, Amir and Hassan, growing up in pre-revolutionary Kabul, and experiencing a harrowing journey in the midst of…
From the Lecture: 1. Only one hospital with only one dedicated flor for AIDS patients sounds so cruel. Unfortunately, our society have less value for some groups of people. I am sorry that your friend had to experience such pain. Since i don’t know much about the issue, almost everything surprised me, but at the same time I was able to make sense with some of the new materials I learned, because so many things occur like a pattern. For example, “Black men are disproportionately impacted by HIV…
The United States is a country founded on ideals and unfulfilled aspirations of a perfect nation in which all are equal and no one group of people has too much power. Our history is filled with the constant struggle between fulfilling those ideals and maintaining status quo and allowing the nation to stagnate or regress allowing inequality to reign and certain groups to control the country. While our nation has struggled on this point it bears to ask whether real political and social change is…
United States homosexuals tried to gain this right but everywhere they tried, they would get stumped. In 1972 during Baker v. Nelson marriage rights were denied to gays in Minnesota while in Georgia during the 1986 case of Bowers v. Hardwick homosexual sodomy was banned. On the Pacific coast in Hawaii a state constitutional amendment was passed banning the union between homosexuals (Wolf). To make matters worse for the gay couples in 1996 President Clinton signed the Defense of Marriage Act,…
1. To this day, the prison simulation administered by Phillip Zombardo and his colleagues Craig Haney, Curtis Banks, and Dave Jaffe at Stanford University remains one of the most well-known psychological studies. The objective was to test whether an individual’s internal behavioral tendencies would be abandoned or altered when influenced by situational variables, involving power and vulnerability. Zimbardo proposed such environments, like prison, have the ability to change behaviors, sometimes…
This case study involves a third grade student who was suspected of being sexual abused in her home. The student confided the information to a friend. The friend told the teacher about the abuse and the teacher informed the school counselor. After a verbal counseling session and play therapy, the student showed signs of sexual abuse. The State of Maryland requires an official report of sexual abuse to be reported in forty-eight hours to Child Protective Services, the school principal made…
It is very hard to imagine a world where police are harassing and arresting the LGBTQ community just for gathering together in public or simply expressing themselves. This community had their jobs, families, and lives threatened just for being who they are. Unfortunately, this is what life was like before they started to fight back against the oppression. The younger generations have grown up in a society, for the most part, of love, acceptance, and protection for these people. This essay will…