The Exploited

This essay will analyze the music video You Belong With Me by artist Taylor Swift. Focused on examining the stereotype of women competing with one another for the male attention and romance. Expanding on cultivation theory defined by Gerber and Gross (1976), I will argue the video displays a fictional reality which can shape misconceptions of social reality. It will also elaborate on the stereotypical “good/ bad” girl image which is used by the media to influence women. Young adolescents for the…

In Michael LaBossiere’s blog, “The Ethics of Prostitution”, he states “The exploitation of the workers by Burger King is acceptable, because they do not exploit their workers as badly” (LaBossiere). Both prostitutes and Burger King employees are exploited. Both are making less than a higher power and working hard to make a profit for a company or person. But, because the level of exploitation between the two differs, one is considered immoral. Some might say that these two examples cannot be…

their own will and being exploited. However, the causes of human trafficking are much more complex than we realize. The exploitation of women and children for profit are one of the biggest global issues we face. Despite what some people may think, human trafficking even occurs here in the United States. If global…

their beloved hallowed home due to having counterfeit passports after giving every single penny to a filthy fraud! Sometimes, they endeavour illegally for companies and are exploited. They are being paid £15 a day compared to a legal person in the UK who earns £60-80 per day! Would you work for a job where you are exploited? With this deficiency of money, these helpless people spend most of their callous change on prohibited dangerous drugs. This is because they believe taking threatening…

The Industrial Revolution was a period from the 18th to the 19th centuries, in which agrarian, rural societies in Europe and America witnessed modern economic changes in mass production, oppression of inadequate resources, and the rise of industrial workers as well as, advances in machinery and technology as a whole. (Modern World History, ch. 8) Prior to the Industrial Revolution, the Agricultural Revolution occurred and in that revolution new farm techniques with the addition of modern…

primarily focus on children who are trafficked. Each year, millions of children are recruited for exploitation. Some are forced to perform labor such as working in sweat shops, serving as soldiers in war, and working on farms. Others are sexually exploited and required to work in brothels or strip clubs (Kangaspunta, Sarrica, & Johansen, 2014). Governments have attempted to resolve the issue by seeking to prosecute the traffickers and offering services to victims and their families. These…

was suspected to also be her father due to an incestuous relationship. When the woman was seven she was exploited by her grandfather and uncles; shown pornography, prostituted to a network of predators, and was used in the making of child pornography that was sold by her grandfather (Itzin, 36). The woman’s story is similar to countless victims’ stories who report being sexually abused and exploited as children. The case study also relates to the research, which shows a connection between…

Introduction – Karl Marx Karl Marx (1818-1883) was born in Trier, a German city that is located in the famous Moselle wine region and close to the border of Luxemburg. He is one of the most renowned and important economist figures and thinkers of the 19th century. I favour Marx over other theorists such as Max Weber and Emile Durkheim because I think that Marx believed in a more noble cause where he had “sympathy for the ideas of the Enlightenment” (Punch et al 2013, p.52). Marx was introduced…

“Black Codes” were enacted that essentially limited the rights of African Americans economically and politically and limited access to opportunities. The Black Codes were harmful to society as African Americans were now free, but continued to be exploited. African Americans were stuck in a situation that limited them from becoming productive members of society. At this point in time, “every Southern state except Arkansas and Tennessee had passed laws by the end of 1865 outlawing vagrancy”…

Countries that are used for sweatshops are usually exploited for two main reasons; either they do not have laws to prevent sweatshops, such as labour laws preventing poor working conditions and minimum wage or they have laws but these laws are simply ignored or have few or no repercussions at all, making it…