Gender discrimination has been one of the most primitive forms of discrimination in most civilizations. Though globally most societies are moving towards reform, there is also a realization that there is too much to be changed and women's rights have been suppressed for too long a time. In matters such as property rights, the treatment extended to women is atrocious, to say the least.
This scenario is not confined to India, but women's rights in, access to, and control over land, housing, and other property continue to be limited all over the world. Gender-biased laws, traditional attitudes toward women, and male-dominated social hierarchies pose obstacles to women attaining equal and just rights. The situation tends to be worse in war-torn societies. Absent property rights, a cross-section of war-affected women?refugees, internally displaced, and heads of households'tend to live in dire poverty and deprivation. Everywhere, women without property rights find it more difficult to gain access ...
The discipline of a child must always come from the parents, as society says. Power corrupts, however, and absolute power over another person can corrupt absolutely. Taking advantage of the thinness of the line between discipline and abuse, a parent often doesn?t have to answer to anyone if and when they cross that line. In Mary...
Drugs work by changing chemicals in your brain that control your mood. Most drugs boost or imitate the behavior of chemicals (like adrenaline, dopamine and serotonin) which regulate our mood, well being and energy levels. These chemical messengers are part of what makes us feel happy. The reason people continue doing drugs or beco...
The annual circus comes to town in hope of providing entertainment for family and friends. People gather from all over the community just to admire the stunts of both animals and humans. Animals, however, play more of an important role because their job is to perform unbelievable tricks that captivate the audience's attention. Spectators, especi...
When picking out your mascara or eyeliner, do you even stop to see what kind of makeup you are using? You could be supporting animal cruelty and not even know it. Today many makeup products, such as mascara, are being tested on animals. Helpless and defenseless animals are being performed on for different types of experiments all around the world....
Martin Luther King Jr. was assasinated for trying to end segregation. Rodney King was beaten in the streets because he was black. These are just a couple examples of hate crimes caused by race. Racism is really another word for ignorance. It?s another way of saying that nature should have had only one type of flower or tree. It?s...