Essays Tagged: "western cultures"
Superdad Syndrome
e newspaper. Most of the child-rearing duties were left to mom. We can kiss those days good-bye! In Western cultures there is an increasing number of men who are extremely active in all stages of rais ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community
Euthanaisa, one of the most acute and uncomfortable contemporary problems in medical ethics
ciple: mercy.It is not a new issue; euthanasia has been discussed-and practised-in both Eastern and Western cultures from the earliest historical times to the present. But because of medicine's new te ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law
"Hunger as an idealogy."
y" by Susan Bordo, one can't help but realize that advertisements play a major in what and even how western cultures eat. In any commercial or magazine ad, it is clear as day that food is now seen as ... themselves from food, but they also must restrain themselves from the power, wealth, and control in western culture. Advertisements attempt to keep the general stereotypes of women restraint in check ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues
Constellations.
i.If Mars is in Virgo, astronomically it means that, if you look at the group of stars known to the Western cultures as Virgo, you will see an extra red star-like object amongst those stars. That will ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Astronomy
Scientific difference.
ific underrepresentation has relied mainly on studies in theUnited States, survey-type research and Western cultural models. This paucity of cross-culturaldata, especially from non-western cultures, i ... re-collegestudent sample, using a culturally-meaningful questionnaire created for this purpose and 4Western math/science questionnaires adapted to the Indian context.Preliminary analyses of these data ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays
Aloha Oè Lili'uokalani- Legacy of Hawaii's Last Queen
She learned to adapt polite American customs, and was therefore knowledgeable in both Hawaiian and Western cultures. Being very accomplished as a child, she had a great love of music that led to her ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History
An Appeal for the Rights of Homosexuals
nce of homosexuality occurring throughout history. One anthropological study showed that 64% of non-western cultures considered homosexuality to be socially acceptable.No one knows the truth about wha ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Homosexuality
Eastern Influences on Modern Art.
Eastern Influences on Modern Culture The opening of feudal Japan, in 1853, to the western world created an influx of commercial goods from the east into western cultures. Along with ... th ordinary goods came works of art as well as ideas that were in great contrast to those of modern western cultures; these ideas and methods had a significant influence on the development of modern c ... ulture, especially in the areas of art and science. Eastern philosophy had an effect on the work of western artists such as Cezanne and Rodin, and these ideas were given validity in modern culture by ...
Subjects: Art Essays
Anorexia nervosa. A summary of two articles related to anorexia and their findings.
ng disorder that many people suffer from. Anorexia nervosa is an eating disorder that has bombarded western cultures and society as a whole. As a nurse we must acknowledge and encourage the importance ... ctionism and eating disorders.The second article entitled "Distorted Images" (Appendix B) shows how western culture affects perception of body image and cultures in different parts of the world. Dhian ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays
Marijuana
m Morocco and dagga from South Africa, while it has also acquired a variety of slang names from the Western culture such as grass, pot, tea, reefer, weed, and Mary Jane.The leaves and flowers of the p ... ces. It has been smoked, eaten in cakes, drunk in beverages, or, rarely, injected intravenously. In Western cultures marijuana is prepared most often as a tobacco-like mixture that is smoked in a pipe ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Chemistry
Compare the basic feature of Greek religion and Christianity
with ChristianityGreek religion is one of most significant religions during the period of BC in the western countries; it can be seen throughout the Iliad of Homer. Christianity is one of the most inf ... throughout the Iliad of Homer. Christianity is one of the most influential religions in the modern western cultures. Both religions share a very similar feature of one another, for example: the belie ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers
Leadership in asia
such debates can shape much of this examination. Certainly in the United States, and in many other Western cultures, citizens have taken a fast course in the possible meanings of globalization (and i ... pt to understand these complex questions more clearly, this paper examines the four main streams of Western leadership research in terms organization theory which we consider alongside the historical ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers
Meiji era Influence on Modern Japan
Hundreds of Japanese were sent on an educational "world tour" to observe and experience developing western cultures in both their strong and weak points to mold Japan into a nation with an ability to ... of these practices remains one of the most unique qualities of the nation however the appearance of Western Christianity cannot go unmentioned, as the three combined depict the Japanese ability to gro ...
Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays
Romanticism Vs Reason
al artistic and philosophical movement, which redefines the fundamental ways in which people in the Western cultures, thought about themselves and about their world. This movement really started in 17 ...
Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays
Romanticism as a Revolution
nticism is an intellectual artistic and philosophical movement that originated in late 18th century Western Europe, and redefined the fundamental ways in which people in Western cultures thought about ... nticism is an intellectual artistic and philosophical movement that originated in late 18th century Western Europe, and redefined the fundamental ways in which people in Western cultures thought about ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers
How does Okara in "Piano and Drums" respond to the two types of different music and instruments?
ction used to describe the drums and piano creates a strong emphasis on the contrast of African and western cultures. The first two stanzas talk of the mystic rhythm and excitement of the drums. The w ... of maybe a singing piano. This shows the negative thoughts expressed by Okara and his views on the western culture. The piano is strange and foreign. It fails to rouse the same excitement and freedom ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > World Literature > Poetry
Australian and Japanese students coping styles
ted that current descriptive theories of decision making fail to account for decision making in non-Western cultures (Jones, 1990; Smith, 1989). Although recognising that decision making is common to ... he Conflict Model (Jankt & Man, 1978) was able to adequately account for decision making in non-Western cultures.According to the Conflict Model, making important decisions is stressful (Jankt &am ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology
To What Extent Can Obesity Be Explained By Biological Factors
biological factors.Obesity and Biological FactorsObesity is the most common nutritional disorder in Western cultures. It has been associated with such maladies as diabetes, stroke, cardiovascular dise ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases
"Catcher in the Rye" by J.D. Salinger
Sally, and Luce, but his struggle to survive always fails. It is a truth in the real world. In most western cultures, today there are lots of suicides of teenagers as they feel alone in the world, and ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American
Advertisement: Axe Effect
les in "Signs of Life," one can't help but realize that advertisements play a major role in shaping western cultures. In any commercial or magazine ad, it is clear as day that shower gel is being prop ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Marketing