Changes for equal opportunities became a bit more hopeful. Even though change was different in the 40's and the 50's ,change did occur. ... Thanks to the changes and progress of society women can attempt and achieve any career or opportunity they desire. ... Thanks to our freedoms in the United States, women have the freedoms to vote, speak, protest and make a choice for job and career. ... I believe upward social changes and equality have been the most positive changes in feminism. ...

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A significant change has occurred in the representation of women in the two texts, A Gathering Light and The Devil Wears Prada. ... As time and context changes, significant developments and changes have occurred in the representation of women, their ambitions and ideas of selflessness and choices. ... While values can change over time, women are still expected to conform to society's views. ... As Miranda laments "The Dragon Lady, career-obsessed. ... In conclusion, it is evident that the representation of women has changed significantly regarding choices and careers open to them o...

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Students are extremely focused on completing college as soon as possible and beginning their careers. ... Zinsser writes "There will be plenty of time to change jobs, change careers, change whole attitudes and approaches." ... They do not allow much time for changing your mind. ... Economic pressure is a large part of why college students values in general have been forced to change. ... Parents can be the biggest reason why the college student's value of an education has been forced to change. ...

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Traditional family values would see children doing the same, following a career choice predetermined, similar or in line with their parents. Billy, on the other hand, develops a strong attraction towards ballet, which would traditionally be seen as a career not suitable for a man. ... But with the modern change in gender roles in society, our current views allow us to "switch camera angels" and just focus on the talent. ... This is another take on the traditional family values, as in a collectivistic family unit, an individual will usually have a career path planned out for them befo...

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In 1939, the film, "Stagecoach," was released, redefining the careers of its director, John Ford, as well ushering John Wayne into the center of the Hollywood spotlight. Wayne's career had been somewhat unremarkable until this point, previously holding many roles in B-Western movies. "Stagecoach" launched Wayne's career into stardom, becoming one of the most recognized stars of the western genre. "Stagecoach" not only altered the careers of both of these legendary figures, but also changed the western genre. ... In addition to the division of the characters, Dallas runs away from Ri...

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Access to college education has greatly changed in the last fifty years. ... There has also been a gradual change in recruitment, admission, marketing and financial aid extended to students. ... There has also been a remarkable change in the demographics of the students accessing higher education. ... It remains the gate way to pathways and opportunity to various careers. ... Attaining a post-secondary school certificate has been seen to greatly increase the chances of accessing career opportunities. ...

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Yet in the past half-century, the attitudes toward this have changed to cover ideas about social interactions in the definition of what health and disease mean to us. ... Socio-Economic Status and Mental Health Proper mental health and control over ones life, especially ones career or other purpose is an important determinant of health. Studies show that people that have a stable career and some independence in their profession have a higher self reported quality of life, they also show lower risk factors for cardiovascular disease and related illnesses. Since career stability and success also...

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As Kottak describes "we can change our behavior more readily than members of other species can." ... A change in this occurred only during World War 2, as mentioned above. ... A career woman receives our culture's OK, so to speak, in her choices - be it professional boxing, weight lifting or the position of CEO of a hi-tech company. ... I chanced upon a woman who is a fashion director in a very prestigous firm, and has made a very fulfilling career for herself. ... The advances of the genome project also suggest that in the future traits and tendancies might be changed by simple genetic ...

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Sociology has found an answer to how we structure our beliefs and why we must have philosophical knowledge to change. ... A more materialistic and immediate result of a study in Philosophy is how valuable the skills attained are to a student's career possibilities. Philosophy expands intellect, sense of self and problem solving skills which any career field can benefit from. Surveys and studies of demographics show that students of philosophy are in every field and career path (Ursery). ... It does this by examining and improving on our interpretations of the world, producing entire field...

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While I was trying to decide what I wanted to do with the rest of my life, Michael Baden provided insight into a new and exciting career in forensic science. ... I look to them for stability in an ever changing world. ... They have accomplished things that will change peoples" lives. ... These heroes have people look to them for guidance and career paths. ... Historically, society changes and so does our perception of heroes. ...

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It was banned by MTV as obscene yet it sticks out as one of Madonna's most brilliant works and career steps to date. ... In her music video "Express Yourself" Madonna actually plays with the idea that in the career world men are the bosses and women their workers. ...

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Jackie has changed into a father that supports Billy into any endeavour no matter what obstacles appear to be in his way. ... Therefore the obstacles that are involved with transitions allow the persona to have more fulfilling and effective change with how they think about themselves and the world around them. ... Percovich, gave women the potential to strive for a high career goal with providing them an education, employment and the confidence to go into the world without judgement. ... The change in Michael was a difficult one because of societies opinions on this sexual orientation but Bil...

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Masculinities and Athletic Careers - A Look into the Role Sports Play in Gender Development The article by Michael Menner, Masculinities and Athletic careers, studies the relationship between sports and gender. ... Through her research, Williams noticed that men and women pursuing a career in any of the four aforementioned professions experienced significantly different treatments. ... Personally, I thought that this film had the greatest influence in changing my view on gender. ...

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The field of anthropology is very broad, making it impossible for one person to complete all the goals in this career. ... A historical linguist focuses on the system of sounds, grammar, and semantics and how these things have changed over time. ... A descriptive or structural linguist focuses on how languages today differ from the past and how it has changed. ... Applied or practicing anthropologists can work within government, politics, medicine, and other career fields. ... I think is easier to declare that with each year, humans height variation change due to the fact that we adapt. ...

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They are a consequence of changing times and a result of social change. ... The fate of Colonel Chabert's wife illustrates perfectly the ambiguity of the era: from street prostitute, she accessed the Empire's highest society thanks to her husband's military career. ... Very similarly, in The Cherry Orchard, the actual situation is caused by changing times and particularly by an important social change. ... The lack of their interest shows their inability to adapt to a changing society. ... Like demonstrated, in both works there is a dramatic change in the social structure wi...

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However, he was also a very learned, educated, and passionate man with an upstanding career in law and, after the case of Martin Guerre, the literary world. ... Unlike the Chinese society of the seventeenth century this story displays the ever changing and developing customs and traditions that have come into effect for today's age of people. ... Sure this resulted in a series of religious wars in that century and the next to follow; change doesn't come easily in most cases and is necessary to its development. As seen in the story the influence of this change in religion ultimatel...

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As Coakley argues, this type of intimacy makes any kind of change in the political system protracted as it depends on people's values which tend to change slowly, if at all (Coakley, 1992: 35). ... The state does exist on its own in the form of political institutions and is an ever-changing power. ... As the educational level has climbed and a much wider range of career choice become available (Coakley 1992 : 36-38), there has been a clear dip in such recognised values of Irish political culture as anti-intellectualism and authoritarianism. ... One characteristic of the old agrarian soci...

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While gender itself is a universal idea, what constitutes a person as masculine or feminine changes with the culture, and also the times. ... There was no discussion of the career woman; let alone discussion of homosexuality, or the transgendered. ... Although, some things may never change. ... All that seems to be changing drastically as of late, and our society seems to be questioning the status quo without rest. ... Gender is about a person's ideas about femininity and masculinity, and has been known to change from culture to culture, and over the course of time. ...

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"Coercive persuasion and thought reform are alternate names for programs of social influence capable of producing substantial behavior and attitude change through the use of coercive tactics, persuasion, and/or interpersonal and group-based influence manipulations "(Ofshe, p. 222) A coercive persuasion program is a behavioral change technology applied to cause the "learning" and "adoption" of a set of behaviors or an ideology under certain conditions. ... (Pratkanis and Aronson, p. 242) Each tiny step is designed to be sufficiently small so the members will not notice the changes in themsel...

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On the other hand, Carter used his sociological imagination to gain the ability to change his perspective of his imprisonment. ... Carter changed the definition of his situation thus making the consequence of loosing his freedom invalid. ... The very definition of crime had changed here. ... The meaning of crime that I picked up from this film is that crime is not what the law dictates as crime but the blatant disregard for the rights and sensibilities of people by those who are in power, by those whom careers are to protect and serve the peace. ...

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The ways in which people=s life changes are related to their location in the society=s hierarchical class system and the influence those circumstances have on their future prospects. ... The name, the social status of that class has changed; the serf took the place of the slave, to be in his turn relieved by the free working man -- free from servitude but also free from any earthly possessions save his own labor force. But it is plain: whatever changes took place in the upper, non-producing ranks of society, society could not live without a class of producers. ... The fortunate can receive a ...

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The resulting brain scans showed that, unsurprisingly, the group that did nothing had no structural changes in their brain. However, the group that practiced on the piano and the group that imagined they were practicing were almost on par with the other in the changes seen in the brain structure (Greenfield). Though none of the volunteers had reported any changes in their behaviors or personalities, the researchers had concluded that higher thought and brain structure are undoubtedly linked. ... Some researchers speculate that the connections the brain makes when a teen plays those kinds of ga...

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According to Turkish laws obligatory education time is constantly changing with the government but according to the last changes, previously 8 years obligatory education time is now 12 years, with the changes in 2012. ... With these changes, existent problems in schools about social classes and financial problems had risen. ... Such as for women fortune-telling, begging or dancing and for men instrument playing, animal trade, animal training.With modern time, jobs has changed. ...

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Bowles and Gintis (1976, p. 266) refer to the social reproduction theory as a "Correspondence Principle" between schooling and career. This theory suggests that school and careers are closely related and that this correlation is essential for the production of an efficient workforce. ... As Marx's conflict theory contends, " conflict in the economic system is the engine of social change" (Stephens et al. 1998, p. 55). ...

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We have all heard the phrase "money talks". Have you ever wondered what it said? Well that all depends on how much of it you have, and where you plan on spending it. Money has a language that is translated through power and inequality. It is the transporter of goods and services, of knowledge and i...

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