Since the early 1990's, sex offenders have had to register on the national sex offender registry list so that it would be easier for states to track them. ... This act established guidelines for states to track sex offenders and required states to confirm their place of residence annually for ten years after their release into the community, or quarterly, for the rest of their lives if the sex offender had been convicted of a violent sex offense. ... One poignant example of the devastation caused by these laws is the story of Evan B. ... It is understandable that once sex offender laws ...

• Word Count: 1285
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The myth that a good sex life is the best predictor of marital status is also false. ... One man was interviewed and told his story pertaining to this myth. ... He claimed that they shared very little interests and very little in common, but had a great sex life. After marrying, the married couple were divorced because of the fact that the only thing they shared was their sex life. ... One of my favorite movies is "The Story of Us- starring Bruce Willis and Michelle Pheiffer. ...

• Word Count: 975
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

When the story is obviously one of suffering CAUSED by our military, the story gets reported in print, if at all, and camera coverage is downplayed or outright spiked." writes Keller. ... This is also shown in "Add Sex and Stir" when Frontline did a re-enactment of a story emphasising the point that Alison was dropped from the team because she was not a lesbian. ... "You take any story, add sex and stir", says Marty from Frontline. ... The media manipulated the truth in that they did not report the whole story. ... In "Add Sex and Stir" Brian says "sport! ...

• Word Count: 1238
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Views of the past vary with generations and because of divergent experiences from the historians sex, ethnicity, class, and race. ... The historian believes that his or her story represents reality. ... They told a new story of progress and reason in human affairs. ... The story of the rationalists pointed upward just like the providentialists. ... According to his story, all of American history was shaped by the contest between Jeffersonian and Hamiltonian ways of thinking. ...

• Word Count: 2043
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

How do nature and nurture influence the definitions of sex and gender? ... Sex is biological while gender is socially constructed. Genes produce sex. ... Gender is the meanings that society assigns to sex. ... Take for example the story which Susan Baxter tells in her article "The Last Word on Gender Differences?...

• Word Count: 576
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

A second phenomenon is same-sex marriage. ... In Illinois, same-sex marriage is also legal. I am in opposition to same-sex marriage and the thought that an open mind must accept this. ... Restricting same-sex marriage is the same as infringing the freedom everyone is entitled to. ... According to an article, the opposite-sex parental model is viewed as the ideal model and thus is wary of recognizing same-sex parenting because it also entails recognition of same-sex relationships. ...

• Word Count: 1936
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

Laurie's story is one of many that illustrate the pages of Meg Meeker's "Epidemic: How Teen Sex is Killing Our Kids."" ... It is obvious through stories like this that the promiscuity of America's teens is a plague sweeping the nation. ... "In our society, sex is not just sex. ... (Ward, Rivadeneyra 3) Women are stereotyped as sex objects that act as slaves to sex driven males who suffer from infidelity. ... Most mothers want their daughters to be independent and to think that they are equal to men, and then MTV idolizes sex because sex sells. ...

• Word Count: 2162
• Approx Pages: 9
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

How many of you out there like to have sex ,watch people have sex on T.V. or in person, or think about sex. You aren't alone if you are knodding your head yes.The problem is that not everyone has the oppurtunity to have sex and some people are having sex forced upon them, in other words being raped. ... When midnight rolls around you can make up some story that your cousin is picking you up early in the morning to paint yor grandmother's house.Then that's when you drive downtown and claim a nice little prostitute.You see, you get the best of both worlds because your date t...

• Word Count: 952
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

How do nature and nurture influence the definitions of sex and gender? ... Sex is biological while gender is socially constructed. Genes produce sex. ... Gender is the meanings that society assigns to sex. ... Take for example the story which Susan Baxter tells in her article "The Last Word on Gender Differences?...

• Word Count: 1063
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

For example, pornography exists on television, in the movies, and even in adult stories. ... So my big question is what is the difference between two porno stars engaging in sex on screen and a prostitute having sex with a customer? They both are getting paid money for having sex. ... In our society, the porno star engaging in sex on screen is accepted. However, the prostitute is penalized for having sex. ...

• Word Count: 1125
• Approx Pages: 5

Charlotte Perkins Gilman, (Women and Economics) wrote "We are the only animal species in which the female depends on the male for food, the only animal species in which the sex-relation is also an economic relation. With us an entire sex lives in a relation of economic dependence upon the other sex, and the economic relation is combined with the sex relation. The economic status of the human female is relative to the sex relation." ... There was another strong minded and brave writer I may say, her name was Kate Chopin, there was a time when publishers felt her work dealt too explicitly with ...

• Word Count: 1224
• Approx Pages: 5

Therefore, the article shows the effects that lack of parental guidance, sex education, and mass media has on teenage pregnancy, and how it relates teenage pregnancy to foster homes.  ... Even the federal government has found teenage pregnancy to be a social issue in which lack of parental guidance, sex education, and positive media has been recognized. ... Richard Smith, a Washtenaw Community College student, states, "The American popular culture glorifies sex and ignores responsibility. ... " The urge to have sex and get pregnancy is now stronger because of the fact that one has ...

• Word Count: 2936
• Approx Pages: 12

Once people watch anime, they will find besides spectacular animation, anime has complex characters and deep stories, many of which teach morals and values. ... "Stories deal with thought-provoking themes, present complex characters that change as the stories progress." "In comparison with American animation, anime has a story and you can never be sure what the ending will be. ... In America, "anime is often overemphasized for gratuitous violence and sex," sometimes just to sell it. ... "One thing to remember is the American press often makes statements about sex in anime that are untrue." ...

• Word Count: 1367
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

There are many ads in BUST though offering to better your sex life, either with your partner or by yourself. In the Fall 2002 Sex issue many of the ads are from companies that sell sex toys and offer other sex related merchandise. ... Women are not discouraged from wearing make-up, dressing cute, wanting sex and going after it. ... While Cosmo does fashion spreads on the latest trends for women to follow and tips ranging from how to lose weight fast or attract a man, BUST is offering stories about women who are unique in their work or ideas. ... This is definitely not the typical type of s...

• Word Count: 2194
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School

The book also covers authentic stories that happened within the last decades, which is relevant enough to be included in the provision and formation of sexual diversity politics. ... The first part of the book starts with a story of a retired U.S. ... The author progressively argues about the significance of policy language clarity and usage in qualifying transgender workers in nondiscrimination policies – firmly illustrating why transgenders are different from the LGB, and why exclusion prevails because of the notions on gender orientation and biological sex. ... Objectionable options, s...

• Word Count: 1525
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: Graduate

As I read this story I remembered my teenage days and how girls would get certain repetitions simply off of sexual behavior. There is a clear double standard between young men and young women especially when it refers to sex. ... What is ironic is that everyone (almost everyone) has sex its apart of nature. ... Kim Kardashian is a very prominent female in the media whose claim to fame by many is due to her infamous sex tape.  ... But Janice Dickinson and these other women who choose to slut shame Kim most likely have the same type of sex Kim had in her sex tape or they are just envious becaus...

• Word Count: 2997
• Approx Pages: 12
• Has Bibliography

Most frequently, books are challenged because they contain curse words, violence, sex, homosexuality, or rebellious children (ALA). ... Publishers respond by rejecting many manuscripts that contain problematic language and stories on tough subjects like sexual abuse. ... California, Judge William Brennan stated that, "obscenity is not within the area of constitutionally protected speech because it is utterly without redeeming social importance, however sex and obscenity are not synonymous and the portrayal of sex is entitled to constitutional protection as long as it is not obscene" (Abraham 3...

• Word Count: 1396
• Approx Pages: 6

""Tis a sin- Atticus, a character in the story would say. ... I think how this book effectively exposes the cruelty of racial (and other) injustice is a big part of what makes this such a powerful story. ... For example, consider the "sex-talk" that parents usually have with their children. Should the parents inform their offspring all about sex and what it involves, who will then go out into society well educated on the issue, giving it all the respect and reverence that should accompany it? ...

• Word Count: 973
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

Abolishment of slavery which was there in the amendments in the laws though could not amend the thoughts of Americans, which Faulkner has wonderfully displayed in this story. ... The situation is never like that both the sexes of blacks will be treated equally, just on the basis of racial prejudice but the situation for black woman was never meant to be good ,it is even bitter for her than black man. ... The actual murder scene is omitted from the story, the clear reason for it would be that racial and sexual violence were enough prevalent in the story that murder would have been possibly gues...

• Word Count: 1257
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

The Story If the majority of the American population watch anime, than there has to be a difference in their stories. ... Then sometimes, the story is developed through the character(What Is Anime?). Also, through the story it sometimes gives a message, or even a moral to be learned(What Is Anime?). ... The story for the anime is the same from the manga. ... The reason for this is, that the United States believe that nudity and sex shouldn't not be shown to kids, since they deal with adults. ...

• Word Count: 1347
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

The Story If the majority of the American population watch anime, than there has to be a difference in their stories. ... Then sometimes, the story is developed through the character(What Is Anime?). Also, through the story it sometimes gives a message, or even a moral to be learned(What Is Anime?). ... The story for the anime is the same from the manga. ... The reason for this is, that the United States believe that nudity and sex shouldn't not be shown to kids, since they deal with adults. ...

• Word Count: 1347
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

Rap consists of telling a rhythmic and swift story while being accompanied by some sort of instrumental track. ... Some people may say that Rap is obscene because of the word choice and allusions to sex, drugs, and other topics not acceptable at the dinner table. ...

• Word Count: 502
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

Everyone has heard the expression "sex sells", what may not be known is that marketing industries target other emotions such as, feeling lonely and fear of becoming a failure, just as much as sexual appeal. ... Research shows, "A study on the responses of young people to alcohol advertising found that underage youth are drawn to music, animal and people characters, story and humor in alcohol advertising. ... Any and all advertisements are analyzed for different risk codes like: injury, overconsumption, addiction, sex-related content and violation of industry guidelines. ......

• Word Count: 1608
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

(Cnn.com, Teens) Unfortunately, stories like these are becoming all too common. ... Education is needed, but if the parents of these teenagers won't allow sex-education in our schools, obviously something else needs to be done to make sure these children have a future... Incorporated into sex education," said Rhiannon." ... "On the night of her senior prom, Melissa Drexler gave birth to a full-term baby boy in a bathroom stall, placed the infant in a garbage can and returned to her date on the dance floor in a doomed attempt to return to her former life- (Roberts) It's just anot...

• Word Count: 1576
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

Years ago it was the opposite, trying to get young minds to explore the stories and events of the reading world. ... Our country has broken down enough to allow same sex marriages and adoptions, and some how America is going to have to deal with it. ... We are raising children with ex-spouses and with same-sex partners. ...

• Word Count: 1026
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School