In some cases, parents buy clothes and themed decorations for the baby's room before they even know the sex. ... They don't want their baby girl to live in a blue room with a sports theme or their baby boy to live in a pink room with Disney princesses everywhere. ... Most of them have themes clearly made for either boys or girls, but the words ultimately determine which gender will receive each card. ... This may have something to do with the owner's views on gender inequality. ... Before this class, my views on race, gender, class, and sexuality were based on my religious beli...

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A central theme in Protestantism is the belief of the calling, or one's duty. ... Marx and Weber's views on the origin of capitalism are strikingly different, but their views on the dynamics caused by capitalism are very similar. ... Weber seems to agree with much of what Marx has to say about the estrangement of man to his labor. ... Weber's estimation of the future of capitalism is less optimistic than the view Marx has. ... Unlike Weber, Marx did not believe any outside influences created or continued to run capitalism, so he saw more room for change than Weber did. ...

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Ibsen's use of symbolism in Hedda Gabler is able to dramatically represent psychological states of individuals and give power to the delivery of key themes. ... Hedda Gabler being a play these objects are visible to the audience and the symbols give power to the delivery of the themes. ... All of the action as viewed by the audience takes place inside the drawing room, an indoor and private place. ... This use of a fourth wall realism works to mimic the appearance of a culturally recognizable space, in this case a family drawing room. ... You with your curly hair." ...

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These resultant themes correlate with the popular psychological concepts of Implicit Attitudes, Benevolent Sexism, Social Identity Theory, Sex Role Theory and the Theory of Lay Epistemology. ... Using the qualitative methodology of focus groups, this study aims to encourage participants to discuss their views on gender stereotypes in a relaxed, open environment. ... Over a two week period, the groups were called upon to attend a small seminar room where they were greeted by a moderator. ... This stage should answer the question: what have the recurring themes and sub-themes revealed about g...

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Some would argue that this is not the case while the facts still remain, that we as a culture are spending more and more time in front of the television, we are spending it with friends and family and this shared experience be it in the same room or different houses give us the opportunity to communicate and share the same common feelings. ... The water-cooler chat has been in this country filled with the same topics across the country. ... I would have to tend to agree with Mr. ... With the influx of reality television so many people no longer feel the need to go out and do things when y...

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In fact, they had many racist talks while sitting at the dining room table, eating dinner. Their father spreads his racist views to his sons. ... An extreme ethnocentric view is seen in nearly every character in the movie. ... Derek meets an African American man while working in the laundry room. ... He covers it up with his hand and looks on, as a new man. ...

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Sennett, (1998) focused on the switch between industrial capitalism and the new work role; with the contemporary culture of movement equalling a rise to the top, not instability. ... Sennet argues it is this change that is responsible for the trend of weakening long term relationships and loyalty, but in his view, this change is integral to being able to function effectively in modern society. ... van Krieken et.al (2000) Sociology themes and perspectives. ... War creates room to move and sudden and justifiable need for new and better technology. The end of the Second World War also brought...

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Pretty Woman is an appropriation of the play by Bernard Shaw called Pygmalion, because it's characters, plot and central theme can all be closely linked. ... Men begin in Kentish Town with 280 pounds a year, and end in Park Lane with a hundred thousand. ... As she searches for her room-mate Kit, on Hollywood Boulevard, the viewer can see that the area is accustomed to prostitutes, drug-dealers and, as Vivian happens to stumble on, dead bodies. ... Pinned up on the wall of Eliza's small room is a portrait of a popular actor and a fashion plate of ladies dresses torn from newspap...

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After staying with Edward for a period of time, Vivian becomes assimilated into his upper-class way of life. ... The immediate contrast between settings at the opening of the movie immediately let the audience know that social and economic status will be a prevalent theme throughout the film. ... Even with the coat, guests at the hotel stare at her in a condescending manner. ... In this scene, the dialogue plays an important role in portraying society's view of Vivian, as she is a prostitute. ... As Vivian returns to the hotel room, Phil continues to make advances towards her, ending i...

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Their relationship with their audiences was a double-edged sword. ... (The School for Scandal, Act 1, Scene 1, Page 6) The society is concerned with surfaces rather than deep emotions/thoughts. ... The play twists and turns around this theme, its characters lying in order to be "Earnest-, and then discovering that because of a number of remarkable circumstances they had in not in fact been lying at all. ... Lady Bracknell - I do not approve of anything that tampers with natural ignorance. ... These epigrams express ironic views contrary to what we would expect characters to believe. ...

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Much of what goes on in entertainment (movies and TV) is a reflection of what goes on in the news; the media echo messages young people hear at school - in particular, themes of violence and sex are constantly reinforced" - John Merrow, 1999. ... By promoting various aspects of social reality, media also influence individuals' judgments about how to deal with important social problems (Iyengar, 1991). ... Some variables affecting the behavior of individuals are "the social groups, subcultures and social institutions that provide perceivers with stable norms, values and motives" (Turner e...

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Depending on your view of the child, however, this answer changes. ... However, if one views the child as incapable of understanding death and disease, they should only be told what is necessary for them to be prepared for any medical procedures. ... (p. 181) The children even went out of their way to glean new information, by eavesdropping or lying, "One child went so far as to plant a tape recorder in the conference room [where the doctors held their meetings]" (p. 138). ... Stevenson (1995) also explains that the colors and themes a child uses can speak for themselves as well (though ...

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Sutherland's views and ideas on criminal behavior gradually made him to develop a theory that would connect an individual's criminal behavior, and the factors that lead to one becoming a criminal (Williams and Mcshane,2004). ... Two major additional events took place that greatly altered and influenced the way Sutherland viewed the causation of crime. ... The life history theme was the last of these three major influences of differential association. Sutherland did a research on incarcerated immigrants and discovered that when different groups of immigrants isolate their views and r...

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To the group's insiders, the idea that there are rules within is often viewed as ridiculous. ... For example, in individual psychotherapy, active listening responses such as saying "uh hm" and smiling will increase the client's tendency to talk about certain subjects or themes, or even show some emotions, without being aware of or being able to verbalize the therapist's subtle manipulation. ... Control, Decision-making, Authority Relationships Is the involvement with one another to be total and unbounded by time constraints as in a parent with their child, or is it to be res...

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The Developments Caused by Liberalism in the Rise of Socialism Early theories of the Enlightment philosophy formed an underlying theme through the history of liberalism and the development of socialism. ... Once realized, this brand of political association would be one which "will defend and protect with the whole common force the person and goods of each associate, and in which each, while uniting himself with all, may still obey himself alone, and remain as free as before". ... Certain aspects of seventeenth century philosophy left room for human err, such as the easily influenced mind and...

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