How do issues of inequality inform analyses of women(TM)s position in the labour market?
How do issues of inequality inform analyses of women's position in the labour market? By Zhamilya Azerbayeva Wikipedia defines gender inequality as "obvious or hidden disparities among individuals based on performance of gender". The development of feminism had led to attention being focused on the subordinate position of women in many societies. Many feminists put more emphasis on the position of women in the labour market as an important source of female disadvantage. Both Marxist feminists and liberal feminists see employment opportunities as crucial to understanding gender inequalities. Liberal feminists aim to combat the gendered division of labour. They believe that women as individuals deserve the right to pursue their interests without any barriers halting such progress. They want to bring about changes in existing systems that will allow women to progress to their desired occupation. However it can be argued that they are combating the problem in the wrong way. Instead of changing current systems and barriers in the law they need to seek out the major root of the problem which, many sociologists claim, is the upbringing and socialisation of children. Minimising gender divisions at an early age will minimise the future gendered division of labour. Generally, the issues of inequality brought up by feminists' movement drew attention to the fact that women are being
Utilitarianism essay.
Mark Smith Utilitarianism essay Jeremy Bentham's theory of utilitarianism states that when you make a decision, you should make this decision on how many people will receive pleasure or happiness from this decision. Bentham said that good was happiness. He believed that motives are unimportant and that only consequences count. He argued that motives can not be measured but consequences can. Utilitarianism is not based on religion but on consequences of an action, or thought and reason. Therefore a person can ignore rules and tradition when making a decision. Bentham states, "Morality is not a matter of pleasing God, nor is it a matter of faithfulness to abstract rules. Morality is nothing more then an attempt to bring about as much happiness as possible to the world." Utilitarianism is based on teleology which identifies a theory which is not based on rules. Utilitarianism in it's simplest form can be summed up by the phrase, "the greatest happiness for the greatest number." E.g. most people like eating crisps and a minority likes eating oranges based Benthams theory everybody would have to eat crisps as the majority prefer crisps. Bentham believed that it is simply the quantity of pleasures that counts and that all pleasures had equal value and that one pleasure is no better then another. E.g. Playing chess has the same pleasure value as eating crisps. The hedonic
The Effects Of Smoking On The Lungs
Eva Sorensen The Effects Of Smoking On The Lungs Smoking has been linked with a number of serious illnesses, such as lung cancer and cancer of the oral cavity, oesophagus and larynx. Tobacco smoking is responsible for nearly all cases of a chronic breathing obstruction known as Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease or COPD. COPD includes diseases like emphysema and chronic bronchitis, and leaves sufferers breathless and unable to do many activities. Cigarette smoke has chemicals that can make normal cells change into cancer cells. Some of the contents are: * Nicotine - the addictive drug in tobacco, which increases the smoker's blood pressure and heart rate. Concentrated nicotine is a deadly poison and is widely used as insecticide. * Carbon Monoxide - a poisonous gas produced by burning tobacco, which is absorbed into the bloodstream where it decreases the amount oxygen available to body, and forces the heart to work harder. * Arsenic - used in rat poison * Sulphur dioxide - a food preservative * Acetone - this is the chemical used in nail varnish remover * Methanol - anti-freeze fluid * Methane - a component of rocket fuel * Ammonia - used in floor cleaner * Cadmium - used in batteries * Formaldehyde - used to preserve body tissue * Butane - lighter fluid * Hydrogen cyanide - the poison used in gas chambers * Tar - this is a group of sweet smelling
Indian Government Considering School-based Sex Education Program
Indian Government Considering School-based Sex Education Program Faced with the warnings that India's infected people could outnumber South Africa's in the next decade unless urgent measures are taken, the government is looking into school-based programs. Until recently, parents, educators, and bureaucrats had resisted the introduction of sex education for teenagers at school. Some argued that such programs would only encourage promiscuity. However, the centrally funded National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) prepared a School AIDS Education module in 1999, drawing on the experiences of scattered programs in operation since 1995 under the umbrella of extra-curricular school activities. Some states are now gradually introducing these programs in senior classes. One of NACO's objectives is to attain an awareness level at least 90 percent among those in the reproductive age group. Some say this targeted approach should yield results. "In a country where sex and sexuality are taboo, mass awareness drives have obviously failed," says Dr. D.K. Neogi, head of the virology department of the Calcutta-based School of Tropical Medicine. "The only way to make people more conscious is through one-to-one counseling." Despite doubts expressed by some experts, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) have taken the lead in the campaign to spread awareness. As they
Assess Lenin's personality and his contribution to the Bolshevik take over in November1917
GCSE Modern world history coursework Depth study B - Russia 1905 - 1941 Question 1 Assess Lenin's personality and his contribution to the Bolshevik take over in November1917 Lenin was a very clever man and was influenced easily but he wasn't a man who's decisions would be made for him. It was written in the times that 'he was a man of iron will and inflexible ambition' Lenin was born in 1870 into a respectable Russian family. In 1887 Lenin was destroyed emotionally by the hanging of his brother. His brother had been involved in plotting against the Tsar. After this he graduated from St. Petersburg University as he was thrown out of his first University, Kazan University, for his political beliefs. Lenin then got involved with politics in Russia and one of the largest Okrahna files was about him. He was very well known. When his brother was hanged, this was when his hatred of the Tsar began, and because his brother was a close person of the family to him, his death fuelled his career to politics and to becoming an opponent to the Tsar. Lenin hated the Tsar. Russia was currently being run by the Tsar under dictatorship. The Tsar was very into rich people and gave them even more money, he neglected the peasants and they turned against him. Lenin hated the Tsar for this and he wanted a fairer way of running the country. Lenin was a very determined man and he got rid of his
Conventions of Thriller Openings.
Conventions of Thriller Openings. In order for my group and I to produce an opening sequence which is both effective and professional, we can only begin by studying and comparing previous thriller openings; from these we can establish the conventions that thriller openings are characteristic of. The use of mise-en-scene in thrillers to create suspense is approached in many different ways. The location/s included in the opening sequence can stand as a very important clue as to what the film is about; in American Psycho for example the locations are used to reflect the protagonist's contrasting civil behaviour with his nasty, and psychotic personality. This is demonstrated by locating the character's first, in a very posh and expensive-looking restaurant where you find sophisticated and respectable people dining: at this point we notice the almost kind and considerate side of the main character. The next location is a very modern club in which we gather that not all of this man's peers consist of suit and tie; the coloured lights and dancing drag queens do evoke a feeling of insanity and this reinforces the protagonist's psychotic behaviour as he threatens to kill the bar woman he is being served by. The Limey also uses mise-en-scene to help the audience establish what the narrative may be, and as we are faced with an airport followed by motel and then taxi; we as an audience
To give or not to give, that is the question.
To give or not to give, that is the question Beggars and homeless people are everywhere we go: in the streets, in the subways. Whether we should give our change to the beggars or not is a question that has surely come up in almost everyone's mind. While there are a few reasons why it is considered to be a generous thing to give money directly to the people in the street, it is becoming a widespread opinion that it is a wrong thing to do. There are many arguments against giving money to beggars. It can be argued that if we keep giving money then beggars just simply will not go away and also our money will probably support their addiction to alcohol or drugs. However, there are a few examples when our money can make a difference if giving it directly to the people who need it. All in all, it is a wiser thing to support charities which are dedicated to help people without a job or shelter than to give money to the beggars on the street. Firstly, beggars are on the street because people give money to them, giving our money does not make them stop begging and go home and lead a happy life. In fact, they stay there and continue their act. Surely if there were no money given to the beggars in the street, they would not be there. Giving money only encourages their behavior. However, those people who are suggesting us to give our change to the beggars often argue that we do not know
Assess the claim that the Media works in ways that support the ideology of the ruling class
Assess the claim that the Media works in ways that support the ideology of the ruling class The manipulative Marxist theory of the role of the media is that the media reflects the interests of the powerful, and supports their interests, this a conformist view, although Marxists do believe that the media act to legitimate or maintain the power of those who own the media. The ownership of the media has been largely concentrated and the views expressed are essentially conservative. A known theorist is Ralph Miliband who in his book "The state in Capitalist society" argues that the owners of the media exert a direct influence over there staff, this is shown in the content of their newspapers. Marxists also think that those who control the media support their social position in dominant times by exerting their beliefs and values through the media. It's also argued that the media's effect on commodity consumption because of the commercial advertising that newspapers carry, through this it is believed that the capitalist class manages to maintain it's economic power through the advertising revenue collected. The German ideology is: 'The class, which has the means of material production, has control at the same time of the means of mental production... they regulate the production and distribution of the ideas of their age: thus their ideas are those of the ruling class' Some
A Comparison Between The Techniques Used In Jurassic Park And Jurassic Park 3.
A Comparison Between The Techniques Used In Jurassic Park And Jurassic Park 3 In this essay I intend to examine the techniques used by Steven Spielberg and Joe Johnston in the films Jurassic Park and Jurassic Park 3. In Jurassic Park a group of scientists and two children go to a park where there are genetically made dinosaurs. In Jurassic Park 3 an adult and child go para scending and land on a marooned island where the only living things are dinosaurs. In Jurassic Park 3 the scientists get chased by dinosaurs and end up on the island on their own, they find a boat and get off the island. In Jurassic Park the parent find their son and return safely. Jurassic Park is almost the same story line apart from that they get away in a car. The lighting techniques in Jurassic Park are predominantly expressive. This creates tension and mystery. It also adds to the danger. In most of the scene there is a backlight, to make the dinosaur/people stand out. The very bright torches make shadows, which add to the scary feel. The small-red warning lights add to the danger as red is associated with danger. The blue tones highlight the smoky fog so the people stand out even more. This lighting technique hides things from the audience. The lighting techniques used in Jurassic Park 3 are predominantly realist. This makes the lighting as close to reality as possible. This is done to
Anlisis de "Historias que me cuento".
Análisis de "Historias que me cuento" De Julio Cortázar La obra "Historias que me Cuento", escrito por Julio Cortázar, transmite principalmente que para acceder a la plena realidad, a la pura verdad es necesario tomar en cuenta dos aspectos de la realidad; la que aparece día a día en nuestra vida cotidiana y la que se manifiesta en el plano maravilloso y ficticio, y fusionarlas como una. Por lo tanto es necesario borrar todo límite que separa ambos aspectos de la realidad. Cortázar critica al hombre occidental por no apreciar la realidad en todas sus formas, de brindarle importancia solamente a la realidad que se presenta dentro de lo fáctico. El autor escribe sobre un personaje que crea un mundo paralelo en el cual puede hacer realidad todos sus deseos, ya sean conscientes o inconscientes. Por ende, la realidad de este personaje se ve en estado puro solamente dentro del plano ficticio, destacando así la suma importancia que se le debería dar a la realidad que se encuentra dentro de lo ficticio. Es posible cuestionar cuál es realmente la auténtica realidad, ya que fuera del sueño el personaje se ve obligado a esconder fases de su personalidad y sólo dentro de las historias puede liberar su ser, puede desenvolver su verdadera personalidad; puede ser quien en verdad es. Esta confusa paradoja que dice que solamente dentro del plano de la ficción se pueden
