Critically Assess The Argument That Pornography Is Harmful To Women.
Critically Assess The Argument That Pornography Is Harmful To Women. Pornography, unlike any other media representation of sex and sexuality, has become within postmodern society a cultural category of significance (McNair1996: 1) The traditional imagery of seediness has been lost somewhat and replaced by a society that uses highly sexual imagery within the advertising industry, the music industry and also as a theme for many late night mainstream TV shows. This shift in attitudes towards the use of sexual and erotic images in today's society raises certain questions that need to be answered. What is pornography and how is pornography defined? If pornography is harmful then who does it harm and in what way? In order to fully explore the question is pornography harmful to women it is important to first define what pornography is and look closely at the different arguments around defining it. Pornography is in the main understood as being photographs or video images of explicit sexual acts. So despite the fact that there are some differences of opinion on the definition of pornography most people would appear to agree that its content is sex. Although it has been claimed that 'what pornography is really about, ultimately, isn't sex but death. (Sontag 1982: 105) that said, to most commentators images to be defined, as pornographic not are
Analysis of creativity in an English language text
E301THE ART OF ENGLISH: TUTOR MARKED ASSIGNMENT 05 The inspiration for the material used in this assignment arose from a service of thanksgiving for the local hospice that I attended a few weeks ago. The speaker used a passage from Mark's Gospel to illustrate one of the healing miracles of Jesus, and to draw out aspects of plot and character from the text. This gave me the idea that it would be suitable for this assignment, so my purpose is to examine the characterisation and plot which are revealed in the text and how this might provide evidence of creativity. The passage is from Mark chapter 5, verses 24 to 34, taken from the New International Version of the bible, and I have retained the verse numbering for reference. The text is included at appendix 1. There are three different approaches that can be taken to creativity in language: an inherency model, a socio-cultural model and a cognitive model. (Carter, 1999, cited by Swann, 2006, p10.) In an inherency model of creativity, the concern is how the text is constructed, with the emphasis on the language used. A socio-cultural approach takes into consideration the background of the speaker and the writer, and the social, cultural and even historic contexts of the text. It is concerned with the effect that the effect that the language produces on the receiver. A cognitive approach to language examines links between
Rules of negation in British Sign Language
The Syntax of British Sign Language Assignment: two Formulate three grammatical rules in the following area of BSL grammar: Negation. Discuss the impact of your chosen methodology upon your findings. There are many languages in the world from spoken, signed, and written forms. Language is a code made up of a set of rules that include what words or signs mean. Individuals communicating with each other share it, and it allows them to exchange their thoughts and ideas. It can be expressed through writing, signing, or even gestures depending on an individual's communication mode. What is grammar? Grammar is the system of a language that sets out the rules that are followed by the users of the language. It is how words can be formed and put together and how sentences can be structured to convey meaning. It deals with the syntax and word order of a language and is a useful aid in the learning of a language. Linguist can study any language, analyse it and tell us how it is built and structured. If we were to construct a sentence in a language, we would know if it was grammatically correct from this research from linguist and our prior knowledge of the language. Languages can be compared with each other to see what rules each of them have, to see if they are alike and whether they have the same characteristics. Within this piece, we will look into negation. We will look at
Helping Skills with a client.
Helping Skills Lecture Assignment Mark P. Borg ID 349383(M) B. Psychology 2nd Year Tutorial Lecturer: Ms. Christianne Sullivan Something about the client: Client is female nearly 18 years of age. She is second born. Her parents are in the process of getting separated. The separation process has already been going on for the past 6 years and hasn't yet finished. I have known the client for approximately one year. We have already had other possibilities to talk about some of her problems. One particular thing that she cannot stand is people shouting at her. She is also in scouting and takes care of young children, something she loves a lot. She is aware of her situation and has taken her time in the past to analyse her situation. She has already done the asking, the whys, the hows and has come up with solutions to suit her situation. I was aware of her parents' separation before this exercise but we have never gone into so much detail. Throughout this particular session the client opened up a lot. As one listens to the recording one will immediately notice that during this session the client just started saying everything. She seemed to want to get everything off her chest. At one particular point she got so into saying what was happening that I didn't dare interrupt. I felt she needed to get rid of it, as if she wanted to grab everything that was bugging her, all that,
The Past, Present And Future of American English
Seminar Leader: Khanh Duc Kuttig Graham Buchanan gb219 9th April 2009 School of European Culture and Language Studies English Language Unit LZ325 Global communication: English as a World Language The Past Present and Future of American English Table of Contents Section One p1 -4 Section Two p4-8 Interview Transcript Appendix 1 Television Listings Appendix 2 Sample Questionnaire + Results Appendix 3 Section One The first section of the essay will focus on how American English (AE) has developed, the differences between American English and British English, including lexis, grammar, style and spelling and to suggest reasons as to why this divergence happened. The second section is attempting to show how British English (BE) has been influenced by American English (AE) including some of my own research. According to author Bill Bryson, when the British pilgrims arrived in America, firstly in 1607, founding the first English settlement of Jamestown, and secondly in 1620 on board the Mayflower, both bringing with them the language of an Elizabethan England (Bryson, 1998). For the next 200 hundred years the immigrants were predominantly British, 90% of the first 4 million settlers were of British origin, hence why the English language has prevailed (Bryson, 1998). It is worth noting however that America still to this day has no official
Comparing the pesentation of a political story in two British newspapers.
Oksana Markova (A2153126) E303 TMA05 Step 1 At first sight the first Article (broadsheet Daily Telegraph) is delivering the news in a positive way, so that Mr Osborne’s introduced changes come across like good news, with only some side effects of possible changes introduced in the end of the article. The second article however (tabloid Morning Star) openly positions the reader in a negative way towards Mr Osborne and criticises him and the budget changes he announced with strong negative evaluation. The Daily Telegraph is generally a Conservative publication and Morning Star is social democratic (Wiki, 2012) , and I think, politically ideological views are reflected in these publications and shared ideology of readership for a particular newspaper is assumed. As the news links differently with each side of political ideologies it reflects in the language it’s being delivered. The first Article reflects a positive point of view on Mr Osborne’s presented changes and the news being delivered in a relatively formal way, focusing on positives first (some evaluative language) then mentions some side effects of the planned changes in a relatively neutral way (no evaluation). The second article also delivers the news however focused more on passing a negative judgement of the Chancellor and his introduced changes. Article being delivered in a relatively
The Confederate Flag Controversy.
The Confederate Flag Controversy By: Chris Barfield Living in this diversified country, the one thing that everyone has in common is the fact that we all live under the American Flag. It symbolizes that this is the land of the free, and represents a part of this country's history just as the Confederate Flag does. The Confederate flag for some people is a symbol of racism and oppression. For others it remains a nostalgic source of pride. Still for others, it's simple design grants testament to that turbulent era in American history, where American stood against American, glared one another in the eye, and attacked with barely a thought as to why. Is history destined to repeat itself? Are we as Americans prepared to divide ourselves again over the Confederate flag? Will there ever be a day when at last man can sit back; taking with him one thing that has escaped unscathed from controversy? I think not! I fear we live in a restless society where issues like the Confederate flag will always be a problem. What symbol is so important that we spend years debating over, we waste lives fighting for, our best minds quarrelling over, and precious manpower defending? The answer is quite simple "The Flag." This simple but complex piece of material holds many different meanings for many different people. Since its conception in late 1861, the Confederate flag was designed to
Discuss the cultural and political history that led English to become a world language. Give linguistic examples from any community to illustrate your answer
The extent to which the English Language has achieved global significance is phenomenal, in that no other language has ever been able to achieve such a status of linguistic eminence. According to Crystal (1997) a language achieves global status when it develops a special role that is recognised, either culturally or politically, in every country, across every continent of the world. He also signifies that a global language is not affected by the quantity of those who speak the language, but much more concerning who those people are, in that ‘without a strong power base, whether political, military or economic, no language can make progress as an international medium of communication.’ (Crystal, D. 1997:5) Throughout history, an international language becomes so for one principal reason; that being ‘the political power of its people.’ (Crystal, D. 1997:7) It is important to look at the historical significance of English in its ascension to linguistic dominance and its current position as an international language. There are two primary facets in relation to this ascension, them being geographical-historical and socio-cultural aspects. The geographical-historical aspect determines how English reached its position of pre-eminence, whilst the socio-cultural aspect provides an explanation as to why the language remains in this position of power. Speakers of English
Women in Politics Essay. Power and Pornography: Male Supremacy or Antipornography Propaganda?
Tyler Coghill 250147323 Dr. J. Newman Women in Politics Essay Power and Pornography: Male Supremacy or Antipornography Propaganda? Pornography is an issue that constantly divides feminists into groups and often divides those groups further. Pornography by definition is "any material (books and photographs) that depicts erotic behaviour and is intended to cause sexual stimulation." (Micheal, 68) Three of the common stances taken by feminists on the issue of pornography are that it is 'evil' and harmful to women and damaging to the ultimate goal of the women's movement, therefore it should be censored. Another also accuses pornography as being 'evil' but sees censorship of it as the bigger 'evil' of the two. The least favourable among most feminist groups is the idea that pornography is a venue for the liberation of female sexuality. These three separations of belief come from fundamental disagreement on specific issues surrounding pornography and its effect on women and gender equality. Andrea Dworkin has taken a long time stance against pornography and everything it stands for; she is a hard line antipornographer. She believes that "the major theme of pornography as a gene is male power, its nature, its magnitude, its use, its meaning. Male power, as expressed in and through pornography, is discernible in discrete but interwoven, reinforcing strains: the power of
I still haven't identified my mother. My stepmother is great, infact, she is brilliant, she has never made me feel like an outsider or a reject, always treated me as one of her own. I have never sensed loneliness. Although I would love to know who ...
Rita.... Who is she? I still haven't identified my mother. My stepmother is great, infact, she is brilliant, she has never made me feel like an outsider or a reject, always treated me as one of her own. I have never sensed loneliness. Although I would love to know who my biological mother is. What she looks like?, the colour of her hair?, what her smile looks like?, If we have the same features Why did she rejected me at birth?... * * * * * * * * * * I'm late, better get out of the house otherwise Vijay will start the silent treatment again. Since the past year, every day Vijay picks me up from the corner of the road. Surprisingly no one in my family has noticed yet. Mum knows I talk to boys, but picking me up round the corner-, she would freak! Well that's a different story. They're easy going and everything, but when it comes to boys, they don't trust me. My parents also know I'm friends with him but what they don't know is that were best friends. Today is my last day at home before I go to university. Most of my possessions have been shifted. I've done my final packing, now it just needs to be shifted from my house to my flat. That's it, after the shifting there's no coming back, well... I will come back but not for a very long time. Mum and dad had left the house early today to open the post office. They went early because there was meant to be a special