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The author of the short story Rape Fantasies is Margaret Atwood-She is a renowned Canadian writer of poetry and fiction, she is best known for her novel The Handmaids Tail. The short story that I chose Rape Fantasies comes from Atwood’s first collection of short stories called Dancing girls and Other Stories. “Remember no one…

It is a great shock at the age of five or six to find that in a world of Gary Coopers you are the Indian. James Baldwin The year would have been one in the late 1920s when James Baldwin was aged five or six, yet 75 years on, and many years after his death,…

You held out your hand and said you needed helping. They gave you a pathetic look and kept on stepping. The acrid rain came down and it soaked up into your shoes. You thought you had pneumonia, but it was the homeless blues. You had not voted when you had a home. You had not…

Larry Flynt Infamous pornographer and free-speech activist Larry Flynt has brought about controversy for nearly 30 years. As the editor of Hustler magazine, Flynt has publicized pornographic obscenities in several manors. By doing this, he has challenged Americas interpretation of the First Amendment, insisted that freedom of speech include obscenities and pornography, and made the…

Community service projects, local charity fundraising and leadership, these are just a few of the positive ways sororities and fraternities (greeks) contribute to local society. How is it that only the negative stereotypes are more widely known throughout most college campuses? Although the preconceived notions about greeks are that hey all lie, cheat, drink, party…

  The repeated ‘You do not do’ of the first sentence suggests a speaker that is still battling a truth she only recently has been forced to accept. After all, this is the same persona who in an earlier poem spends her hours attempting to reconstruct the broken pieces of her ‘colossus’ father. After 30…

  It is the future of the country. It has the power to change minds and create a culture of people who will hopefully contribute to that society. However, education has changed over many years, even decades. Women were not allowed to even attend school at one point, and there are still areas in the…

Safeguarding means protecting people’s health, wellbeing and human rights, and enabling them to live free from harm, abuse and neglect. It’s fundamental to high-quality health and social care. What safeguarding means for people who use care services • Safeguarding children and promoting their welfare includes:  Protecting them from maltreatment or things that are bad for…

Can be interpreted in many different ways. Although it does not have a “fixed” definition, it can generally be described as unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature when submission to or rejection of this conduct explicitly or implicitly affects an individuals employment, unreasonably interferes…

Many companies have instituted formalized sexual harassment policies. Israel Discount Bank, PepsiCo., Mitsui & Co., and Time Warner were questioned regarding their sexual harassment policy. The opening statement of a policy establishes the tone for the rest of the policy, clarifying a company’s position on the issue. Three of the above-mentioned companies opened their statements…