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…The cultural environment is made up of institutions and other forces that affect a society's basic values, perceptions, preferences, and behaviors. People grow up in a particular society that shapes their basic beliefs and values. They absorb a world…

…norms that build our individual character. Meanings are collective interpretations of situations, ideas, objects, and events (Foucault). Due to existing stereotypes of femininity in today's society, women become both sexualized and childlike under a male…

…work, engage in unplanned sexual activity, not use protection while having sex, get in trouble with campus police, damage property, or to get hurt or injured (Wechsler 5). As you can see, binge drinking can quickly ruin a student’s college career…

…was devastating. Angela’s Ashes and the Color of Water both demonstrate behavior that can be considered a family living in poverty. A deprived family is one that fails to meet some or all of the basic needs of its members. Sometimes these needs, such as food, shelter…

…, shows her want for freedom and independence by having a sexual affair with a man she had known previously. Calixta cared for her family, and worried when her husband and son were caught in the storm while at the store, she says, “Oh Bobinot! You back! My…

…to be all ears. The person who is dialing is her father’s lover. Deniz understands that from her father’s voice and behaviors. She is jealous of him. Suddenly, the plate in her hand falls down. Crashes to the floor loudly. The father quits talking. Looks at her…

…society. It is impossible to regulate the private consensual behavior of people, as the examples of Prohibition and the failed War on (Some) Drugs show (Luker, 2000). Like drinking, drug use, prostitution, and unorthodox sexual behavior, abortion…

…behaviors may peregrinate from throwing kittens into the mosh-pit at a concert, to being a calm and collected guest on the Late Show with David Letterman. Pope John Paul II adheres to traditional Roman Catholicism. He rules as the leader of the Catholic Church…

…athletics out of control? Year after year, incident after incident, totally unacceptable behavior. Why? Because intercollegiate sports dominate college education. Why? Because of the money and increased or continued enrollment that powerhouse…

…, will not be punished for wrong actions, neither will be rewarded for the good actions. An Oregon group states that in order for the parent to teach the child not to use force or fraud, the parent must monitor the child’s behavior; recognize deviant behavior when it occurs…