Essay on Gender in A Handmaid’s Tale
The prominent effects of the social construction of gender in the United States have allowed for several issues to manifest, especially in American law. Because of the institutionalization of patriarchal ideologies within the construction of gender, there have been negative consequences that have impacted various institutions within society. Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale demonstrates the demoralization of women that prevails in their government in Gilead. In the novel, the regimen of Gilad has assigned roles where men were given access to education, and women were treated as second class. The parallel between the way women are treated in The Handmaid’s Tale and the way gender has been treated in American law is prevalent within the themes of sexual discrimination, harassment, and reproduction.
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Essay on Effective Policing Strategies
Historically, law enforcement in the United States has been perceived by specific communities in various ways. In low-income areas with copious amounts of people of color, police officers have not been accepted by their constituents as amiable compared to civilians who live in more affluent areas. In cities such as Baltimore, Maryland and Ferguson, Missouri where unarmed Black men, women, and children have often been unfairly targeted by police, officers have become estranged from those communities and other urban areas across the country. This lack of trust between both parties has allowed difficulty for the police to maintain effective order amongst their specific communities. For policing to be effective, police officers must have knowledge of and cater to the specific needs of the community they are policing to effectively promote crime reduction while building public trust.
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Ethnographic Research Project on experiences at a Predominantly White Institution
Society is often fascinated in exploring persons, places, and things that are different from the majority. For example, in the 1700s white scientists were eager and fascinated with Black bodies and are still interested in exploring more about the ins and outs of the Black anatomy. This claim is evident in the story of Saartjie “Sarah” Baartman and how the “unusual” nature that was her body was displayed for tourists and others to observe in Europe. Many were fascinated with her body mainly because it was not the norm among white people. Moreover, people were able to continue sexualizing her body based on the white dominance that was placed over her, a Black Woman.
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