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    The Social Problem of Abortion The Social Problem of Abortion From my sociological imagination I believe that abortion is a social problem. I was raised Catholic. My mother comes from a strong Catholic Hispanic family and my dad was raised with strong white protestant values. I was brought up to believe that abortion was wrong. For the most part my mother believed that all abortion was wrong while my dad probably believed that it was okay if the mother’s life was in danger or possible in

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    According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, abortion is the termination of a pregnancy that results in, is accompanied by, after, or closely followed by the death of a fetus or embryo. Abortion is not a social problem that has developed strictly in America in recent years. In fact, the legality of abortion has been debated as early as 1588 when “Pope Sixtus V issued a papal bull forbidding abortion as punishment for the sexual sin of intercourse” (Rose, p xiii, 2008). A little over two hundred

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    LGBTQ Is A Social Problem

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    According to Mooney, social problem is a social condition that a segment of society views as harmful to members of society and in need of remedy. There are many social problems in our country, and one of them is the LGBTQ community and their rights. The LGBTQ communities have been a social problem since long ago. They face many problems and injustice that might include harassments and discrimination. According to Subhrajit, “LGBTQ people are very likely to be involved with prejudice, harassment

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    with numerous social problems that has cast a negative light onto the region. When most people think about Appalachia’s socioeconomic stature they immediately assume poor and uneducated, with the lack of economy in the region comes a lack of education and many other negative connotations. Without a sound and sturdy socioeconomic background, the citizens of Appalachia are the ones that suffer. The effects of poverty resonate way beyond the surface of Appalachia’s basic social problems and can be seen

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    Poverty as a Social Problem Magdalena Brania Mrs. Kropf May 27, 2015 Poverty is inscribed in the history of the world, but it is not inherent fate of every human being. It is also not related to the human nature, which does not mean that it can not be due to its nature. All communities experience it, with a greater or lesser extent way causing psychological and sociological conflicts. Society who have to deal with poverty is not only from undeveloped countries, but also developed countries

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    in 2000 from their own allowances and earnings, and also they influenced $250 billion of family spending. (Oates, Blades & Gunter, 2003). In this paper, it will being explaining what social problems are caused when children are marketed to and what we can do to stop it. I argue that marketing to children is a problem because it causes children to be obese from food commercials and ads, they

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    from their own allowances and earnings, and also they influenced $250 billion of family spending. (Oates, Blades and Gunter, 2003, pg.401). In this paper, it will being explaining what social problems are caused when children are marketed to and what we can do to stop it. I argue that marketing to children is a problem because it causes children to be obese from food commercials and ads, they have a lot of buying power, which influences parents, they have too much access to media, which has a lot of

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    The Problem of Social Cost The Problem of Social Cost by R.H. Coast is an article examining the economic problem of externalities. The example of externality is a firm’s smoke imposed negative effects on neighbor properties. The standard economic analysis such of the economic situation is generally defined in differences terms of private and social good followed by the treatment of Pigou Economic Welfare. The standard economic analysis results in achieving most of the economists desires to hold firms

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    Social Problems and Drug Abuse Prescription drug abuse has been around for well over two centuries, but only recently has research begun to track the abuse and how to stop it. Surveys began in 1970 to document the abuse and has continues since. Although, in 1980 and much of the 90's more pressing items took the front lines and prescription drug abuse was sent to a lower priority. More concern was with street drugs and the crimes that were being committed due to the use of them. Early to mid-1990's

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    assumed to be the underlying problem in a lot of cases where it doesn’t necessarily apply. There are a number of problems in society that can’t be fixed because the solution is designed around the idea that inequality is the issue, and if people were to identify the true underlying problem in a lot of cases: social class, then we can concoct a solution to address the

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