Response to Pgs. 500-524

Although the children in Figure 14.10 and the child in Figure 14.11 are raising money for the same cause, I believe the poster, which includes the different pictures of people suffering from the Haiti earthquake, that’s being used in the first figure is more effective than the bake sale poster.  The reason for my beliefs is because I am physically able to see how and why the many different victims in Haiti are suffering and need money to survive.  Also, since the pictures are from a newspaper, the article/picture headings help reveal the amount of people in need, which would make an impact on how much money I would give to help.  To answer one of the questions asked, I do feel it’s acceptable to use graphic representations of the affected countries and it’s residents, simply because a larger amount of people tend to give more to help out the needy.

            One’s position in the world does have an impact on how they may feel about identity, society, and culture.  For example, children living in poorer countries may feel that society as a whole is negative simply because of how they’re being treated or what they’re limited to do, see, and say in everyday life.  Also, since they aren’t exposed to other countries and different people, they aren’t able to experience different cultures, leading them to believe that everyone in the world is the same and has the same beliefs.

            A positive result of people living in poor countries is that they tend to be more appreciative of the little things in life.  They appreciate what’s given to them when being given to. They appreciate life (being alive) as a whole, unlike some Americans or residents of wealthy countries do.  We take things for granted and expect to live daily. Spoiled is what most people call it.  And I agree.

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Morality politics theory predicts that gay rights policy will reflect the influence of religious groups, party competition, and partisanship while interest group theory suggests that these policies will correspond with interest group resources, elite values, and past policy actions. Using multiple regressions on a 50-state data set and a county-level data set for gay rights initiatives in Oregon and Colorado, it was found that gay and lesbian politics are no different from those for other policy issues. When gay and lesbian rights are not salient, the pattern of politics resembles that of interest group politics. If individuals opposed to gay and lesbian rights are able to expand the scope of conflict, the pattern of politics conforms to morality politics.

Haider-Markel, Donald P., and Kenneth J. Meier. “The Politics of Gay and Lesbian Rights: Expanding the Scope of the Conflict.” The Journal of Politics. Vol. 58, No. 2. Cambridge University Press, May 1996. Journal. http://www.jstor.org/stable/2960229

This article uses responses from almost seven thousand blacks and forty-three thousand whites in 31 surveys conducted since 1973 to give more definitive answers on black-white attitudinal differences and their demographic roots. Despite their greater disapproval of homosexuality, blacks' opinions on sodomy laws, gay civil liberties, and employment discrimination are quite similar to whites' opinions, and African Americans are more likely to support laws prohibiting antigay discrimination.

Lewis, Gregory B. “Black-White Differences in Attitudes toward Homosexuality and Gay Rights.” Vol. 67, Issue 1. American Association for Public Opinion Research, 2011. Print. http://poq.oxfordjournals.org/content/67/1/59.short#cited-by

In this book, the author examines the connections, both formal and informal, that arose among gay employee networks in the early to mid 1990s, tracing the growth and development of this foundation up to the present day. The author focuses on two things: explaining the institutional and movement processes by which widely dispersed workplace activists became linked to one another; and highlighting the resources, structures, and strategies that arose from these same underorganized linkages.

Raeburn, Nicole C. Changing corporate America from Inside Out: Lesbian and Gay Workplace Rights. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2004. Page 275. Print. http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=114261219

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Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Rights

                There are many reasons as to why LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, & transgender) people should be granted the same rights as heterosexual people. In this paper, I will explain how LGBT people have been discriminated against worldwide. I will also provide examples of past court cases regarding the rights of LGBT people, and how they’ve changed the way a number of people view homosexuals as a group.

            I have found 5 different sources/journals from browsing the internet. One source, American Journal of Community Psychology, contains information regarding discrimination among LGBT people from a psychological perspective. Two journals, one being the Journal of Law and Policy, talk about laws relevant to same-sex relationships and “gay rights.” The other two provide examples of how heterosexuals feel about LGBT people and what opinions they have on the topic as a whole, and also some statistics. I do believe that I will need to find more resources that research the different views of people as far as conservatives, religious or even atheist people.

            Some problems I may encounter as I continue my research are arguments from people who believe that the Bible way is the right and only way, and that there’s no changing the way society is going to be. I would deal with this problem simply by including the different ideas said by different people and compare how effective they have been over the past few years.

Sources for Research Topic

1 - American Journal of Community Psychology-Oppression and Discrimination Among LGBT People and Communities: A Challenge for Community Psychology: Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered (LGBT) people continue to experience various forms of oppression and discrimination in North America and throughout the world, despite the social, legal, and political advances that have been launched in an attempt to grant LGBT people basic human rights. Even though LGBT people and communities have been actively engaged in community organizing and social action efforts, research on LGBT issues has been noticabley absent within the field of psychology that is clearly focused on community research and action--Comunity Psycology. The psychological and social impact of oppression, rejection, discrimination, harassment, and violence on LGBT people is reviewed, and recent advances in the areas of LGBT health, public policy, and research are detailed. http://www.springerlink.com/content/l411067qmx8016tq/

2 - Outlaws & Inlaws: Your Guide to LGBT Rights, Same-sex Relationships and Canadian Law:

The purpose of this handbook is to provide information on how lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans-identified (LGBT) people, and those in same-sex relationships, are affected by the many recent legal and political changes across Canada. Numerous laws, for example, provide both rights and responsibilities to those in same-sex relationships. In recent years, these laws have been changing at a dramatic pace.http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=fAabfIHbDykC&oi=fnd&pg=PP7&dq=LGBT+rights&ots=tbysqA-oAw&sig=OrcjbIKOZKyO2K8H7QzrbkDF-TI#v=onepage&q&f=false

3 - Journal of Law and Policy: The Sex Discimination Argument In Gay Rights Cases: The argument that bars a sexual relationship between two women or two men discriminates on the basis of sex because either partner could have had the same relationship with a person of the opposite sex. Courts considering challenges to marriage laws concluded that marriage was defined to be only for male-female couples, and therefore even a state amendment couldn't undo the prohibition on same-sex marriage. Court cases involving employment discrimination went from discrimination against women or men to anti-gay discrimination. http://heinonline.org/HOL/Page?handle=hein.journals/jlawp9&div=35&g_sent=1&collection=journals

4 - Public Opinion Quarterly: Values, Political Knowledge, and Public Opinion about Gay Rights: This article examines how political knowledge has shaped the effects of traditional morality on American public opinion about gay rights. The results suggest that the extent to which political knowledge moderates a valu's effect on opinion can depend on whether public debate provides an unquestionable frame or competing frames for that vallue. In turn, one could frame the implications of this finding for democratic politics in more than one way. http://poq.oxfordjournals.org/content/67/2/173.full.pdf+html

5 - Canadian Journal of Political Science: Political Institutions and Lesbian and Gay Rights in the U.S. and Canada: This journal discusses LGBT studies and comparative politics. The author explains why Canadians have gone much farther and faster in extending gay rights than Americans, despite a more skilled and organized LGBT movement in the US. Canadians enjoy the full complement of rights and freedoms that gays and lesbians have sought during the past several decades. Little over half of the US population lives in places that grant basic civil rights protections to gays; most states ban same-sex marriage and only a handful permit marriage or a similar status. The US legalized homosexual conduct nationwide, but over 3 decades after Canadians did.

Research Topics

Topic 1: Cell Phones - How have cell phones changed us socially? We are constantly on our cell phones whether it's for work, school, or just pleasure. Yes they're helpful when we need to get on the web, listen to music, or just contact colleagues, friends, and family, but when we have to be forced to put them away in order to get other important work done, that's when we know they've become our number one problem in society today.





Topic 2: Gay Rights - Why can't GLB (gay, lesbian, bi) people have the same rights as heterosexual people? Homosexuals are rejected time after time in everyday life. They're rejected when applying for jobs, attending church, and when they want to get married, and by society as a whole daily. Heterosexuals view homos as a "different" and unacceptable race of human beings. Homosexuals may have different views on people and how the world operates, but in the end we're all humans and whether we're hetero or homo should not be the reason as to whether or not we're able to succeed in life.

Thesis on Picture

One of the many changes that have occurred over the past few years is the drinking age. Not the legal drinking age, but the ACTUAL drinking age. I believe this picture is saying that as time passes by, more and more under age teenagers are drinking, and also that the age is continually decreasing.

Which Image??