An Elon English 110 Project
Slut shaming is an offensive practice that allows people to be degrading to others and has a serious psychological impact on individuals. Because of the way we perceive sexuality, there is a double standard that promotes slut shaming which creates psychological impacts. It causes people to feel self-conscious about themselves: they have to look and […]
Read More →Information about Sexual Assault Trials: “Rape Shield Laws” Undergoing a rape kit is a painful experience for victims of sexual assault, and many of these rape kits end up not ever being tested.Rape shield laws are put in place to try and protect the victim from questioning about their sexual history, but judges can allow […]
Read More →Tate High school students in Montgomery County protest Trump’s election This is the link to a story covered by the Washington Post about my old high school, Montgomery Blair. In the post, the author writes about the school-wide walkout in protest of Donald Trump that happened a couple weeks back. In this walkout there were […]
Read More →A college campus is one of the most densely populated areas in the country. With thousands of students on campus, the diversity of students is unreal. Every day, students are out socializing with new people they meet from across the country, or across the world. Diversity expands one’s worldliness. College may be the first opportunity […]
Read More →Many victims of sexual assault do not report because they fear the responses and labels they may receive in response. Part of the reason that many college students are silent after they are sexually assaulted is because colleges and universities fail to teach about date rape. As a result, colleges tend to foster environments that […]
Read More →The process of a sexual assault trial discourages victims from coming forward to report the crime committed against them. After surviving a sexual assault, the last thing victims should have to fear is the trial that should bring them closure, but the process of a criminal trial is grueling, degrading, and more often than not […]
Read More →Paola Kalb Third Culture Kids (or TCKs) are tasked with the challenge of navigating the rocky waters of relationships without a secure port of harbor to call home since we typically live in such transitory environments. This struggle has been something of major importance and relevance in my own life since I have had to […]
Read More →Third Culture Kids, known as TCK’s, are a unique group because they grow up learning and adapting the many cultures they are exposed to. I think TCK’s can be influenced by environment, outside sources like social medias, and family. These influences can play a significant part in their early development and affect the way TCK’s […]
Read More →Growing up as a third culture kid from a young age molded a perspective of the world for me that differed from those who grew up in their home country their entire life. Most prevalent in my middle school years, I found I was jealous of other kids who got the opportunity grow up in […]
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Mark McGuire: Due to Unavoidable Health Affects, Lying in a Problematic Situation is Unacceptable Anne Radcliffe: Lying to Solve a Problematic Situation is Necessary for Parents Aaliyah Rodgers: In Romantic Relationships, it is Not Okay to Lie to Solve Problems Brooke Wilkens: Lying is Acceptable When it Solves the Problem of Not Fitting In Additional […]
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