Food pricing at professional sports games are ridiculous.  How many times have you ever heard someone say “wow what a deal $20.00 for a cheesesteak a drink!” while being at a sporting event? Chances are you most likely haven’t.  For my research paper I would like to dive into the unspoken truth that pricing at concession stands are unreasonable and should be changed for not only to better the experience for the spectators but also to improve the profit margin made by the concession stands.

Your claim is that food concession prices at professional sporting games are . . . exploitive? . . . unconscionable? . . . unethical? . . . illegal? . . . bad business? . . .  Clarify this essential point and clean up your grammar. Pricing (ARE?) ridiculous? Pricing (ARE?) unreasonable? FOR not only to better? [The grammar probably won’t survive to the next rewrite, but the claims probably will.] Strengthen and clarify the claims.

Nowadays people tailgate not only just because it’s a fun little tradition fans of sports look forward to participating in every year but also to save some money.  Even if the prices of concession stands go down I still believe that people will continue to tailgate but tailgating is not the problem.  If prices go down people will potentially buy more while in the stadium especially when the price is right.  The fact of the matter is people already paid for a ticket, parking and possibly their significant other or children.  By reducing prices I believe that it will be a win-win for both the spectator and the stadium concession stands.

What’s your point here, Harambe? Has anybody ever identified tailgating as THE REASON prices for stadium concessions are so high? You write as if this were an obvious argument, but it’s not. You need to establish that others say it’s so. Otherwise, who are you arguing with?

http://www.sports-management-degrees.com/stadium/

The Essential Content of the Article:  This article gives percentages, and statistics of pricing for professional sports teams.  Using these statistics will give my reader a better understanding and facts to support my claim.

That’s not obvious from your summary. Do the statistics in the article demonstrate that stadium prices are 5 times as high as out-of-stadium prices for similar items? If so, that would be “the essential content of the article.” You haven’t said so. You haven’t said anything at all. You say the article has statistics: that is a meaningless statement. Are you understanding the difference?

What It Proves:  That pricing at professional sports games are high.  Using this source along with some of my others I can prove they could potentially increase their profit margin if they lower their prices.

Show me.

http://jse.sagepub.com/content/8/2/183.full.pdf+html

The Essential Content of the Article:  An article written by a scholar that I will use to support my claim that not only concession stand prices are high but a better look at the overall pricing for just the experience at a professional sports game is high.  This article shows a time lapse of over the years of when the increase occurs what happens to the overall demand.

You’re doing it again. Does the article demonstrate that every time prices go up, volume of sales decreases? That would be “the essential content of the article.” Later, you might be able to prove that the decrease in sales is enough to damage profits. That would be “the essential content” of the second article. Please notice that your statement avoids drawing ANY conclusion: “when the increase occurs what happens to the overall demand.” WHAT HAPPENS is the conclusion you need to draw.

What It Proves:  When a price increase occurs the demand seems to drop.  It shows that people either eat before or after but avoid eating at games because of the insane pricing.

This is more like it, but misses by one step. If it proves that demand drops, that’s useful. But if it also shows that profits fall, it REALLY proves something.

http://www.therichest.com/sports/top-10-most-expensive-concessions-at-sporting-events-2/

The Essential Content of the Article: This source shows how ridiculous some concession stands really are.  It gives the top most expensive items from professional sports teams concession stands currently still active today.

Well . . . you could find precisely similar data showing how much diners overpay for wine at fine restaurants, or for “bottle service” at clubs. Doing so, you might inadvertently prove the opposite of what you intend: that at exclusive venues, EVERY property owner will gouge customers as much as possible.

What it Proves: That concession stands are unreasonable and which stadiums take advantage of their fans the most.

That’s interesting and might give you a shot at a better paper. Do stadiums whose customers CAN afford to pay more take more advantage of those customers than stadiums whose customers CAN’T?

https://consumerist.com/2010/04/25/baseball-park-food-is-so-overpriced-do-i-still-have-to-tip/

The Essential Content of the Article: The title of this article speaks volumes for itself. Prices are outrageous and I am not the only one who feels this way.  This author goes into detail explaining his experience at a Major League Baseball game.

Not clear on the content here. Does it contain data on comparative prices relative to other entertainment venues (movie theaters? clubs? fine restaurants? live theater lobbies?)? Or is it just a screed from somebody who feels ripped?

What it Proves: That many others including myself feel that something needs to be done about pricing at professional sporting events.  People are questioning whether they even need to tip which should be a wake up call as this can affect not only their overall sales but the overall attitude of their employees.

Not quite feeling this. Tips have absolutely nothing to do with the cost of food items. I grant you, the markup does make 15% seem like a radical overpayment for service rendered. THAT is a reasonable argument for any sane person. Why do we tip based on the size of the bill instead of the amount of service rendered?

The Essential Content of the Article: This explains from one author’s [opinion] [point of view] why prices are so high at sporting events and just in general.  That is because they know people are going to pay it.  This article gives me another opinion to use in my paper.

Not quite. “People are going to pay it” is never the answer. The answer is always: “Enough people will pay it so that we make a bigger profit than we would if we lowered the prices.”  THAT’S the claim you need to refute if you want to argue for change.

What It Proves: At least from this [authors] [author’s] understanding that pricing is high because they know people are going to pay it.  They know they  [can not] [cannot] bring their own stuff into the game and people are going to want food, or a snack and that these concession stands are in full control of the experience.

For my research paper, I delve into the concepts of generations and how the dividing of age groups by name brings condemnatory views against the groups due to name alone. The labeling of millennials being lazy and narcissistic is commonly imposed by even something as prestigious as Time magazine. Yet this blatant hatred for the other generation is commonplace and has been instilled for people to criticize the people who “live it easy” no matter what generation they are from. The Baby Boomers criticize Generation X, Generation X criticize Generation Y also known as the Millennials, and the Millennials will inevitably criticize the next generation (creatively named Generation Z).

Even though the animosity between generations is essentially cyclical, the fact of the matter is the idea of generations doesn’t even really exist. The Census Bureau that calculates different data of the population, such as religious concentration, of the United States does not define generations other than the Baby Boomers who were born in the years from 1946 – 1964. Instead, the media becomes the deciding factor of the derogatory attributes imposed on the generations. Magazines such as Time and Life to countless news programs are caught time and time again bashing the people below them throughout history.

 

Your Generational Identity is a Lie

The Essential Content of the Article: The article speaks of generations as a definition/ class that people made to label themselves. With the labels, that are made from the people rather than officially stated, the people then impose characteristics that may or may not be true to the entire demographic. It also touches on the gray areas of determining generations, with the many names each generation receives and how arbitrary the years that define the generations really are.

What it Proves: This article emphasizes how weak the definitions of generations truly are and how this system of generalizing massive amounts of people under one category really is quite detrimental

 

Millennials: The Me Me Me Generation

The Essential Content of the Article: A Time article that showcases the proof that the stereotypes of Millenials are indeed true. Calling the Millenials the Me generation, the author writes of how the millennials became narcissistic due to technology and the self-esteem needed for academic success. He then speaks of how millennials need to be engaged or else can’t otherwise be bothered. Speaks about the unneeded dependency that the millennials have and the pointless culture that thrives from it. The author then states some positives that coexist with the negatives, such as being more optimistic and idealists.

What it Proves: This article is an embodiment of a majority of the criticisms that generations impose on the millennials. The sense of superiority along with the dismissing of logical reasons behind observations while assuming many negative characteristics showcases the divide between generations.

 

“The Generation Gap”

The Essential Content of the Article: This article speaks criticizes the Baby Boomers from its more relaxed views on drugs to their work ethics.

What it Proves: This article instates the idea that the discrimination of the younger generation is timeless. No matter what period of time it is, the previous generation criticizes the later due to differences in culture and technology and is bound to repeat itself over and over again

Most Millennials Resist the ‘Millennial’ Label

The Essential Content of the Article: Consists of numerous studies of a sample size of 3147 people that asks numerous questions to different generations in regards to their own generation. It is found that the millennials  are less likely to embrace the label Millenial compared to Baby Boomers embracing the label Baby Boomers and are more likely to attribute negative traits such as being self-absorbed and wasteful. Alternatively, older Generations such as the Baby Boomers and the silent generation see themselves in more of a positive light, attributing traits such as hard-working and moral.

What it Proves: The finding that Millenials are more ashamed of their generations while the older generations are more prideful even though they both consist of the same amount of ‘good’ and ‘bad’ people showcases how the label of generations negatively impact the younger generations. The older generations that see themselves with a rose-tinted lens easily bash on the younger generations who are being brought up thinking that it is truth.

 

What Is A ‘Millennial’ Anyway? Meet The Man Who Coined The Phrase

The Essential Content of the Article: Speaks about Neil Howe and William Strauss and coining the term Millenials. At first, there was no name for the generation X and was called 133ers as they were the 13th generation after Benjamin Franklin in their book that studied the different generations. Eventually, they coined the term millennial to showcase the importance of the generation that would deal with the new millennium which would be drastically different. Different sources then used the term Millenials is different books and studied and the name stuck. However, it is noted that the people are adverse to it, as the deem the label derogatory as people label millennials narcissistic. Howe dismisses the idea, asserting, “One person’s narcissism is another person’s healthy self-esteem.”  

 

What it Proves: The article proves the manner of how the name of a generation arises; rather than many different scholars that observe the grouping of different age groups and all agree to name, it essentially becomes whatever names catches on. The person who coined the term even rejects the idea that the label is not good for the people in the generation, even though millennials themselves have shown that they do not enjoy the label millennials

For my paper I decided to write about Vancouver’s growing problem with heroin. Vancouver is giving addicts the best heroin on earth for free as well as clean needles, supervision, and assistance. The city believes that what they are doing is actually helping these addicts problem but that it is also lowering the rate of crimes that these addicts out do in order to get the drugs. By supplying the clean heroin, they are keeping them off the streets and preventing many hospital visits.
http://www.pri.org/stories/2015-02-04/vancouver-combats-heroin-giving-its-addicts-best-smack-world

Background: This article gives general information about what is happening in Vancouver as well as things that are being provided with the clinics.

How It Will Be Used: I will use these general details of the issue so I can get a better understanding of what is going on.

https://www.bustle.com/articles/50901-prescription-heroin-in-vancouver-will-be-handed-to-addicts-in-a-game-changing-experiment

Background: This article covers the cause of many addicts overdoses are due to another drug that is being sold as heroin.

How It Will Be Used: I will use this to show the clinics are keeping addicts from running into this other drug in the streets.
http://content.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1926160,00.html

Background: This article displays where this idea manifested. It also discusses the effects of weaning people off of heroin.

How It Will Be Used: I will use this article to show how it can work and that it has worked before.

http://sciencenordic.com/heroin-clinics-improve-addicts-lives

Background: This article shows that the heroin clinics have lower dropout rates and that many positive things that have come from them.

How It Will Be Used: I can use this to show the positive side of giving heroin to addicts.
https://www.drugs.com/illicit/heroin.html

Background: This article explains how heroin is about 2-3 times more potent than morphine. It also provides information on how it is taken and what the effects are.

How It Will Be Used: This shows the idea of providing heroin in a safe way and with safe tools.

For my research essay I will be examining how one state has a higher murder rate compared to the neighboring state who has considerably less strict gun laws. Throughout the past few years some states have become more stern in terms of gun laws as a result to lower the murder rate. Other states have remained to keep their laws the same because thats what they deem traditional. Statistics provided by Neighboorhoodscout.com, has revealed that the murder rate of Chicago, Illinois compared to St. Louis, Missouri is much higher due to the fact that Chicago, Illinois was at the top of the list and St. Louis, Missouri was two spots away from the bottom of the list. Based off this evidence it leaves people to wonder if states enforce strict gun laws why is their murder rate is so much higher than states who have gun laws that are not as strict?

During the process of my research I was able to discover that in Chicago,Illinois that most gun related crimes have been committed with guns outside that city or state. This means people are bringing guns from other states into Illinois to commit crimes. Another report showed that the gun laws of Missouri could be argued to be one of the weakest gun laws. This was discovered in the article when the author stated how the regulations in Missouri are similar to other mid west and deep south states, claiming them to be lenient. However even though these laws are lenient they still have lower murder rates in comparison to states with strict gun laws. A noticeably difference between the two states would be within Missouri, their gun laws have remained the same due to their traditional views. Missouri’s traditional views of allowing people to easily obtained guns would eliminate one of Illinois problems. The on going problem in Illinois is most gun related crimes are committed with guns outside of that state. If Illinois where to lessen their gun laws people would not need to bring guns outside the state.

Sources:

1)  Does Chicago Have the Strictest Gun Laws in the Country?

The Essential Content of the Article: This article goes in depth about Chicago’s gun laws stating if they are in fact the strictest gun laws or not. Throughout the article it uses quotes from people such as the Chicago police officers and Donald Trump. Later in the article it uses a table and pictures of shootings within Chicago since 2010 to help support their claim.

What it Proves: This article proves that Chicago, Illinois may have strict gun laws but that does not necessarliy mean they are the strictest laws in the country. The article also proves that residents within Chicago do not follow the strict gun laws because people continue to bring in guns from different states.

2) Missouri Gun Laws

The Essential Content of the Article: This article reveals each fact in terms of gun laws in Missouri. This article informs the reader about the different gun laws Missouri has within its state borders and how some of the gun laws in Missouri are similar to other mid west and deep south states.

What it Proves: This article proves Missouri’s gun laws are very lenient and how Missouri is susceptible about gun trafficking because their laws are so weak but neighboring states are stricter and it could be a possibility guns are being exported from Missouri. Another point that was proven was likewise to other mid west and deep south states Missouri shares similar traditional values in terms of gun laws which could be one of the reasons Missouri’s gun laws are lenient.

3) Top 30 Highest Murder Rate Cities

The Essential Content of the Article: This article shows a ranking system of the highest murder rates ranking from 30 to 1, 30 being the highest and 1 being the lowest. Data collected for the ranking system involves, cities with 25,000 or more people, the number of murders reported to the FBI to have occurred in each city and the population of each city.

What it Proves: This article emphasizes the ranking system of the highest murder rate listing the different cities in order from 30 to 1 and some states have more than one city in this list proving that some states murder rates are higher than those who did not make the list.

4) Illinois Gun Laws

The Essential Content of the Article: This article reveals that Illinois is very strict in terms of gun laws.In terms of registration for a gun it is not required expect the city of Chicago. Within the city of Chicago a registration for any firearm is required

What it Proves: The article points out the various laws within Illinois and informs the audience about each specific law.

5) NRA-ILA

The Essential Content of the Article: This article reveals the facts about gun laws within Illinois. The article also goes in depth about certain requirements that need to be met before obtaining a firearm as well as requirements for purchasing a firearm online.

What it Proves: This article emphasizes not only what is needed to obtained a firearm, as well as the laws that pertain to firearms but also particular things that exceptions depending on the gun law.

 

For my research paper i will be researching if, and how much, race plays as a factor in getting pulled over and furthermore, the events that transpire throughout the process of a routine stop.

Sources:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/07/08/the-big-question-about-why-police-pull-over-so-many-black-drivers/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2014/09/09/you-really-can-get-pulled-over-for-driving-while-black-federal-statistics-show/

http://www.bjs.gov/index.cfm?ty=tp&tid=702

Reality Check: Are Black Drivers Pulled Over More Than White Drivers?

http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-cops-race-injury-20160725-snap-story.html

In my research I am going to shine the light on the many unjust realities against people of color in our U.S. justice system. Our Justice system was designed to punish every person who breaks the law to the fullest extent of the law. If someone robs a bank our justice system is supposed to give them the maximum punishment established by law. In many cases this is not what happens. In cases around the U.S. people of color are being sentenced to longer jail times than a Caucasian person who committed the same crime.

According to a graph on the population of prisoners under correctional supervision was around 6,000,000 in 2014. It is shown that 60 percent of those incarcerated are people of color. That means approximately 3,600,000 of those people were either African American or Hispanic. This is a problem overlooked by the U.S. Someone might object to the fact that there is a problem but my research will expose the problem in the justice system.

Sources

1. “Key Statistic: Total Correctional Population“

The Essential Content of the Article: This is a website that gives the annual population of the United States. It also gives the populations percentages of different races.

What it Proves: The numbers given in my research are accurate.

2. “The top 10 most startling facts about people of color and criminal justice system in the United States.”

The Essential Content of the Article: This article presents numerous facts about the unjust problems in the United States justice system. It mostly highlights the vast amount of people of color incarcerated.

What is Proves: People of color are being flooded in the correction system.

3. “Criminal Justice Fact Sheet”

The Essential Content of the Article: This article proposes the percentages of crimes such as having illegal drugs witch committed by people of color and Caucasians. It shows that even though it is the same crime people of color are more likely to get arrested and convicted.

What it Proves: It proves that there is a problem that should be fixed in the system.

4. “Stanley ‘Tookie’ Williams”

The Essential Content of the Article: This file gives the details of the crime committed by Stanley. It shows how his conviction played out from his crime to his execution.

What it Proves: It proves that Stanley committed murder and was punishes to the fullest extent of the law by the death penalty.

5. “Charles Manson”

The Essential Content of the Article: This file gives details of the crimes committed my Charles Manson. It reports the case against Charles Manson in it’s entirety.

What it Proves: It proves that Manson was found guilty on murder and conspiracy and was sentenced to death but was granted life in prison because the state of California abolished the death penalty.

Many people talk about Tinder, and other dating sites, often with jest and a lack of seriousness; however it does have a major impact on our society. The age in which people are getting married has been going up consistently in the past few decades, and especially in the past few years. I plan to prove how the dating culture has been corrupted by mobile dating apps that have given way to “hookup culture”. I firmly believe there is a connection between increased use of the internet for “dating” and lower rates of young people in committed monogamous relationships. The purpose of my essay is not to condemn alternative lifestyles, or “hookups” but to prove and analyze the relationship between their popularity and apps like Tinder.

As a child of the 21st century, the downfall of marriage and monogamy seems to be a part of my future. As a college student hearing about Tinder hookups and awkward dates is a very common thing.

1.)

http://www.cnn.com/2015/08/18/opinions/robbins-tinder-online-dating/

Essential content of the article: This CNN article brings up how Tinder has created a marketplace for casual sex. It raises a lot of questions and does have some good points to adhere to.

What it proves: There is reference to other written works discussing Tinder that prove it promotes casual sex.

2.)

Click to access MS-2.pdf

Essential content of the article: It is not so much of an article as much it is a graph provided by the U.S. Census that shows median age of marriage in the USA from 1890 to present.

What it proves: This is a great representation of higher ages of settling down. It shows the subtle rise in marriage ages.

3.)

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/09/tinder-dating-app_n_3044472.html

Essential Content of the article: Huffington Post recognizes how Tinder turns dating into a commodity or game instead of something that is treated with respect.

What it proves:
The article proves how the app has turned people away from dating. It also talks about more than just Tinder being used- furthering my point that it is all dating sites.

4.)

https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-teen-doctor/201111/why-dont-teens-date-anymore

Essential content of article: This essay is looking at how teens do not date anymore. It provides insight from a parent (a different viewpoint of dating).

What it proves: The essay has to be taken with a grain of salt because it clearly is disapproving of hookups and sexual promiscuity. However it does make good points about the popularity of hooking up over dating.
5.)

http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/study-tinder-use-linked-to-negative-psychological-effects-0815161

Essential content of article: Most of my articles are about Tinder and dating, this one is about Tinder and self esteem. The point made here can be useful within my argument, even if it is not directly.

What it proves: This article proves that Tinder can affect people psychologically, while other articles were more speculative.

For my research essay I will be examining if standardized test scores are truly indicative of a school’s performance. In the United States, K-12 education as of recently has been dominated by high stakes standardized tests. These tests are often used to generalize not only student intelligence, but also school and teacher quality. While many believe this is a fair basis since standardized tests are equal across the nation, there are many other aspects that this group fails to consider. Availability of resources, testing bias, and socioeconomic factors all play a role in making standardized tests not so equal.

As the United States continues to reform national education plans, standardized testing should be a way to start. It is hard to believe that one standardized test could be used as the factor that decides how successful a student, teacher, and school is. The intense high stakes that are put on standardized testing show the system’s lack of value for education on a day-to-day basis.

Sources:

Standardized Testing: Harmful to Educational Health

The Essential Content of the Article: This article, instead of merely stating that standardized testing is harmful, breaks down each specific reason that standardized testing is not as standard as believed. The beginning of the article cites specific research studies that show flaws in the standardized testing system such as test validity and testing bias. The end of the article researches how standardized testing impacts schools and students.

What it Proves: My thesis is that standardized testing isn’t truly indicative of student and school performance and this article points out the specific flaws that make testing a bad indicator. This source does not delve deeply into each flaw, but will allow me gain enough knowledge to do more research. This article also provides great research about the harm that high-stake testing does to schools.

How Standardized Is School Testing? An Exploratory Observational Study of Standardized Group Testing in Kindergarten

The Essential Content of the Article: The entire article is dedicated to one study where 10 kindergartens were observed while administering the “same” standardized test. The conditions and behaviors in each individual classroom allowed the researchers to conclude that the tests, although meant to be standardized, were actually incomparable.

What it Proves: This article provides a credible study that displays that standardized testing is not always standard. This will be used as evidence to support my thesis that standardized testing is not a good indicator of school and student performance. Since the tests are not as equal as they seem, shown in this study, it shows that it is not a strong factor to use to compare schools nationwide.

The Impact of Standardized Testing on Minority Students

The Essential Content of the Article: The article researches three types of bias in standardized testing: bias due to content factors, bias due to norms, and bias in testing conditions. The purpose of the article is to highlight the unfairness of standardized testing on minority students and how it will affect them throughout their life. The bulk of the article is spent citing specific research and adding more detail to support the claims made in the beginning.

What it Proves: The article highlights a clear problem in the standardized testing system. Minority students are at a clear disadvantage and this article provides the information needed to back up that claim. Since minority students are not on an equal playing field, this helps support my thesis because standardized tests cannot be a strong indicator of school and student performance if they are not fair to everyone.

Why Standardized Tests Do Not Measure Educational Quality

The Essential Content of the Article: The article is devoted to backing up the central claim that using standardized tests to measure school quality is like measure temperature with a tablespoon. The article argues that when they were invented, the mission of standardized testing was to evaluate what skills that students possessed at certain levels. This knowledge was then meant to be used to modify curriculum to better fit the desired skills. Therefore, it is completely wrong to use standardized testing to rank schools when its purpose is to improve schools. The article uses real questions from past standardized tests to emphasize the flaws and biases within the system.

What it Proves: This article, instead of just focusing on today, goes back into the history of standardized testing. This will allow me to demonstrate a rise in importance of testing and show how that has harmed schools. It also proves, by using actual questions from tests, the biases in standardized testing. This knowledge will allow me to better back up the idea that testing cannot be an accurate indicator of success. The tests were never meant to evaluate school quality, but rather to improve curriculum.

Standardized Tests Do Not Effectively Measure Student Achievement

The Essential Content of the Article: This article examines the idea of “student achievement.” Many would define student achievement as a student’s success on state tests, however the author urges that tests fail to reward students for many important characteristics. Creativity, critical thinking, resilience, motivation, curiosity, resourcefulness, and enthusiasm are just some of the many vital characteristics that standardized tests do not measure. These characteristics are undeniably important to have yet a child’s achievement can be judged without even considering them.  The article also argues that standardized testing promotes shallow thinking students. Students are urged to seek out the quickest and most obvious answer when taking these tests and therefore deep thinking and problem solving is not measured either.

What it Proves: This article provides an interesting perspective on standardized testing. While the other sources are primarily focused on the flaws within the tests and in testing conditions, this sources focuses more on what the tests lack. This article proves that the word achievement is very complex, especially when it comes to schools and students. Standardized tests, on the other hand, are not very complex. The whole purpose of the tests are to be standard and simple. Therefore, it is hard to define something that is complex using something that is standard. Student and school achievement is so much more than the score of one simple test.

 

Aaspiringwriter’s Proposal

For my research essay I will be examining arguments presented against Modern Feminism. Feminism is a movement started with a goal to achieve social, political and educational equality of women with men. In recent years this movement has been able to draw a great attention from both sexes. While many choose to become feminists to support this movement, there has been a subsequent rise in anti-feminist’s who are with equality. It is evident that from time to time women have been subjected to not possess as equal caliber as men: physical and intellectual. But has feminism become more of a bad attitude and less of a positive movement? Inequality is faced by everyone regardless of their gender, race and color. The question is should feminists promote women as victims who are weak and vulnerable or should the focus be diverted to promote equality instead. Is feminism simply Hypocritical? Or did people misjudge the actual meaning of feminism?

In my research I found that women face a significant discrimination compared to men. Regardless of the social, economical or political status there are deep gender inequalities in many societies. Saudi Arabia prohibits women from driving. Countries like India and China Infanticides baby girls. They prefer a male child over a female child because of the dowry system and one-child policy. In U.S a women makes only 82 percent compared to her male friend working in the same field. In some countries women can’t even own a land, they don’t even have a right to initiate divorce. In-fact in many countries girls are banned from getting any education. Every single day hundreds of thousands of women faces violence, abuse and are raped, molested and humiliated. This gender discrimination is a real problem and not just a hoax. There are very few lucky people who haven’t seen it or faced it but it is still out there.

Aaspiringwriter’s Sources

1. WOMEN AGAINST FEMINISM: 26 PROVOCATIVE ARGUMENTS

The Essential Content of the Article: This article provides a counterintuitive approach to feminism. While it appreciates all the privileges feminism has brought for women all over the world. It also highlights and questions its true relevance with the 21st century female.

What it proves: Feminism is a movement to make women strong and independent, but somehow it is portraying women as victims.

2. Why We Still Need Feminism

The Essential Content of the Article: This article points out how feminism has helped to improve the position of women in society and why we still need to continue it.

What it proves: There are discriminations against women. It might have reduced to a certain extent but it is still there.

3. “Women’s work” and the gender pay gap

The Essential Content of the Article: This article gives an insight on how society provides unequal opportunities to women at every point of their career, training and education choices

What it proves: Gender wage gap is real. Due to suppressed earning it is harder for women to balance work and family.

4. Facts and Figures: Ending Violence against Women

The Essential Content of the Article: This article provides facts and figures for the violence happening against women all over the world and some preventive measures.

What it proves: Women are constantly abused both physically and sexually and there are very less initiatives undertaken to prevent it.

5. WHY FEMINISM CAN’T BE REPLACED BY EQUALISM OR HUMANISM.

The Essential Content of the Article: This article argues why a separate movement for women is necessary. A separate movement does not mean that feminists believe women are superior. But it is necessary because women are generally the underprivileged sex.

What it proves: Feminism isn’t only about women and their rights. Feminism is not about making men weak or women strong. It’s about giving everyone the power to be strong, ambitious, vulnerable, – based on their personalities and experiences, and regardless of their gender.

 

No More Helmets In Football

For my research paper I will examine that football players shouldn’t wear helmets and tackle like rugby players tackle. Over the years people are starting to wonder if helmets are really helpful in the NFL because the players can still get head injuries. Helmet companys are answering back by adding more padding inside the helmets. Padding in helmets can only work but so far because padding in inside each helmet can provide some type cushion for the skull but not for the brain. The brain is surrounded by fluid that can cushion it also but to a certain extent. As a scenario, a player is gets hit on his blind side at full speed and the defensive player accidentally hit the player helmets the amount of fluid in our brain can’t stop the brain from hitting the skull. Also, the way a football player may dive for a tackle can cause a concussion because their head could hit the ground hard or even worse they could land on their head.

If people watch the sport of rugby they will see the differences in the way they tackle versus the way football player tackle. The obvious difference is that they don’t use as much padding as football players do. The less padding players have the more cautious they are. In football, players wear a bunch of padding and some may think they are indestructible when they have it on and hit other players extremely harder than if they didn’t have padding on them.  That is a misconception because padding can only help but so much when it comes to certain types of hits.

They state that football players should be taught to not use their heads as a weapon when going in for a tackle, instead they should tackle like rugby player do. Another reason that can result in concussions in football is that the ball carrier can get blind sided by another player from a defensive player. On the practice field players should try tackling a different way… without helmets for some of the drills to help them get in the habit of not leading the tackle with their heads but instead with their arms.

1) Football helmets are creating more problems than they solve

The Essential Content of the Article: Sporting News reports on how football players shouldn’t wear helmets or pads because they could tackle just like the rugby players tackle.

What It Proves: It provides videos of legal and also illegal hits in the NFL which can cause a player to receive a concussion or even worse. Also, it provides evidence of people who agree with the idea of football players not wearing helmets.

2) Lemco: Why Football Needs Less Pads

The Essential Content of the Article: Football players wear a lot of padding and think they can get hit as hard as they want and not get hurt, however, in rugby the players wear less padding and they are more conscious of receiving or giving injuries.

What it Proves: The different mindset of football player versus the mindset of rugby players and how they go about taking or giving injuries.

3) Concussions: Rugby Can Help Football

The Essential Content of the Article: Rugby players should teach football player how to tackle right that would lessen the rate of concussions in the NFL.

What it Proves: It goes over that tackling rules of rugby and that some of the tackles in the NFL that are legal are illegal in rugby.

4) Pads and Helmets: Rugby vs. Gridiron

The Essential Content of the Article: The collisions in football are greater than in rugby. “Rugby is a contact sport and football is a collision sport.”

What it Proves: Rugby only have one on one collisions the other player on the field are their for support. Whereas, football collisions are occurring at every down.

5) Helmetless Football? It’s the New Practice at New Hampshire

The Essential Content of the Article: The University of New Hampshire tried a new way of practice by tackling without helmets. New Hampshire is one of the leading college in head and neck injuries. They tried a different approach to tackle players by not wearing their helmets or some of the drills

What it Proves: Football players can tackle without using helmets. They just have to tackle a different way. For example instead of going into a tackle with their heads they can tackle with their bodies or perform a method of wrapping their arms around a player to make a tackle.