Young adults need social intelligence beyond school-based memory and analysis

Twenty years of research suggests that success once a young adult leaves home for a mission, college, career, or any endeavour beyond the home, will depend largely on their reasoning skills, an aptitude toward resilience, and a responsibility for actions. These skills encompass a social intelligence that goes beyond the school-based memory and analysis skills. … Read more

The ‘end of ideology’ thesis

The ‘end of ideology’ thesis is one that has often been proclaimed, recently by the likes of Daniel Bell, in the 1960s, and Francis Fukuyama at the fall of the Soviet Union in the 1990s However its roots can be seen in the early historical works of both Hegel and Marx, indicating that this question … Read more

Research suggests that more women volunteer than men

Research suggests that more women volunteer than men.  Some researchers have hypothesized that this is due to social roles and activities. Wymer (2011) looked at it from a biological perspective, trying to understand preferences for various aspects of volunteering with the differences between the sexes. His research showed that females prefer to support organizations that … Read more

Why kids need an afterschool centre / youth club

On July 25th 2010 there was a body found in Beaucoup Creek under a bridge on Cudge Town Road. The body was identified as a fifteen-year-old girl by the name of Sidnee Stephens. Sidnee wasn’t a bad kid, but with nothing to do in her free time she began to hang out with the wrong … Read more

Should the United States lower its legal drinking age?

Underage drinking is starting to become a widespread occurrence in the United States more than any other country in the world. The legal drinking age has always been a topic that creates controversy when brought up because many people disagree with the idea of becoming an adult at age 18 but having to wait until … Read more

The role of rituals in proper order

Dec 15, 2017 THE ROLE OF RITUALS IN PROPER ORDER The term ritual is the term as activities sequence that are involving words, objects as well as the gestures which are performed in a particular place that is sequestered and again they are always performed as to the sequences that are set. The prescription of … Read more

History and acceptance of bullying

Bullying is unwanted and aggressive behavior among children that involves a real/perceived imbalance of power. This behavior actually has the potential to be repeated over time. Both kids who are bullied and who bully others may have serious and even everlasting problems. Conflicts between people have existed forever, but “bullying” has only been in existence … Read more

Anthropologists would want to work against the notion of culture

“The notion of culture . . despite a long usefulness, may now have become something anthropologists would want to work against . .`” (Abu-Lughod). Why would this be the case? The Oxford dictionary defines anthropology as ‘the comparative study of human societies and cultures and their development’. By definition therefore, culture is central to anthropology. … Read more

Are we still living in a patriarchal world?

1. Introduction Are we still living in a patriarchal world, irrespective of the society or geography we belong? The majority of ‘positions of power’ are still held by men and the father is still considered as the head of the household. Dating back to Neolithic age, according to (Romie Frederick Littrell and Andy Bertsch, 2013) … Read more

The future of fashion will be fur-free

Over the past several decades, an increasing number of luxury fashion brands such as  Versace and Gucci have transitioned to be fur-free. Just a few days ago, the iconic British brand Burberry declared to go fur-free in its future collections (Vogue). The use of fur as a luxury fabric in the fashion industry has long … Read more

Should Animals Be Used For Fur?

In today’s rapidly and technologically developing world, people make a variety of different businesses to earn financial stability and become rich. In fact, one of such businesses is considered to be production of fur-made clothes, wearings, and garments (Gunn & Foxman, 2015). People nowadays tend to and have a great desire to look unique, attractive, … Read more

Farmers/cultivators suicides

Introduction: The word Suicide was originated from ‘sui’ (of oneself) and ‘ceades’ (murder). Suicide is defined by Beck (1976) as ‘a willful self-inflicted life threatening act which has resulted in death’. ‘Suicide is characterized as the final common pathway of diverse circumstances, of an interdependent network rather than an isolated cause, a web of circumstances … Read more

Advantages and disadvantages of a career in modelling

On September 2006, when Frederique Van der Wal, a former Victoria’s Secret model, attended designers’ shows during New York’s Fashion Week, she was shocked by the waiflike models who paraded down the catwalk. They seemed even skinnier than in previous years. She commented on TLC that “this unnatural thinness is a terrible message to send … Read more

The definition of a ‘cult’ – are universities a cult?

When most people hear the word “cult”, many images appear. Maybe it’s one of a burning cross surrounded by hooded strangers in a black man’s yard, or a field of fallen bodies with cyanide-laced drinks spilt around them, or even possibly a group of hecklers yelling over a gay man’s funeral procession. No matter what … Read more