Essays on Anthropology

On June 17, 1972, President Nixon was accused of sending five men that worked for his presidential campaign to break into the Democratic Party headquarters to avoid impeachment. Once the Watergate scandal was solved, it truly left behind major long-term and short-term impacts that changed...

Shyness will make you feel uncomfortable, self-conscious, nervous, bashful, timid, or insecure. Individuals who are shy typically notice physical sensations like blushing or feeling speechless, shaky, or breathless. Shyness is the opposite of being at relaxed with yourself around others. When people feel shy, they...

Executive Summary Professional athletics seems to have inherent cultural problems that have gone somewhat unnoticed and unchanged for decades. The history of Track and Field is rooted deep in Eurocentric, white, male-dominated beliefs and behaviours, unlike the current demography of sports. Especially since the Americas...

When the chivalric code was introduced wars became lass barbaric, developing an honor-based system of warfare. Chivalry is characterized as, “a period of significant metamorphosis with an emphasis on lineage allegiance to one’s lord and violence”. Chivalry is known for of having deep routes in...

One of the most commonly used measures of economic growth is the GDP (Gross Domestic Product). Since growth in China has been so outstanding, the overall poverty reduction has been substantial. From 1978 to 2012 China’s GDP growth reduced the number of the rural population...

The Neolithic Revolution is called such because it marked the transition from small nomadic hunter gatherer people to larger, more permanent, horticultural settlements. It began approximately 10,000 years ago, people learned to cultivate crops instead of relying solely on nature to provide them with all...

Introduction Normative cultural relativism is a moral theory that sees moral rights and wrongs to be necessarily dependent on a particular society, culture or community’s moral norms. Thus, one can simplify it to a simpler statement whereby a normative relativism ‘tells us how we ought...

“Until the lions have their own historians, the history of the hunt will always glorify the hunter” This great proverb was a favorite of the influential author, who wrote Things Fall Apart, Chinua Achebe. Achebe realized the value of storytelling. As a writer, the story...

What I see as a perfectly normal thing to do could be absolutely appalling to someone who was raised in another culture. As an example, I work at a US retail store that gets visitors from around the world, many of which are from Brazil....

I always thought that because I am born and raised in a Vietnamese household, I already have a firm grasp on the concept of overcoming ethnocentric biases and be unprejudiced and/or more understanding when it comes to other religious and cultural practices. However, that is...

Ethnocentrism is a tricky subject. It is when a person believes they are better than another person, when in reality they are both humans, which means no one is better than anyone else. This belief is what creates a hostile environment in our country because...

In today’s world we can see people of different gender, caste, religion, and race. People all around the world speak different language and follow different traditions and customs. These are some attributes that make us different from others. But these attributes should not distance one...

The exploration of emotions and inner thoughts is looked at as a subconscious cry for attention. Labeled as feminine or weak, those who wish to adventure into this image of openness stray away and find themselves alone. Exposing your vulnerabilities with the mindset that they...

Do we have free will? Free will is an illusion to deceive people in the society. In this essay, I will be discussing why free will is non-existent and is an illusion in our society. I will first be discussing how laws and rules have...

Abstract The focus of this research paper is on the death penalty (or capital punishment). In the following paragraphs the definition, history, psychological and sociological factors will be researched. Also the nature vs nurture debate in relation to death penalty will be discussed, as well...

Political violence has become present in our daily life. The popularity of political violence has been escalating for the past years. Almost everyone and anyone – politicians, students, farmers, mass media etc. are affected and are experiencing political violence. In this essay, I will be...

While there are many reasons why it should be banned, some major concerns are; it is very expensive, it is racist and unjust, inmates lose their will to live and can see death it as a way out of their punishment, and finally, there has...

Twenty billion dollars. This is the amount of money we once paid annually for prisons. That may sound like an absurd amount, but what’s even crazier is the fact that this amount has quadrupled since 1980. Since the cost of prison is a cause and...

As Meyer-Adams & Conner (2008) said, “Bullying is continued harassment though acts of domination towards another person, either through physical or emotional abuse.” Bullying events have been an everlasting problem with teenagers. With the many new developments, bullying can be done online and through social...