Violence in Society (post #13)

Society today can be described as a very intimidating place, where no nation can guarantee complete safety and freedom for one to do what they'd like to without fear of being hurt. There are always going to be people who want to hurt others, and there are many factors that contribute to a persons mindset to have a want to hurt someone else. One thing that everyone can agree on is that violence is caused by humans wanting to inflict pain on other humans. Violence is caused by intense hate for someone, or an intense want for something else. It can also be caused by a persons beliefs and what they may think is right (for example acts of terrorism). I believe that the greatest contributing factor to violence in society is a persons exposure to violence at a young influential age. This could happen in the form of media, where the child is playing or watching violent things that can cause them to believe that violent acts are acceptable. This could also happen in the form of experience such as abuse where a child's personality and values could even be changed by it. For example a child who is abused by their parents is more likely to abuse their children, and the cycle continues. In order for violence to stop this cycle must be halted, possibly through the form of physiological treatment. I also believe that the government should put harsher restrictions on who can see and have access to certain types of media. A safe world is a happy world, and humans as a whole could move forward from barbaric and violent ways.

Gender Inequality (post #11)

All around the entire world it is obvious that gender inequality still exists, even in a country like Canada that makes it priority to promote equality for everyone. Although gender inequality exists in places like Canada it is also definitely not a pronounced as it would be in an underdeveloped nation such as Darfur. One may think that it should not be as big as a concern because Darfur should be focussing its energy in other things such as improving the economy, or stopping any internal violence. However, The biggest concern with gender inequality in underdeveloped nations is that is restricts the rate at which the country in question can grow and develop. This is apparent because of the idea that women are essentially "the backbone of society". Women are natures providers for children, they continue the population for the world because it is what their bodys are built for. The mother is a child's first influence if she is around. If the child grows up well because the mother was well, then we can assume our future will be better. Another argument is that a country's progress can be determined by how they treat their weakest people. If a woman is treated well, then it can be assumed that everyone else it as well.

AIDS and Disease (post #10)

AIDS is the worst form of STI a person can contract. Once the subject has AIDS it is incurable, and treatment is expensive. If treatment can not be accessed however this STI is fatal, causing around 1.8 million deaths annually. Of these deaths around 70% happen in Sub Saharan Africa. Diseases like HIV-AIDS seem to always hit the world's poorest people the hardest. This is mainly because of the lack of proper healthcare. Lack of education also plays a huge part as well. The people there should have knowledge of how one would get AIDS, and how to prevent it. Hope for AIDS orphans is a non profit organization that aims to helps to do just that. Hope for AIDS orphans takes money from donors to help take care of individual AIDS orphans. The money helps to pay for that child's medications and also helps to fund an Africa wide program that attempts to teach the people about protection against STI's. It is organizations like this that really make an impact in our world for the better.