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Make love not war is an adage frequently used that many argue derived from Aristophanes' Lysistrata. Following is a critical examination of the utilization of gender and sexuality as a means of raising social awareness of the damage of the fatal war and its inevitable subsequent corruption in Aristophanes' Lysistrata. Using war as an analogy this paper also tries to analyze women's psyche as being different than men.

Patriot Act was passed in haste following the terrorist attacks on the U.S. In 2001. It was reauthorized and amended in 2006. But in its urgency - fueled by extremely fearful times and the mushrooming nationalism…

Income Inequality in the American Economy

One of the reasons that the War on Terror has, to this juncture, been such a general failure of policy is because of its persistence during a time of general economic decline and recession.

The average day of most individuals is that of waking up early, rushing to work to give 110% of themselves and their efforts and then rushing back home to give another 100% to the family chores.

American History X suggests that the American Nazi 'skinhead' movement is attractive to disaffected white, young men because it provides such individuals with a sense of community, family and belonging that they lack at…

Dr. Carter Godwin Woodson lived from 1875 to 1950. His home in Washington, D.C. -- where he resided between 1922 until his death -- is preserved by the National Park Service as an historic place in America.

New York City and Heroin: A Cultural Addiction

From reconstruction to the onset of the Progressive Era, the United States vastly transformed itself. Slaves were freed, although many of them continued to live austere lives under the sharecropping system.

When we hear the phrase "You've come a long way, baby" we know it is associated with the advancement of women but without knowing the experiences of women before us, that phrase loses some of its power.