Abstract
This paper analyzes Aeschylus' play, "The Eumenides." It specifically focuses on Orestes' trial. It looks at the two parties involved in his trial and the misleading notions in Apollo's speech. The paper also discusses modern society's notion of there being a greater burden on motherhood than fatherhood and how this notion relates to "The Eumenides."

From the Paper
"Many view Aeschylus' trilogy as a work of patriarchal sexism, designed to further deteriorate the importance of female roles in society. Aeschylus uses Orestes' trial to belittle motherhood as it is juxtaposed to fatherhood. Although logical and warranted on the surface, Apollo's arguments can be easily destructed once it is analyzed in fragments, for deeper examinations. The relationships between human children and their mothers are incomparable to that of human children and their fathers. Not only do all mothers contribute an equal share of biological genes to their infants, they also carry and nourish their babies for nine months, during which they are the sole individuals dictating the fate of their newborns. Finally, the example of Athena's birth is extraneous to the trial, as is Orestes' potential contribution to the future of Athens. Thus, if Aeschylus truly intended to advance the depreciation of women in society, he did this under a prejudiced court without substantial evidence of proof as to why fatherhood is more significant than motherhood."

Tags:patriarchal, relationships, society

Abstract
This paper identifies and discusses the various aspects of Erving Goffman's model of face-to-face communication, including impression management, discrediting information and group interaction or 'performance team'. The paper investigates these concepts and others as well as the concepts guiding the paper to the ultimate question of 'where or what is the real self?' The paper, considering Goffman's thoughts, attempts to answer this question.

From the Paper
"For centuries philosophers have attempted to explain human face-to-face interaction. It is the human's desire for the fundamental answers of existence that explain this fact. Erving Goffman, a 20th Century sociologist, essentially found face-to-face communication to be a series of dramatic performances, not dissimilar to the performance of an actor or actress in a production. Thus, Goffman's 'dramaturgical' account of face-to-face communication was born. There are several aspects to Goffman's model of communication. Firstly, impression management is an important facet to investigate. Secondly, the relationship between revealing discrediting information and tactful blindness shown by the recipient is an interesting concept. "

Tags:impression, management, discrediting, information, tactful, blindness, performance, team

Abstract
This paper describes the circumstances of the scandal that arose around Patricia Dunn, chairman at Hewlett-Packard, when she had to investigate why secrets regarding corporate strategy began appearing in the press. The author explains that when evidence pointed to board member Jay Keyworth as the source of many of the leaks to the press, his friend and fellow board member Tom Perkins took offense at Dunn and launched a campaign to discredit her. The author concludes that it seems that the charges brought against Dunn are largely the result of Perkins's discrediting campaign against her.

From the Paper
"Someone from the board had been leaking valuable company info to the press - not only about HP corporate strategy, but about whom the board was considering for CEO as well as the company's interest in buying another tech company. The majority of the board asked Dunn to investigate the source of the leak. The investigation went a bit too far, and Dunn was eventually indicted on charges of pretexting - that is, using false pretenses in order to obtain the personal information of board members and journalists connected with the leaks."

Tags:unethical trust journalist illegal, Wall Street Journal, e-mail

Abstract
The author evaluates the use of anti-depressants, and analyzes the patient's experience using Goffman's classic social psychology theory of 'Stigma'. Included are discussions of the concepts of moral career, information management versus interaction management, and discreditable versus discrediting stigmas.

From the Paper
"Despite the recent popularity of drugs such as Prozac and Paxil, depression and the use of antidepressants are stigmatized in American society. In this paper I will show how a college student, whom I will call Amanda, has been stigmatized for this reason. I will use concepts of personal identity and interaction from Erving Goffman's Stigma to elucidate the workings of stigma in this case."

Tags:career, discrimination, erving, goffman, information, interaction, management, moral, paxil, prozac, psychology, self, social, society

Abstract
Authoritarian regimes are notorious for using the media as a means by which they can inculcate regime-friendly values while simultaneously discrediting adversaries at home and abroad. This paper examines the Chinese government's use of the media as a propaganda tool, pointing out that while its manipulation of the media may be more subtle than many of the repressive regimes which have preceded it or which exist contemporaneously with it, the fact remains that the power brokers in Beijing have been very quick to control the kind of news which reaches the eyes, ears and ultimately minds of Chinese citizens.

Tags:china, government, propaganda

Abstract
This paper takes an in depth look at the ways in which pharmaceutical companies unscrupulously put profit before people. Five of the main ways in which they do this that are discussed are; manipulation of research, undue influence over doctors prescribing practices, direct-to-consumer advertising, discrediting of their competitors pharmaceutical and natural alike, and investing only in profitable research. Each topic is discussed thoroughly with credible sources to back the data up.

From the Paper
"The pharmaceutical industry wants people to believe that their main goal is to help people. The Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) has even begun airing feel-good commercials featuring people whose lives have been saved by medications. In reality, they spend billions of dollars every year to ensure their true purpose, maximum profit. Their influence begins in the research lab, where the sponsor, usually a pharmaceutical company with a huge financial stake in the findings, has more to say over how the study is conducted and what information is released then the actual investigators, leading some of the foremost medical journals in the world to fight back with strict guidelines. After the pharmaceutical companies get their products approved, they engage in a campaign of bribery to persuade doctors to prescribe their name brand, expensive drugs over their competitor s products. Not wanting to leave it up to the doctors alone to endorse their products, the pharmaceutical industry has started advertising directly to an unwitting populace, on television and in popular magazines. Pharmaceutical companies use their political power and vast economic resources to discredit and undermine non-drug treatment options for various diseases, particularly by attacking the burgeoning field of holistic medicine. Furthermore, the pharmaceutical companies have a long history of not investing in research that would lead to drugs for diseases that effect the world s poor, because there is little profit to be made in developing nations. Through various immoral practices, the pharmaceutical companies put profit ahead of the interests, health and safety of consumers. "

Tags:conspiracy, drug, medicine, natural, government, industry, infections, medical, reseach, profit, sales

Abstract
This paper is a review and critique of Ronald Nash's book "Is Jesus the Only Savior?" It explores Nash's idea of exclusivism while discrediting pluralism and inclusivism.

Abstract
The author of this paper presents the arguments put forward by Julian Barnes' in his book "A History of the World in 10 1/2 Chapters" and Margaret Atwood's, "A Handmaid's Tale" that offer different modes of deconstructing the "Genesis" as a grand narrative. The paper also explains how Barnes rejects the lineal view of history and provides a cyclical explanation of events all along human times.

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"From the times of the Hebrew on, the Bible has been considered the sacred scripture that provides the founding pillars for the Christian dogma all throughout history. Yet, troughs the passing of years, there have been two distinct approximations to that sacred text. On the one hand, there has been the orthodox approximation, that of the believer who attributes the biblical origin to the Holy Spirit; and, on the other hand, there exists the intellectual approach, that of the scholar who considers the Bible as an anthology of primary books from various authors and periods. In the past and even in the present postmodern times then, the biblical text has served as source of information not only about religion but also about history, sociology, politics and literature, among other fields."

Tags:text, origin, anthology

Abstract
The paper contends that large corporations utilize strategies of censorship, propaganda and globalization that alienates the populace and destroys people's faith in being governed. The paper explains that this is in order to restructure a supra-capitalist, technocratic society. The paper shows the difference between censorship and propaganda and discusses how globalization can cause a level of propaganda that leads people to believe that censorship is what they want and need.

From the Paper
"What is the difference between censorship and propaganda? "Intelligent men must realize that propaganda is the modern instrument by which they can fight for productive ends and help to bring order out of chaos" (Bernays 168) . Censorship is the "suppression of information, whether purposeful or not, by any method--including bias, omission, underreporting or censorship--that prevents the public from understanding what is happening in society" (Jensen 419) . Webster is more to the point. A censor is one "who reads communications and deletes forbidden material" (Webster 135) . Since there are many different kinds of information or knowledge in society that need to be forbidden because they are harmful to certain groups (i.e., the use of drugs, pornography, assault weapons), what rationale legitimizes suppressed information as forbidden and therefore potentially harmful? The rationale is "to bring order out of chaos" by the instrument of propaganda: "the conscious and intelligent manipulation of the masses" (Bernays 37)."

Tags:technocracy, capitalism, Bush, administration, oil, wiretapping

Abstract
This paper explains that people who report the crime of rape to the authorities are attacked very often because of rape myths. The author points out that rape myths permeate society with their age old rhetoric and transform large scale false beliefs. The paper stresses that rape myths give perpetrators the ability to justify their actions and, at the same time, they discredit the real victims who wish to seek justice. The author underscores that there are numerous rape myths, but the most common ones, which the author examines in detail, are 'you can't rape the willing', 'men are at danger of being falsely accused of rape', 'some categories of forced sex are not really rape' and, the most famous one of all, 'no can mean yes'.

Table of Contents:
Introduction
Impossible to Rape an Unwilling Woman
Women Secretly Want to be Raped
Women Cry Rape
Conclusion

From the Paper
"Metaphorically speaking, the penis was deemed a weapon and the vagina as a submissive holder for it. The saying implicates that by merely 'vibrating', this holder could fend off the attack. In the words of Michael Ryan, one of the most prominent jurists in the 1830s, it was 'almost impossible' to rape a resisting woman. Children who had claimed that they were raped had to do so very carefully, many at the time considered the rape of a child impossible! John Leeson, who was a member of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, was one of the professionals who had claimed this."

Tags:macho, statistics, rhetoric, discredit