Environmental issues such as deforestation and climate change are some of the most pressing concerns today and require a concentrated global response. How does the rhetoric surrounding these topics affect how people understand them and form potential solutions? First, I analyze the rhetoric in Garrett Hardin’s 1968 “The Tragedy of the Commons,” one of the […]
BRIII-06: Stories and Struggles of the Hijra and the Kothi community in sex work in India
Men who transition themselves to women and dress up in what is called “feminine” attire to portray their womanhood are known as the “Hijra” people in India. “Kothi” are the men who take on the female role in sexual activities, to experience more penetration. Hijras mostly live in a house together and work under a […]
B50: Skin in the Game: The Social and Economic Pressures of Prostitution in the Early American Republic
Why did women become prostitutes during the Early American Republic? A lot of work has been done on prostitution during the mid-nineteenth century, but not enough has looked at the sex trade during the nation’s founding and early-nineteenth century. This paper looks at the social and economic pressures faced by women that made them turn […]
CSIV-05: Car Cultures: How Postwar Media and Policy Shaped Current Transportation Use in Germany and the U.S.
The United States (U.S.) and Germany are both major automobile manufacturing countries, yet their rates of car usage differ enormously. The U.S. is primarily automobile dependent, with 86% of daily trips in 2009 taken by car, whereas in Germany, that figure is only 54% (Buehler et al., 2017, p. 4). According to transportation scholars Buehler […]
A91: Pap Smear Access in Lima, Peru: Societal, Financial, and Structural Barriers
Low-income countries are disproportionately impacted by preventable cancers such as cervical cancer. Cervical cancer has even been identified as the top cause of cancer morbidities in Peru. Screening for cervical cancer can be done via pap smears. In the beautiful city of Lima, Peru, inequality in healthcare access is an everyday problem for women. Within […]
A42: Roman Influence on the Emergence of Written German
German is one of the most widely spoken languages today, but what do we know about its origins? While German as a language is different from Latin and later Romance languages, many Indo-European elements of German are very similar to Latin, especially lexically and morphologically. The earliest accounts of the “Germani” were written by Roman […]
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