Social Issues › Other Social Issues

All topics

Other Social Issues

Technology Addiction: Confessions of an Internet Junkie

Yes, I admit it, I'm an internet addict. My intervention came late one night when the 'net went down, and it wasn't pretty. Are you addicted, too? Take a quiz to find out.

72% 0 33 RupertTaylor

Other Social Issues

Police Interrogation without the Bullying

There are alternatives to the confrontational interviewing techniques that sometimes lead to false confessions to crimes.

63% 11 7 georgettejohn

Other Social Issues

The Facebook Post, a Million, Excluding Me

Everyone is entitled to their own opinion in regard to Social Networking. To post or not to post? What is considered appropriate and what is not? These are the questions.

55% 9 6 katiem2

Other Social Issues

The Civility Debate

Review and debate the topic of civility in our society is it alive and well or do we need to work on basic manners, common courtesy and random acts of kindness?

47% 11 3 Telesto

Other Social Issues

Labour Saving Devices

There are lots of labour saving devices out there, and they’ve changed our lives beyond recognition, even in my lifetime. Much easier to do the washing now than it used to be.

46% 5 7 Ragtimelil

Other Social Issues

A School Shooting

A personal memory of the University of Texas Shooting in 1966.

46% 12 2 blackspanielgallery

Other Social Issues

Retirement: My Approach

As a recent retiree I have contemplated the differences I am about to experience.

45% 6 6 skiesgreen

Other Social Issues

berqa, behind the burqa, behind the berker or veil

Women who wear a burqa, however it is spelt, are anonymous. They cannot be recognised and are, therefore, beyond the law of free democratioc western countries

44% 4 7 georgettejohn

Other Social Issues

Incarcerated Parents and Children "Doing the Time"

For a child, the arrest and incarceration of a parent is often just the beginning of a long journey filled with heartache, confusion, fear or perhaps personal rebellion.

42% 4 6 Tiggered

Other Social Issues

Smile or Die

Smile or Die is a book by Barbara Ehrenreich. It is also a very real and cruel dilemma most of us are facing each day.

39% 7 4 Telesto

Other Social Issues

The First Women Doctors

The first women doctors didn’t practice medicine in the UK until the 1850s, and even then, they had a difficult time, not respected by their male colleagues.

27% 3 3 Fargy

Other Social Issues

Workout for the Dole

The dole is an Australian term for unemployment benefits. There is a perpetual discussion about what it should be and do.

27% 4 3 cherylone

Other Social Issues

Are you a pessimist or an optimist?

A serious, and not so serious look at the meanings of pessimist and optimist. How they clash, and how they mix.

26% 4 3 cherylone

Other Social Issues

How to deal with those EMBARRASSING moments in life

When life gets difficult and embarrassing, we often cover it up and try to pretend it never happened. But that is the wrong way to go!

23% 6 1 Nigia

Other Social Issues

When Is It Not The Right Time to Take A Selfie?

The journalistic possibilities of the camera in your pocket.

23% 0 1 sockii

Other Social Issues

The Big City Versus Suburban Life When You're Childless or Childfree

Is it easier to live happily childless or childfree in a big city? What are some of the drawbacks of NOT being a parent if you move to a rural or suburban area?

22% 2 3 Telesto

Other Social Issues

St Thomas’ Hospital and the Old Operating Theatre Museum

The Old Operating Theatre Museum stands on the site of the old St Thomas' Hospital, near to the Shard in south London. It is a fabulous little museum and well worth a visit.

22% 1 0 sockii

Other Social Issues

Why "Do you have kids?" can be an awkward question to ask (and answer)

"Do you have kids?" is one of the first questions I often seem to be asked when meeting new people. But it's not always an easy question for some to answer...

more ...