Why Do Americans Need Privacy And Space Between Strangers

In a lot of cultures touching is considered to be disrespectful and rude but in on our culture it is not a bad thing, it is etiquette. When we first meet someone, whether it is someone of the opposite sex or same sex, at a family gathering or social event they are often greeted with a hug, handshake, or a kiss on the cheek. If you walk in to a scenery of Cubans and do not greet them in any of those forms you are considered to be rude. Touching is a demonstration of affection. It is not taboo and does not carry a sexual connotation (Cuba, 2017). When someone in our culture goes to see a healthcare provider we like to be greeted by our formal name and with a handshake(Graham and Ritter, 2017). That is a respectful and professional way to approach us and makes us feel comfortable. When we feel comfortable in our environment it makes the appointment go by smoother and we are

In support of privacy, Daniel J. Solove wrote, Why Privacy Matters Even If You Have ‘Nothing to Hide.’ Solove begins his argument by introducing the nothing-to-hide argument. In general, the argument for surveillance is ‘if you’ve got nothing to hide, you’ve got nothing to fear:’ hence people’s support for government efforts and regulations to ‘protect’ citizens by decreasing privacy. Those who object this argument target its most extreme cases. For example, if you have nothing to hide, could I take a nude picture of you, own all entitlements to the photo, and share it with anyone? Absolutely not, most would say, but this objection is not exceptionally compelling according to Solove. In order to understand privacy, we must not reduce it to one single definition. Privacy is extremely complex and involves a range of different things that share common characteristics. For instance, one’s privacy can be invaded by the expose of your innermost secrets, but it may also be invaded if a peeping Tom (without the reveal of any secrets) is observing you. Your privacy may also be invaded if the government seeks extensive information about you. All of these examples cause harm related to an invasion of privacy, thus making the definition of privacy not applicable for a “one size fits all” conclusion. The underlying and most significant harm that comes from surveillance is the problem of information processing. Solove uses The Trial example to demonstrate this effect. Here, the

Privacy is what allows people to feel secure in their surroundings. With privacy, one is allowed to withhold or distribute the information they want by choice, but the ability to have that choice is being violated in today’s society. Benjamin Franklin once said, “He who sacrifices freedom or liberty will eventually have neither.” And that’s the unfortunate truth that is and has occurred in recent years. Privacy, especially in such a fast paced moving world, is extremely vital yet is extremely violated, as recently discovered the NSA has been spying on U.S. citizens for quite a while now; based on the Fourth Amendment, the risk of leaked and distorted individual information, as well as vulnerability to lack of anonymity.

In 1787, the constitution was born. The constitution has been America’s guideline to the American way of life. Our US constitution has many points in it to protect America and it’s people from an overpowered government, our economy, and ourselves. The only thing the constitution doesn’t directly give us, is our right to privacy, and our right to privacy has been a big concern lately courtesy of the National Security Agency (NSA).(#7) Although our constitution doesn’t necessarily cover the privacy topic, it does suggest that privacy is a given right. Some people say that the right to privacy was so obvious, that our founding fathers didn’t even feel the need to make a point about it.(#9) It also didn’t help

The privacy of American citizens has been long debated ever since the N.S.A. was revealed to the public on what it was doing. Since then, American citizens have been arguing over what the N.S.A. should and shouldn 't be doing. This has lead to the government changing some things, but not everything and causing the American citizens to get upset and wonder what is and isn 't being watched. We go through on a daily basis wondering if our next phone call, that next email, our websites we browse and even our next text message is being monitored by the government and if it is will it get flagged as something they deem worthy of investigating into. This constant fear has us wondering what we should and shouldn 't be posting on various social media sites, taking pictures of or even talking about. By questioning what the N.S.A. is doing, we leave ourselves pondering what the government should do to adjust what control the N.S.A. should have, the activities it should be conducting, who they should be monitoring and what gets flagged as warranting further investigation. Many people believe that the N.S.A. should have restrictions placed on it that prevent it from having complete access to everything, in which if they are going to be able to access anything they want to they need to inform the public on what information they are going to get and how they use it as without this information being

In her book, “Strangers in their Own Land,” Arlie Hochschild, who is a liberal, attempts to escape from her bubble on the west side of the nation in order climb the “Empathy Wall” and understand the reasoning behind the most right wing, conservative members of the Tea Party. To get the best understanding of their motives, Hochschild traveled to the heart of the Tea in rural parts of southern Louisiana, like Sulphur, where the population is filled with white, badly educated, blue collar American citizens.

The world is moving into an era of advanced technology; everything is going into the cloud and eventually it has to rain. The internet is the cloud, and anything that goes up must come down. It is possible to press the delete button, but where does it go? It doesn’t just disappear. This is a common misconception among people. They think if it’s deleted it cannot be accessed again, the information has just been moved. This is why people have to be careful about what they put on the internet. This technology can make it impossible to keep things fully private. So to what extent does Americans value privacy? American’s youth does not value absolute privacy, due to hypocorisms among people.

Privacy in America is a pretty big issue, with the whistle blower, Snowden, leaking information on the NSA, many people across the country and the world have become weary of just how much the government can access out personal information. I am pretty unnerved by the fact that the government can look up almost anything about me and I wouldn’t know. I understand that they do this in the name of protecting America, but there needs to be some kind of regulation there so that the people don’t feel so vulnerable and that they have no privacy.

In addition to, the supervisor may have not been fully aware of what is and what is not appropriate in the workforce. To avoid all of this confusion, during the on boarding process, all new employees should sit in on either a lecture or video informing them what is and what is not sexual harassment and how to handle the situation. A recommendation for the owner with regards to preparing a response to the EEOC is to inform them that mediation will be taken place first. To prevent any court fees and legal fees see if the situation can be resolved verbally as well educating all employees on their rights. Even if the employee is an immigrant with a work visa, the law protecting US citizens still applies to them.

In his October 2014 TEDGlobal speech, “Why Privacy Matter?”, Glenn Greenwald argues the importance of privacy and how people constantly crave for privacy. He references Edward Snowden’s leaked archives as well as two well-known CEOs, Eric Schmidt and Mark Zuckerberg, to support his argument. The purpose of his speech was to inform and persuade his audience how privacy still matters and those who say otherwise are lying. Greenwald gave an emotional appeal to successfully reach out to the audience and persuade them. However, Greenwald’s ability to build credibility and ethos was weak and therefore, impacted his argument.

America is an individualized society, where personal privacy is valued. Current exposure is increasing, however, due to technological factors. Those factors include social networking, YouTube, Twitter, and other forms of mass expression. The effects of this increased exposure can range from embarrassment to risks to personal safety on one hand to greater exposure to other cultures and a better understanding of the lives of others.

The founding fathers of our nation strongly believed in the vital importance of the individual liberties granted in the Bill of Rights. They believed that all Americans should have specific rights that gave the citizens of the United States the rights and freedom they deserve. Although they supported these liberties strongly, many of them had to be compromised by the United States government in the name of security and general welfare. These compromises include the violation of personal privacy as stated in the fourth amendment, the violation of freedom of speech as stated in the first amendment, and the violation of gun control rights as stated in the second amendment.

Any type of harassment experienced makes it difficult in a workplace. It affects the person’s performance and deprived the person the opportunity to succeed. As workers, there is a need to trust those we spend our day working together. However, if I was in your employee’s shoes, I will not be comfortable working closely with that guy. I will feel threaten by the stare. Moreover, it was for so long and he probably understood that by expressing himself it could cause trouble. So, he avoided words and just stare. Base on the perspective that women and men have different ideas about what is apperiacte in behavior. As a chef in the men dominated world, I appreciate that the course of “reasonable woman standard” is not about the perception of the

Throughout time, privacy and security have been two heavily debated topics. There has always been a struggle to find middle ground between a private environment and a secure environment, but the dawn of technology and the Internet has made this struggle even more difficult. The Internet has drastically decreased the expectation of privacy of any and all individuals that have ever used it. Technology in general can pose a threat to an individual’s physical and virtual security. The Internet has also brought forth a sense of anonymity to those looking to conceal their true identities, some of which plan to commit horrific crimes. Privacy and security go hand in hand, however security is by far the most important.

Privacy is a very big word to us, seems like everyone should have own privacy about everything. And sometimes we are confuse about even a couple do have their own privacy. It makes us to think does people have that much secrets which can not show to other people. There is a living example is that a mother got a phone call form her daughter’s college classmate that claim that her daughter missed all two years class which lead to she even can not graduate. But this daughter only told her mother that she miss the ceremony. Even this mother did not get the phone call directly from the school because the school said they need to keep the “ privacy” from her daughter. This is really make me think about why will lead to this. Maybe in another hand, keep the privacy is a good thing because other people will not know some personal information, but seems like this situation is happened because of the privacy. Does the college kids have too much privacy? My answer is yes, and I think the school have the responsibility to let the student’s parents know what their children are doing at school.