Why Do Ugly People Have Sex?

Excessive drinking among college students have been an issue for years. In general, the authors Henry Wechsler and Froma Harrop discuss the consumption of alcohol within colleges and universities and how they believe it should be treated. In his informative essay, “Binge Drinking Must Be Stopped,” Henry Wechsler examines that, “over 1800 college students 18-24 years of age died from alcohol related injuries in the past year” (Wechsler para. 1). Even with the injuries, college administrators were oblivious to the issues of alcohol consumption within their institutions. On the other hand, in her argumentative essay, “Stop Babysitting College Students,” Froma Harrop implies that the need to watch over students is more so encouraged, despite the fact that they are responsible for their own drinking. The two authors reach a consensus in their essays

In today’s society, alcohol has become one of the main necessities for people to create relaxation, confidence, and the ability to be social. In the short story “A Bartender Tells What Man Did to Booze, and Booze to Man”, an anonymous bartender gives an up close and personal account of his observations about the effects alcohol has on men. He emphasizes the change in their character after a few drinks. Koren Zailckas from Smashed shares a memoir of her life describing her relationship with alcohol abuse and the problems that it caused for her. Although certain types of alcohol are used to support good health, it is the excessive consumption and misuse that leaves people dependent resulting in significant social, physical, and mental

Young people have been attracted to alcohol since the early 1820’s, and it “...has rattled authorities around the world for centuries” (Clark 5). Through the 1800’s and into the 1900’s, “...anti-saloon activists helped to pass Prohibition in 1919 by circulating pictures of children sneaking alcohol out of taverns” (Clark 5). Teen drinking, however, climbed quickly after World War II and proceeded in an upward motion up into, “...the early 1970’s…[where there was a] successful movement to give 18-year-olds the right to vote” (Clark 6). And with

Using comedy, they discussed what underaged drinking meant, the effects it has, and the risks it comes with. Though they kept the audience hysterical, both men provided us with hard and shocking facts about alcohol consumption, as well as debunked many common drinking myths. One of the most surreal moments of the night was when they asked the audience for volunteers to share their story on how alcohol affected them or a loved one negatively. As more stories were shared, I felt the crowd shift into a certain realization. As young adults, we are able to recognize the harsh truth of the actions many of us make everyday. It was extremely important to take that moment, to hear primary stories from people like us, to empathize as a student body in order for us to think twice before we make a conscious decision to consume alcohol illegally. Before we let that person drive home under the influence. Before we allow ourselves to be consumed by a product that does nothing but harm our bodies. It’s crucial to our young minds to be shown a new perspective on something so generally and wrongfully accepted. “Shot of Reality” helped our student body understand the effects of drinking, and possibly saved many of us from the devastating consequences drinking can

“Getting Serious about Eradicating Binge Drinking,” a text written Henry Wechsler was first introduced to me in my English 102 class. In this Essay Wechsler brought to the reader’s attention that binge drinking was major problem on many college campuses. Wechsler aims to convince readers that binge drinking is a problem that needs to be stopped. Some of Wechsler’s statements made in this text were persuasive while others were opinions.

Barrett Seaman, in “How Bingeing Became the New College Sport”, argues that binge drinking amongst college students would decrease if the legal drinking age was brought down to 18 or 19, instead of 21. The author explains what “Pregaming” is, along with the consequences that had come forth from college students consuming too much alcohol. Seaman talks about how the drinking law was put into place by Congress all thanks to Mothers Against Drunk Driving.

The accompanying photograph depicts the consequences of Melbourne’s alcohol problem, showing multiple police officers restraining one man onto the floor. The picture gives a negative view on the issue and positioning alcohol drinkers in a state of fear. Exaggeration is used to suggest that the consequences are greater than imagined. The use of a photograph gives a sense of realises, it includes real people and the real consequences of over drinking. Makes the reader feel anxious and would make them prefer not to be in this certain situation due to the lack of responsibility on their

Throughout time, New York is known for many things. However, alcohol is one of the most topics that pop in people’s heads in one of the most famous states. New York is the capital of Bars and Saloons still to this day. Walking through the City in today’s world, you will see some sort of bar on almost every other block. Back in the early nineteen hundreds, a number of different people wanted to put a stop to the madness of Alcohol, due to what it caused. The main sex that this was towards was males. Women were saying when men came home after drinking, they were very violent. And wife’s said that the men would spend the little money they were making on alcohol and couldn’t afford necessities for the families.

Social Relevance Brad Watson’s collection of very short stories, Ordinary Monsters, plays with the human psyche. A significant part of this collection revolves around the issues of sex and alcohol, both very common, controversial, and discussed encounters of modern life. Brad Watson takes these issues and puts people thinking about either sex or alcohol in an environment in which those thoughts are not relevant. This is meant to indicate that sex and alcohol can be distracting in situations that require focus, as seen in one of the short stories in the collection, Going Down. Watson is trying to communicate that things, such as sex and alcohol, tends to dull our reaction to things going on around us on an emotional and physical level, even

Jokes have been made about America’s new favorite pass time being binge drinking. Finding a party to drink at is no longer hard. The new question asked is “which party should I go to?” In fact, teenagers show the highest rate of binge drinkers. Studies show that there are more underage drinkers than legal drinkers. While having the drinking age at twenty-one does not do much for curving drinking on college campuses, because most people graduate at twenty-two, lowering the drinking age will not help stop binge drinking in college (Griggs). If anything, lowering the drinking age provokes drinking. Some universities have rules about underage drinking and kick out any students who break those rules; therefore, having the

The Detroit News even had an editorial called “TO THE HIGH SCHOOL INTELLECT,” encouraging kids that it is hip and cool if one drinks and it helps with getting girls, “It is chic and charming to have an intrigue with a bootlegger, to carry a flask on the hip, to produce it where its possession may enhance a reputation for derring-do, and to imbibe from it in the presence of lovely and impressionable femininity” (Okrent 213). The editorial influenced many young people to drink in Detroit, and was the reason why a high school dance at the Hotel Statler was shut down because of excessive drinking (Okrent 213). America’s youth was changing due to false and immature motifs and ideals of drinking. Because of Prohibition there no limits or restrictions that regulated drinking, this led to many teenagers to

In today 's society, the most popular for adolescents’ drinks are alcohol or beers. The article states: “Further, few studies have focused on adolescents and alcohol advertisements where there is a great deal of sexuality and nudity. Alcohol is the most frequently advertise beverage in televised sports”

This fact is a demonstration of how the impact of alcohol on the attractiveness of the women chosen differed when the lighting was dim compared to when the lighting was bright. The contrasts on this interaction showed that when a comparison was made between the consumption of 2 pints or less of beer, there was no significant difference in the attractiveness levels of women between the dim and brightly lighted clubs: F(1, 25) p = .708. A highly significant difference was revealed when a comparison is made regarding the difference between dimly lit and brightly lit clubs (after 2 pints of beer were consumed compared to after drinking 4 pints of beer): F(1, 25) = 24.75, p < .001. The final contrast revealed that there was no significant difference between dim and bright clubs after 4 pints of beer were drunk compared to after 6 pints of beer: F(1, 25) = 2.16, p = .154. So therefore, the decline in the attractiveness level of the woman after 2 pints of beer was significant when the lights of the club were dim, thereby proving the existence of the infamous “beer goggles”

The student’s angry reaction has several reasons. In our society students refer to alcohol intake in an abstract and un-countable way. When Engstrom asked the student how much he drank, the individual was taken by surprise. By talking about the alcohol consumption in such a distinct and unique way, the students have created a new culture, surrounding alcohol. If an outsider, who does not understand the “rules” of this culture, asks an inappropriate question, he or she will be looked down upon. It was not Engstrom’s place to ask how much the student drank. The student’s point of the story was not the amount he drank but how he fell off a table and landed on another student’s laptop. The student might have thought that Engstrom was not listening to his story, was trying to get attention or was trying to make the student look “bad”. Students try to raise their self-esteem, create and portray themselves as unique and show their personality, by talking and joking about their alcohol consumption. When Engstrom asked about the amount consumed, the student might have felt attacked. Because of this created culture, in-group members expect other in-group members to accept their stories and experiences without questioning them in any way. When Engstrom asked his question, the student might have felt as if Engstrom was questioning the story’s validity or the student’s “masculinity”. It might have

Advertisement posters against smoking and binge drinking differ because of the USA’s cultural values, particularly due to the solidarity of smoking versus the camaraderie of drinking. Although binge drinking is typically considered four drinks for women and five drinks for men in a two-hour span, this fails to account for someone’s height, weight, and food consumed, and therefore many people have no idea if they are binge drinking or not, causing some to black out (Drinking Levels Defined). A photo of a passed out teenage girl with embarrassing sayings written in sharpie