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    What is Rape Culture? It is a culture in which sexual violence is normalized and it is seen as something that happens often and it does not surprise the masses due to giving or having excuses for rape and sexual abuse. It also means that Rape is perpetuated through the objectification of a women’s body and the glamorization of sexual violence, this means that having a society that doesn’t care about a women’s rights and safety. With Rape Culture being normalized, it teaches women to not get raped

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    Culture is a very vital part of the world as we know it today. There are very many different cultures all around the world. In the USA, we have a mix of all the different cultures and and family values. From the original Native Americans that inhabited America to the Middle Eastern people in Afghanistan. These people groups have brought their language, food, values, and customs with them. There are lots of different types of families in today’s American society. Mine is a little bit weird. My parents

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    familiar with the patient’s culture, he should make sure to avoid asking patient things that they are not familiar with to do not make the patient feel bad. For this case, since the doctor did know Vietnam culture, he should have avoided asking the patient those questions because they might be seen as a way of attacking someone. This is because it might make the patient uncomfortable. Then as a result, it might be hard for the doctor to communicate with the patient. The culture barrier that prevents

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    Cultures are judged deeply from others with can be out of how similar and different one is from another. Many cultures are similar in the way one dresses. Or by the way one eats or even cuisine, but with similarities comes differences. One difference almost all cultures is how the live, and how they perceive it, even down to how they express their own beliefs. We may have different religions, different languages, different colored skin, but we all belong to one human race." -- Kofi Annan First

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    all of the new influences from other cultures as all of the new immigrants arrived, married and fused their traditions (Carter). There is a wide variety of foods available in the United States that is influenced by the English, Native American, Dutch, Italian, German, Asian, and Irish

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    The culture of nursing is to provide culturally competent care, care based on principles of social justice and human rights (Douglas et al., 2011). This principle within health care is the belief that every individual is entitled to equal opportunities for health care while protecting dignity (Douglas et al., 2014). Consequently, best practices in culturally competent nursing care reduced health disparities using patient empowerment while integrating cultural beliefs into patient care and expanding

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    Going outside of one’s own culture can be very eye-opening to a person. Although it is sometimes difficult to see through the perspective of someone else, it is vital in being able to communicate with people around the world. I have taken two mission trips to Kenya, Africa during the summer with my church group. Because of this trip, I became more aware of the differences there were in culture and just how many cultures I was missing out on. I believe that all cultures should become more aware

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    Culture is defined as the sum total of ways of living built up by a group of human beings and transmitted from one generation to another (Staff, 2015). Culture effects the way a person perceives, communicates and behaves in the world, what is “socially” acceptable in one culture is not necessarily acceptable in another. Common language, gestures and signals are used to communicate within each culture and are therefore an extension of culture and how you speak is effected by what you were taught and

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    Animal culture is studied through comparative studies between populations and locations, field observations, and laboratory experiments. It is important to be critical in evaluating the results of these studies because behaviors in artificial situations or captivity will be different than in the wild. Animals are likely to act differently when they are not in their natural environment. Behaviors will vary and the long lasting effects of the behaviors may not be visible (Lalaland, 2003). Evidence

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    their ages because of their culture. Usually an elder man is the most powerful person in a family and a decision maker. Parents didn’t used to allow to speak up anything from their children and also some physical violence were accepted as discipline, but it’s been changing. Uncertainly avoidance is weak in a family situation, on the other hand, the US has weak uncertainly avoidance

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