Issue Exploration

List of Issues(1.)

-Animals in captivity: whales in seaworld

-sexual assaults on college campuses
-suicide
-child labor
-endangered wildlife
-stress of young students today

Expand on Issues(2.3.4.)
-Killer whales are extremely large, social, and intelligent animals. There is no record of violence between an orca whale and a human in the wild. Meanwhile, in captivity the whales resort to violence because they are treated horribly and are not provided the proper space, nutrition, and essentials in order to survive. This is an issue because it sways society into believing the animals love being a show animal, but realistically they are going mentally insane because stye are treated so wrong. Solutions to offer would be educating the public, so they can critically analyze seaworlds advertisements, and also trying to stop promoting this by not buying tickets to see them. http://www.blackfishmovie.com

• Example: Whale Tilikum, he was captured from his family as a baby and placed into captivity with other captive whales. He lived in captivity for many years and was a show whale, he resorted to violence and was aggressive toward many trainers, due to his depressing and sad lifestyle.

-Sexual Assault on campuses is an extremely relevant issue today and may people tend to get away with it. Many campuses do not want to handle the issue or draw attention to it, because they believe it will hurt their reputation/appearance therefore, they push it under the carpet. But what needs to happen is students need to feel safe and protected, especially in times where they are abused. Students will feel embarrassed, lose confidence, and feel alone when they could not control what happened to them. They need someone on their side who will support them. Solutions involve,  education to students and everyone on the topic. Along with better precautions for those affected, campuses should have people and a group that is there with them, who will help them if they were to go threw a traumatic experience like this. https://www.bestcolleges.com/resources/preventing-sexual-assault/

• 2nd Observation: Many times campuses try to avoid the topic because some of their star athletes are the culprits. Many big name large colleges or even smaller ones, want their sports teams to do well and if a student athlete who plays an essential role on the team is accused of sexual assault, people decide not to believe it because they don't want that person to get in trouble. Therefore, they ask questions like "Were you drunk and asking for it?" "What type of clothes were you wearing?" These questions would just discourage the victim and make them embarrassed when they are not the ones at fault.

-Stress levels of many students today are going up. With more rigorous courses for students to take at young ages and the way social media is today. Students are being raised in a different environment, one that makes kids worry more and stress out.  Students need to have the proper environment and support in their life to get them through times when they stress out. Growing up especially in todays society with a lot fo influence from the media is hard, and kids facing change need to express their feelings rather then keep them in. In order to fix the issue, we need to support the kids and make sure they are provided the proper support, resources. If they have to see a therapist, possibly provide them with that. https://childmind.org/article/social-media-stress-mindfulness/

• Secondary Idea: I could tie social media into this, because social media has a huge affect on young kids. It often leads to them comparing themselves to others, which hurts their confidence. Also, the idea that kids at young ages are not able to think critically because they haven't prettied/do not understand do they are very susceptible to falling for the fake propaganda, etc. that is shown on social media.

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             Orca Whales are amazing, intelligent, social animals that have never had any record of violence with humans in the wild. When they are held in captivity, they are malnourished, placed in swimming sized tanks, and ripped apart from their family. They resort to aggression toward each other and their trainers. Many animals today should not be held in captivity. I care about these whales because no person or animal deserves to be put through what they go through every day. Others should care about this issue because Seaworld is using fake propaganda to make people spend money and support this behavior. This large organization if making money off of the uneducated public and they are getting away with it. People today should not want to support this unethical behavior of keeping these incredibly intelligent animals captive. In order for us to stop this action. We need to educate others and try to stop purchasing tickets to Seaworld. If we can cut their profit down, then maybe they will take action and stop kidnapping whales from the wild and stop captive breeding whales.