In the movie, Confessions of a Brazilian Call Girl, a young girl named Racquel struggles to be accepted among her family and peers. It is distinctive that there is a rivalry between herself and her older brother, who happens to have a successful career, whereas Racquel is still in high school. At school, Racquel seems to be naïve, which leads to a classmate forcing himself on her. As a result, she fights back; but only to go back to her parents’ home, in which she discovers a provocative picture of herself on the internet her classmate managed to put online. Furthermore, this incident reinforced her insecurities; and lead her to seek something her parents could not give her: love and attention. Throughout Racquel's constant struggle in the …show more content…
Over time, Bruna adapts to a whole new life when she becomes the clients' favorite. In the movie, Bruna declares that, she "loved being the most popular girl in school," compared to when she was actually in school. (cite) By evaluating Bruna's statement, it makes me think about my value biases. Furthermore, I value education and want to be respected for my accomplishments, not for being popular. Whereas, Bruna takes pride in something I do not agree with. It seems that Bruna may value financial stability, hence why she pursues a career in the call girl business. However, I consider her life to be unstable, by looking from a personal and professional angle. By coming to this conclusion, I could present Bruna with alternative services. In order to comply with Bruna’s values, who will be helpful? I could suggest furthering her education, so she will have the training for a well-paying and stable job. What are my choices? Given that this is an urgent situation, I may consider that the most important thing is to urge her to visit a clinic, to ensure she is healthy. On the contrary, ethical and clinical guidelines lead me to the dignity and worth of Bruna. Therefore, as a social worker, I would need to address Bruna's needs in order to help her individually. By assessing Bruna, I would note that as a result of getting raped, along with the constant comparison to her older brother, has shaped her low self-esteem. Therefore, her past is influencing how she feels about her dignity and worth; and may be the primary reason she sought out the call girl business in the first
The story ‘Norma’ is written by Sonia Sanchez, who describes in the story that how she used to look up to another girl in her school named Norma. Norma was intelligent, attractive, and everything that made a person perfect. But then as they grew up, Norma started doing drugs, and got pregnant while she was still in high school. She got kicked out of school, and wasn’t seen for a long time. Then after a few years, Sonia and Norma met again, and agreed to get together often. After leaving, Sonia vows to herself to never agree again, as she did not accept Norma as her role model anymore.
Obviously, working with survivors of child sexual abuse, neglect, and trauma: The approach taken by the social worker in the Brandon’s case shall begin with “assessment and beginning treatment of the family because child abuse is one of a wide range practice situation in which systems concepts can be applied to help to understand the dynamics involved” in the road for healing and recovery from the physical and psychological effect of the trauma by providing adequate resources available for counseling and therapy due to the devastating impacts of child sexual abuse can be heartbreaking for the victim and the family. However, social worker approach to understanding and responds efficiently by being empathetic to the complex situation as a result; the perpetrator is the father such as in the case of Brandon (Plummer, Makris, & Brocksen, 2014).
“Their job is not to turn out happy, well-adjusted young women; if they prod an injured girl to forget her pain, if they push her to drop out of school, they are only doing what the parents have paid them to do” (11).
The author explains different situations she has been exposed to throughout her life. The main factor that differentiates her case from the others is her level of education. She has been educated and has been exposed to two different cultures. Due to these factors, she knows how to behave under different circumstances. A good example is when a drunk man offended her and she reacted by walking away instead of creating a big discussion. Maria’s friend complemented her for the cool handling of the situation. Another reason why she feels so proud of herself is because she took advantage of that education chance and does everything possible to keep growing up. She explains that sometimes she is sent to that “kitchen” where she belongs. Her genes will follow her everywhere and not matter where she is at, people will keep asking her where is she from.
...eneficial due to the suggestions Simmons gives to teachers, parents and the victims themselves on effective ways to avoid and prevent this abusive behavior from continuing. I would highly recommend this book to girls of all ages, parents, teachers, school faculty or anyone who has contact with girls. Simmons believes we need to teach girls that it is okay to expose their most uncomfortable feelings. There are many dangerous warning signs of girls giving themselves over to someone else’s terms and denying their own feelings which worry Simmons the most. This behavior is dangerous and could lead to victims staying in violent relationships in the future if we do not teach girls early to know how to resist the signs of abuse.
Rizga shows her understanding of her audience through the use of appeals, reinforcement of thesis, and lead-in to the introduction. Rizga demonstrates strong audience awareness by telling the story of Maria, a Salvadorian girl newly arrived to the United States. Rizga writes about Maria’s struggles in her country as well as the struggles she was faced with upon arriving to the United States, which appeals to the audience’s emotions. Rhee, however, has a very weak appeal, “As a parent, I understand that problem.” Unlike Rhee, Rizga immediately begins her article with Maria being bullied in school for not knowing English.
Formulation of Problem/Needs: The client 's presenting problems are caused by her mother’s emotional verbal abuse. In spite of all, her emotional problems Ana maintains a positive outlook towards her future. Ana demonstrates self-determination as she clearly expresses her current issues. She struggles with overeating because she feels unloved and worthless. Ana is seeking services to overcome the resentment she feels towards her mother. She is requesting help to manage her coping skills and reduce her feelings of depression. According to Ana these feelings started at a young age. Ana’s current challenges are learning to cope with her mother’s verbal abuse. Anna will arrange monthly meetings with her social worker to talk about what methods she’s used to coping with her depression. Ana agrees that she needs to find positive away to communicate with her mother. Ana also stays that she wants to learn to be selfish and break free from the traditional stereotypical life of East LA. Ana would like to begin addressing the following
The value of a woman as a mother, wife, sister, daughter or aunt has been replaced for sexual please. Greed and perversion disguised as men chose to debase America’s women and children for their own selfish gain. Child sexual exploitation is the most hidden form of child abuse in the U.S. and North America today. It is the nation’s least recognized epidemic. The overwhelming majority of children forced to sell their bodies on the street are girls. Young boys face hardship and abuse as well, but they often fend for themselves to survive. The girls, on the other hand, inevitably fall victim to pimps and organized trafficking networks. (Sher, pg. V)
As a teen, Rayona is in a confusing period of life. The gradual breakdown of her family life places an addition burden on her conscience. Without others for support, Rayona must find a way to handle her hardships. At first, she attempts to avoid these obstacles in her life, by lying, and by not voicing her opinions. Though when confronting them, she learns to feel better about herself and to understand others.
As the girls grew up in their respective locations of the world, whether Puerto Rico or New York City, they faced the trauma of change, culture clash, ethnic identity, and their parental influence.
To most Americans Rape has a tendency to be one of the cruelest forms of criminal violence. The victim can suffer from incredible injuries, and substantial amounts of embarrassment. Rendered powerless by physical force, threats, or fear, after which being forced to submit to sexual acts, including vaginal penetration, oral copulation, sodomy, and penetration opening with a foreign object, the victim is left virtually alone. Rape is an intrusion into the most private and intimate parts of the body, as well as an assault on the core of the self. Whether or not the victim acquires any physical injuries, the psychological impact of a sexual assault is severe. Additionally, the painful, post-trauma symptoms that usually always accompany rape are long-lasting. Even the victims who seem to have been able to move on with their life often find that an extreme feeling of powerlessness and vulnerability remains close and can easily, and unexpectedly, be re-experienced. A most important aspect in the long-term impact of rape is that the assault negatively changes the victim...
Relating to Alvarez and her struggle is very easy and well known in every generation. Society puts a ridiculous high standard on outer appearances, especially for girls and women. Women grasp the perspective of the standards that are set and put them into drive. Women become stressed, emotional, and nutcases because they want to please others instead of pleasing themselves. In some cases, women have died trying to live up to these customaries, if not becoming dangerously ill. As a young lady, knowing what could happen, frightens but doesn’t phase me. Wi...
Entering the field of social work you must be prepared to encounter many personalities. Knowing this, you have to become aware of people with different backgrounds and morals. By doing this you will be able to help your clients to the best of your ability, without forcing your personal beliefs or values on to them. A value is a set of rules or or beliefs that affect your every day decisions (Sheafor & Horejsi, 2011). Applying your personal values to every situation is very important, however, you must learn to separate what you know and what is in actuality the best outcome for your client. I will be discussing the ways I feel about the “Vignette’s”, while also incorporating different things I have learned from the readings and class discussions.
A documentary related to young girls engaging in prostitutions “Very Young Girls” displays the social issue of low status girls “making ends meet” to survive in society; which ultimately displays the social aspect of the issue. However, though these social issues and the legal system are interrelated; this paper focuses specifically on the social aspect of it; such that social structures do influence activities considered inappropriate to society’s standards. These little girls who are performing in this victimless crime to make ends meet, are a lot of the times the ones who may become victims of rape; which eventually also becomes a case against them instead of in support to them. No, this is not an argument of whether or not prostitution is morally appropriate; however, this is an argument that prostitution could be seen as a type of business. The legal system does not “prot...
Prostitution predisposes the prostitutes to psychological disorders. Prostitutes suffer severe emotional health problems such as sleeping disorder, stress, anxiety, and others experience guilt and regrets. “The chances of a prostitute committing suicide are six times that of a normal person.” (Ole Martin pg 74) .Surratt Hilary and his colleagues study on Miami sexual workers indicated that “out of 278 commercial sex workers interviewed, 52.9% suffered depression which the psychologists termed as severe. This had resulted from history of both sexual and physical abuse from their line of business as street based sexual workers.” (Surratt H 30).