Stuff I Write for School

          The Exploitation of the #BossBabe: Multi-level Marketing Schemes and Gender Roles               Dayna Wilson – 300113188 SOCI 1125 – 005: Introduction to Sociology Dr. Siobhan Ashe Douglas College 13 December, 2021 Word Count: 1431       When the multi-level marketing (MLM) scheme was initially ideated in the 1930s with Avon (then California Perfume Company), it afforded women the opportunity to make money independently of the allowances designated to them by their husbands, as was the norm at the time. This allowed women to gain a modicum of freedom previously unrealized and opened doors of female empowerment. A century later, however, the model and its outcomes have undoubtedly shifted. MLMs, which are characterized by person-to-person sales and the recruitment of fellow distributors, tend to disproportionately target women and exploit gender inequality. This ...

                    No State Left Behind: The Necessity of Prioritizing Low-Income Countries in COVID-19 Recovery                 Dayna Wilson – 300113188 8 December, 2021 Introduction to World Politics POLI 1103 – 050 Douglas College Dr. Stewart Prest Word Count: 1140       When the first COVID-19 vaccines became available in December of 2020, many breathed a sigh of relief. While there was no doubt that the pandemic and resulting economic strife were far from over, the development of a vaccine was seen as a concrete first step towards recovery from the virus that had been afflicting the globe since March of that year. And indeed, another year on, much is returning to some version of normal for the wealthier countries fortunate enough to have had unfettered access to vaccines. Those living in low-income countries have not been...

              Ethical Suffrage: Canadian Offenders and the Right to Vote             Political Science 2200 – 001 Douglas College Dayna Wilson 300113188 19   November 2021 Word Count: 1425   When the Supreme Court of Canada decided in 2002 that barring prisoners from voting violated their constitutional right to democratic participation, the news was met with much opposition. Victims’ rights advocates were vocal about their outrage, including Gary Rosenfeldt who told CBC news “These are people who flagrantly disobeyed the laws of this country, who don't care about the laws of this country” (CBC 2004). The 2004 federal election saw Conservatives running on a platform that included a vow to “forbid prisoners in federal institutions from voting in elections” (Conservative Party of Canada 2004). Despite such opposition, it remains the case that not only is universal suffrage ensh...

                A Critique of Robert Goodin’s Stars to Steer By                             Political Science 2200-001 Douglas College Dayna Wilson [300113188] 26 September 2021 Word count: 862   Oh, to live in the world that Robert E. Goodin imagines. As Mr. Goodin sees it, the principles of representative democracy are inherently inferior to those of oligarchical governance. Harkening back to Platonic ideals of old, Goodin posits that rather than basing policy decision on public opinion and collective response, elected officials should rely instead on their own internal understanding of the concept of ‘The Good.’ Defining said philosophical concept of Good in concrete terms as “good (or have merit) independently of any desire that people may or may not have for them” (243), Goodin indicates that it is the responsib...