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Essay / Globalization At the WTO - 1196
The term globalization is a social process that impacts a nation culturally, socially, politically, economically and environmentally. It is Trans spatial and Trans temporal across space and time. The documentary 30 frames per second: WTO in Seattle by independent journalist Rustin Thompson shows the chaos that occurred in 1999 in Seattle, where more than 50,000 people protested in Seattle due to the new World Trade Organization (WTO) treaty ) on “free trade”. . American ministers believed this would increase the state's economic growth. However, American citizens were protesting the new treaty. This shows the debate from two sides; one believes that inequalities between nations are due to the “process of globalization” and the other believes that the process of globalization increases economic growth and decreases the poverty rate. Confusion therefore persists within the nation, balancing equal rights and ethical concerns. Additionally, organizations such as the WTO, the International Monetary Fund, and the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development are all involved in globalization and hold similar meetings around the world. Their relations aim to promote and protect a system oriented towards market opening. However, there is a contradiction between these high-profile events and the way the media presents them. For example, a New York Times article demonstrated that protesters at the WTO convention in Seattle in 1999 were violent and, to some extent, threw Molotov cocktails at the police. However, a few days later, the New York Times published a correct version of the article which showed that the protesters were not violent and that they were not accused of throwing a Molotov cocktail. This shows that ... middle of paper ... transgender was not acceptable in the social framework, that is, if an individual is born to be a boy, he will always be considered a man . For example, in passports it indicates the gender type of individuals: male or female. This social norm emphasizes that biological sex determines an individual identity/gender. However, intersex is gradually being accepted in some societies, for example in the case of Norrie, who was born male and in 1989 underwent sex reassignment surgery. For four years in the High Court of Australia, Norrie fought against the recognition of unspecified gender, this battle was successful and the High Court of Australia ruled that "persons may be recognized as having an unspecified gender. This therefore shows that gender, sex and sexuality are evolving and can be changed by policy as it creates legislation that is enforceable and applied to everyone..