http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/authors/868/elijah-mercer Inquiries Journal provides undergraduate and graduate students around the world a platform for the wide dissemination of academic work over a range of core disciplines. en-us Sun, 19 Apr 2026 05:32:06 -0400 Sun, 19 Apr 2026 05:32:06 -0400 http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1007/out-in-force-the-new-struggle-against-sexually-oriented-policing By Elijah Mercer - Early police tactics and practices point to a culture rooted in heterosexism, a system of attitudes, bias and discrimination in favor of opposite-sex sexuality and relationships (Jung, Smith 1993). Heterosexism also suggests that maleness/masculinity and femaleness/femininity are complementary.[6] Contrary to popular belief, the initial role of the police focused on traditional female roles that included service, nurturing and protecting morals and virtues (Schulz 1995, Miller 1999). However, as crime increased, police departments came to be dominated by white, “masculine” and heterosexual... Mon, 09 Mar 2015 05:38 EDT http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1007/out-in-force-the-new-struggle-against-sexually-oriented-policing http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/668/good-girls-gone-bad-race-and-gender-in-oxygens-the-bad-girls-club By Elijah Mercer - “Reality television” programs attempt to portray normal people in everyday situations. In recent years, the genre has boomed and essentially changed the landscape of television networks.[1] As reality programming continues to dominate television ratings, it has become increasingly commercialized both domestically and abroad. Meanwhile, many reality shows continue to reinforce traditional race and gender based stereotypes. Oxygen Network’s new hit reality show The Bad Girls Club (2006-present) is a product of this distorted format that supports profit-making and negative stereotypes... Sun, 29 Jul 2012 11:05 EDT http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/668/good-girls-gone-bad-race-and-gender-in-oxygens-the-bad-girls-club