Harris would refer to as, her "Not OK child."" Harris explains these terms in his book, I'm OK You're OK, based on Eric Burne's ideas called Transactional Analysis. Harris explores in depth what he calls 'life positions'. ... The Adult in us prevents a hijack by unthinking obedience (Child), or ingrained habit or prejudice (Parent), leaving us a vestige of free will. John clearly hijacks his wife's "Child- and leaves her dependent and obedient. ...

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Harris would refer to as, her "Not OK child."" Harris explains these terms in his book, I'm OK You're OK, based on Eric Burne's ideas called Transactional Analysis. Harris explores in depth what he calls 'life positions'. ... The Adult in us prevents a hijack by unthinking obedience (Child), or ingrained habit or prejudice (Parent), leaving us a vestige of free will. John clearly hijacks his wife's "Child- and leaves her dependent and obedient. ...

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Intense discrimination of the girl-child exists in a number of Asian countries. ... A Gallup poll conducted recently revealed that a staggering 38% of parents, if they could just have one child, prefer a son. ... On a different note, but still tied to this topic, an emerging technology called "MicroSort" has opened doors for US parents wanting to select the sex of their next child for "family balancing" reasons. To be eligible to use this new sperm-sorting system, parents must have at least one child (either boy or girl) of the opposite sex of their potential "MicroSort" child. ... Both men an...

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One topic that has caused much controversy is the adoption of a child by gay couples. ... One may think heterosexuals are the only right guardians for an adopted child. ... Lofton states that gays should have the free choice to adopt a child. ... He also feels he is a normal human being who wants to be part of a child's life. ... He calls me "Dad." ...

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The only time that Torvald calls Nora by her actual name is when he is scolding her. When he is greeting her or admiring her, however, he calls her by childish names such as "my little skylark" and "my squirrel"(377). ... In addition to being something of a doll to Torvald, Nora is also like a child to him. ... He treats her like a child, doling out money to her and attempting to instruct her in the ways of the world. Moreover, Nora realizes that since she has been treated as a child for her entire life, she still is very childlike and needs to grow up before she can raise her own children or ...

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All of the things a child is exposed to now is influenced by the family. ... Whatever the family teaches the child at this age will somehow trigger the child to act a certain way in later years. ... Unfortunately, no child has ever lived a childhood where family didn't put certain influences on the child. ... These are things the child might have never seen in home. ... In the classroom, although it usually goes unnoticed, boys are called on more than the girls. ...

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They have what is called the glass ceiling in the workforce which prevents women from progressing as quickly as men, and if they do get promoted, it takes them longer and with more of a struggle than their male co-workers. ... Although the majority of people believe that child and home care should be the responsibilities of both parents, the bulk of the work falls on the mother. Working mothers have the job of finding proper child care, going to parent-teacher conferences, and if the child gets sick, the mother is usually the on to take off of work. ...

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When the time came to give birth, these women would secretly give birth and usually kill the baby, which was called "inficide". ... Besides the immoral conception of the child, the church argued that by doing this a woman was withholding spiritual rights to the child, specifically the sacrament of baptism. ... If a woman was found guilty of hiding her pregnancy and murdering her child, "in reparation, [she will] be punished by death and the last agony". ...

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The father blamed the mother because the child's skin color wasn't white. ... Racism was in its peak and it was a terrible accusation to be called a person of mixed blood. ... Racism is not very prevalent in society, but besides that, women are still blamed if a couple can't have a child or the gender a child turns out to be. ...

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The baby is brought home and dressed in clothes that help friends, family and even strangers identify the sex of the child. ... Society has accepted such stereotypical things as baby boy blue and baby girl pink to help identify the sex of a child. ... A baby child isn't concerned with his or her gender identity. ... During those first three years the mother is the dominant figure in the child's life. The father plays a limited role until the child reaches the so called Oedipal period (beyond age 3). ...

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The baby is brought home and dressed in clothes that help friends, family and even strangers identify the sex of the child. ... Society has accepted such stereotypical things as baby boy blue and baby girl pink to help identify the sex of a child. ... A baby child isn't concerned with his or her gender identity. ... During those first three years the mother is the dominant figure in the child's life. The father plays a limited role until the child reaches the so called Oedipal period (beyond age 3). ...

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When looking out into a suburban street or city you might see different types of behaviour in males and females. These types of different gender behaviour are called gender construction or how you are brought up as a child according to your gender. if you like blue for boys or pink for girls. These ...

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I agree with his claim on power because all around the world you see countries controlling sex and sexuality; China's one child policy is an example of controlling sex for population purposes. ... However, I believe the roles of women and nurturing their children is a product of nature; the fetus receives nutrients while inside the mother's womb, and an infant receives milk from the mother as he/she develops into a child (lactation is a biological trait that only females have). ... I recently saw a video on YouTube called "Sex Education in India" where the teacher tries to teach hi...

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If I came to stick up for myself, I was afraid I would be called a feminist (otherwise known as a man hater). ... She had come to the conclusion that out of 60 girls, 55% of them did not believe they would be able to support their child and later gave it up for adoption or handed the child over to a legal guardian. An astonishing 45% of girls feel that their unwanted pregnancy was a simple mistake and were upset that the mistake was ever made and either quickly paid for an abortion, gave the child up for adoption, or kept the child to be raised by the mother and father (in some cases). ...

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This practice is not only followed in the backward areas of our country where people are not well versed but is highly common among our so called literate class of our society. ... An unborn child is aborted with the help of sex determination techniques. Some people consider girl child as a burden on them and thus do not give equal treatment as given to boys. ...

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Despite the so-called equality of the sexes in present popular culture, why does the awkwardness in saying "woman and man- or "wife and husband- still persist? ... As a child, a woman is surrounded by fishbowl silence (Line 2) and remained unnoticed by adults. ... And as she usually did when she was a child, the wife retreats into the refuge of her room, to once again wallow in the silence she was very much used to in her childhood years. ...

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For example, in most current and known historical cultures, martial combat has been seen as mostly (or only) appropriate for men, while child-rearing has been seen as mostly (or only) the domain of women. ... The gender category woman (that is, the so-called "feminine" gender automatically assigned to members of the female sex) carries with it certain expectations about how to act, what to do, who to love and so on: Women are generally expected to be more passive, submissive and dependent than men. ... Likewise, the gender category man (that is, the so-called "masculine" gender automatically...

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When a man and a woman practice consensual sexual relations and a pregnancy occurs, it is solely the woman's decision on the outcome of the child. ... It is her choice to deny his parenthood with an abortion or economically enslave him with custody battles that often lead to years of child support payments. ... Even if you put aside the constitution, consider the fact that a dominant male can also be called bossy. This word is not gender specific, but these feminists go on LifetimeⓇ and tell America women need special treatment because "by middle school, girls are less interested i...

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In this story, Chopin's main character is a woman today's society would call a homemaker. ... While the father and child are away, a male visitor arrives unexpectedly. ... Both know the bad storm will keep the husband and child away until it clears. ... After the storm, the visitor departs for home, and Calixta's husband and child return home to find a happy mother with supper waiting. ...

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In this story, Chopin's main character is a woman today's society would call a homemaker. ... While the father and child are away, a male visitor arrives unexpectedly. ... Both know the bad storm will keep the husband and child away until it clears. ... After the storm, the visitor departs for home, and Calixta's husband and child return home to find a happy mother with supper waiting. ...

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How many times have you heard someone tell a small male child to quit crying because boys do not cry? ... An essay written by Paul Theroux, called The Male Myth, tells of his disgust of this and other stereotypes that are placed upon men. ...

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Just as mid-twenty- first century America called for women to leave the household and situate themselves in the workplace, so rings the call of modern African liberals. This freedom call is not one to burn bras and march on capital cities. ... It is a call to men and women alike to stand up for their countries, to become the independent leaders, which the African and European elites fear the most. ... A woman proved her dignity by producing a child to carry on the father's name and title. ... This novel is a call to a nation. ...

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They would not for any reason want to be called awussie? ... Colors also play a role in child socialization. ... We see this in every child's clothing store that we walk into. ... As children get older, the habits that were acquired during the first five or six years of their childhood tend to stay with them throughout their adult years and can have long term effects, depending on how the child decides to use the information that he/she acquires from viewing television. ...

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A mother named her child immediately following birth to make sure the child would have a name and place in the afterlife. ... It was called this because it was executed while the husband was still alive. ... If there were no children and the husband didn't want his brothers or sisters to receive 2/3 of the community property, he could legally adopt his wife as his child and heir and bequeath all the property to her. ...

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In the article "Perspectives on Gender: Bridging the Gap" Madeleine Begun Kane says: "Men often use physical compliments to call attention to the fact that we are different. ... Companies will take extra consideration while promoting women, because of women's possibility of pregnancy and child care issues. ... Rosin states: "Yes, women still do most of the child care. ... A successful female professional has to overcome more obstacles, including her pregnancy and child issues. ...

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