There have been some analysis done that compare the mortality and morbidity between divorced and separated women, women that haven't been married at all, and married women. ... A second analysis of prospective morbidity data for women aged seventy or older assessed increase in disability and found thatmarried women and divorced and separated women had similar health trends, whereas never before married women had better health trends? ... Positively, one analysis of prospective mortality data for five thousand seven hundred and eighty nine women aged twenty-five to sixty four showed that ...

• Word Count: 1625
• Approx Pages: 7
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The traditional ideologies about an American family have evolved over the years. The typical image of a nuclear family with a dog buddy, happily standing next to their family house is drastically fading away. This depiction of the American family no longer applies to most families in the US today ...

• Word Count: 895
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In Kate Chopin's "The Storm," it shows her creative use of theme and symbolism throughout which is what makes it such a descriptive and detailed short story. She discusses sexuality using the elements of theme and symbolism. In "The Storm," the theme, feminine sexuality and passion is important. ...

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Although these findings are important and relative to our analysis, it is important to be aware that violence against women is poorly theorized and deserves a broader focus in order to answer why it occurs, to whom it happens, and who is most likely to abuse their spouse. ... This allows for a focused analysis of the impact that stress related factors associated with class and patriarchal ideologies have on wife abuse. ... Some shortcomings have been found in the VAWS which allows for a more critical analysis in the future. ... Researchers should interview both men and women about their experi...

• Word Count: 3590
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"The Free Women of Petersburg, Status and Culture in a Southern Town, 1784-1861", was written by Suzanne Lebsock in 1984 and won the Bancroft Prize in 1985. Lebsock focuses on Petersburg, Virginia between 1784 and 1860 to recount the status of women in society, and how that status changed. She als...

• Word Count: 587
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

What would you do if you woke up one morning and your daughter was missing? Whether figuratively or literally, there are estimated to be over 100 million girls missing in Asia due to female infanticide, sex selective abortion, sex slavery, and human trafficking. All around the world, populations ar...

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At first glance and with the most shallowness of analysis it can be assumed that these women are "bad women ", especially when set up against the woman of "The Clerk's Tale " whose submissiveness was often celebrated and elevated as something all women should strive to emulate. ...

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Hamlet's soliloquy shows how disgusted Hamlet is with Gertrude, Claudius and the world which is shown in the line "How weary, stale, flat and unprofitable, seem to me all the uses of this world"(I,II,133-134). It also reveals to us how saddened he is by his father's death whom he admired and looked up to and Hamlet's mothers marriage to Claudius just adds to Hamlet's grief over his father. Hamlet's soliloquy provides a contrast to the restricted way he must talk to Claudius and the court holding back his true feelings over the situation. The main function of the s...

• Word Count: 483
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In the 1930's, a popular belief was that producing a film promoting deviant behavior would influence the viewer to commit perverse acts, as well. When "Red Dust"" was released to the public in 1932, it was known to be one of the most provocative movies of its time. It portrays a love affair, prostitution, and alcoholism without blatantly exposing it to the audience; however, the heavy implication of these deviate acts violated the production code, but it remained available to the public. The Catholic Church was outraged and attempted to remove it from society, but they were ultimately uns...

• Word Count: 1005
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As Catherine Rampell of The New York Times writes "According to a Pew Research Center analysis, four in 10 American households with children under the age of 18 now include a mother who is either the sole or primary earner for her family" (2013). ...

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Introduction: The recent controversy about gay marriage and 24-hour-media coverage of it has created an uproar in the U.S. Some people who support this issue do so by expressing their concern for legal human rights, whereas others, who are against legalization of gay marriage base their argument on...

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Confronted with Alzheimer's disease, Grant and Fiona experience contrasting emotions as the film progresses, which is symbolized by the kitchen, nature, and the nursing home. The kitchen in the couple's cottage home symbolizes an intimate place for the two of them; they are often gathered there after ski trips and show a high level of comfort around each other. Grant and Fiona have been married for 44 years and it is starting to become a problem when Fiona begins to acknowledge her Alzheimer's disease. Even at an old age the two are able to joke around and maintain the sense of ...

• Word Count: 2434
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What are the key qualities and characteristics that make up a woman? There are many ideas and opinions that people believe women should and should not be, according to 17th-19th century ideas. All of these notions have brought on many debates and arguments for hundreds of years on what exactly is a...

• Word Count: 2740
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According to Marital Happiness and Marital Duration and the U-Shaped Curve: Evidence from a Five-Wave Panel Study authors Amato, Johnson and Van Laningham show that "analysis indicates that certain life-course transitions, primarily those involving changes in the number of children at various ages, are associated with changes in marital happiness that the presence of children--regardless of age--is associated negatively with marital happiness ( Amato, Johnson, Van Laningham 2001:1333-4)."" ...

• Word Count: 3231
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate