An example can be found in Kidushin 1:1 by which the Mishnah maintains strict control of women activities, especially their sexual and reproductive role in the social economy. ... A levirate widow is acquired by intercourse with her late husband's brother and acquires her autonomy by halitzah or by the death of the husband's brother. ... She falls automatically to the husband's brother, who may choose to consummate the union. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

"Hamer examined 40 pairs of gay brothers. He examined 22 genetic markers distributed across the X chromosome in order to see if brothers concordant for homosexuality, were also concordant for the markers. He found that the chromosomal region of xq28, at the tip of the long arm of the X chromosome, 33 of the 40 pairs of brothers shared all the markers. This was statistically different from the expected rate (20 out of 40) suggesting that the gene influencing male sexual orientation, lies within that chromosomal region" In this study, Hamer along with many other fellow geneticists, is claiming t...

• Word Count: 1993
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

It seems Blatant that society is bent on putting women in their places, this is evident when author Fetzer states I found a scolarship for veterans and asked my father to sign proof that he was a veteran. ... My brother needed college to support a family. ...

• Word Count: 733
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Frankenstein's wife, brother, friend, and father die by the hands of his creation. ... Even after the death of his brother William, friend Justine and lifetime companion Clerval, he remains so entirely fixated on himself that he cannot even comprehend the possibility that the monster would not target him when given the threat: "I shall be with you on your wedding-night." ... Frankenstein's 19th Century Genevan society is founded on the patriarchal division of gender roles. ...

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Evidence for the sexual objectification of women can be found practically everywhere, from the media, to women's interpersonal experiences, and in specific environments where the sexualization of women is encouraged and culturally disregarded. ... She has a twenty-year-old brother and an eighteen-year-old sister. ...

• Word Count: 1909
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Old writings within the 'Vedas and the Upanishads' label women as 'maata (mother) or Devi (goddess)', denoting worth and preciousness for women.1 It was male responsibility to look after women, brothers and husbands would look after their women by any means. ... After being found by her husband's family, she was dragged to the funeral pyre, where her husband's body was being cremated, she was thrown onto the fire to die'.8 This is the pinnacle of male expectations for women at the time. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Phase one, data reduction, involves labelling and encoding the information found in the discussion transcripts i.e. identifying patterns and trends or recurring themes and sub-themes. ... 'My brother decided to be a stay at home and his wife went out to work I think his role was as valuable as his wife...

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In an age of female protagonists-like in Disney's newest animated musical feature Frozen-and even male objectification-like the trailer for the new feature Magic Mike XXL-there may be hope that contemporary narrative cinema has found a way to free itself from phallocentricism and objectification of its female characters. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate