A person's identity is often determined by outside factors whether it is environment, rebellion, belief, or freedom of choice. ... The environment you grow in has strong affects on your identity, as seen in the cases of Jayanthi and Claudia. ... There is a reoccurring theme of environmental surroundings and cultural surroundings affecting ones identity as seen in all three cases. ... She wants sex but does not allow herself to be her true sense of self - her identity. ... Many of the things discussed with her patients lead to prove theories that identity is a causation of actions throug...

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Clergy spouses generally have a strong commitment to the church and try to fulfill high expectations and standards, while trying to maintain a separate identity. The identity of the spouse is often directly connected to the pastor. ... Pastors" spouses essentially struggle on developing a separate identity, personally and professionally, in their desire to avoid being stereotyped as an expansion of the spouse's ministerial role. ... They often wander and isolate themselves from their family and church, doing things out of the norm for a P.K. to prove they have their own identity, ra...

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Muslim Marriages in the United States Family is the basis of Muslim society and marriage is the foundation on which the family rests. Notwithstanding the resurgence of Christian fundamentalist thing and or the conservative political drive to enshrine family values' in American society, Muslim family values are "at least on the surface "out of step with the mainstream of Western society and its views on marriage and family. Yet, American Muslims are beginning to follow the Western trend of either marrying later or not marrying at all, despite the fact that Islam clearly favor...

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"Hell-Heaven," by Jhumpa Lahiri is about the experiences and struggles of Bengali immigrants living in America. The narrator of the story is a young Bengali girl who lives with her parents who have moved to America to pursue better opportunities and she is reflecting on her childhood of how her moth...

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In social worlds where groups are important organizers of experience and movement, where obligations are collective, and where other sources of identity and mobility are not present or controlled, microcredit offers an important tool for poverty alleviation. ...

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She bitterly curses the name of her soon to be ex-husband, who instigated the divorce with petty excuses: "I just need to rediscover my individual identity", and his favorite: "It's not you, it's me" However, deep down they both knew it was by virtue of the many unresolved dissensions in their relationship. ...

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The purpose of this paper is to identify how the concept of family has changed over time. Certainly, the notion of family has become more liberated through the "political, social, economic and cultural factors" pertaining to the diversity of the modern day family. These factors are expressed through...

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In regards to a homosexual couple raising children, the APA (American Psychological Association) contends that, The sex, gender identity, or sexual orientation of natural, or prospective adoptive or foster parents should not be the sole or primary variable considered in custody or placement cases "(Conger, 1977, p. 432). ...

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Family is a concept that evokes strong emotions within every human being. Love them or hate them, it is our family that provides each of us with a strong sense of who we are and what we believe in. From the nurturing that we all require as babies to the patience and understanding required to get thr...

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The First Ladies in Female Spheres Massachusetts-born Abigail Smith inherited New England's potent traditions and continued to personify republican values until her death in 1818. She was a part of a prestigious, "major family network of Boston's South Shore"(Akers 3) and her father was a Congregat...

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Hortensio: "Now, go thy ways; thou hast tamed a curst shrew. Lucentio: "Tis a wonder, by your leave, she will be tamed so." (Shakespeare Act V, Scene II). These two concluding lines of Shakespeare's play, "The Taming of the Shrew", summarize each side of the question we are left to answer as the...

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Justice Kennedy said that the Due Process Clause "extends to certain personal choices central to individual dignity and autonomy, including intimate choices that define personal identity and beliefs" (Oyez). ...

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The effects of divorce on children have become an essential family issue to the society for many years. The rate of divorce in the United States has soared over the past 30 years and is still rising among many families. It is estimated that the odds of divorce occurring in a household before childr...

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For example, Evan Wolfson, one of America's leading lesbian/gay rights advocates and lawyers powerfully develops an analogy between the denial of marriage to same-sex couples and discrimination and social injustice in the article published in Journal of Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Identity. ...

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(Skolnick, 186) Some constraints, as well as challenges, that the family must undergo when parenthood enters the picture include: shifts in identity and inner life, shifts in the roles and relationships within the marriage. ...

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The lecture by psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud in 1909 at Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts, has introduced an American audience to the notion that sexuality is a central part of human identity and development. ...

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