The yellow flowers in the kitchen at Aubrey's house show a little bit of life and a fresh feeling in an unfamiliar, dull environment, similar to the nursing home. The little pots of flowers also represent bits of hope for Grant as he begins to feel loneliness due to Fiona's absence. ... There used to be 2 sets of ski trails going across the land representing the couple, together and as 1 in a place so big. Now that there is only one set it is harder to spot and it easily feels like there is something missing to the big picture; this represents the mass emotions of sadness that he fee...

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This can be described as commercial transactions in which a man pays for the bride's virginity just as for any other object of value. ... The latter's biological needs no longer matter since no man has any claim in it and as a result, the Mishnah grants her autonomy. The sexuality factor plays a big role because whenever some man has a propriety interest in the sexual and reproductive function of a specified woman, the Mishnah treats woman as the man's property in all matters that affect his ownership of her sexuality while in all other contexts, the dependent woman is treate...

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Many funds that experienced difficulties were as a result of issues with the geographic and social integration of the people who were participating into a world bigger than their community. ... It is sold to make an income or supplement the little that is available. ... Livestock is man's property. ... A man who has many livestock has many friendships as his livestock is wanted or claimed by many other people including relatives, friends and neighbours. By lending his livestock, a man takes off some responsibility as he has less animals to look after although he still has the prestige of ...

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I am in a relationship with a man who has two children and as long as I have known him, he has put his children first. ... The children's birthdays are a little more than a week apart so we usually have one big birthday party for the two of them, where we all celebrate as a family unit. ... The man's ex-wife does not like that he got remarried and has never taken the time to meet the new wife. Instead, she creates a hostile environment between homes by explicitly voicing to her children her disdain for the man and his choice to remarry. ...

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In section 2 of DOMA, it defines marriage as "only a legal union between one man and one woman. ... (Changing the meaning of marriage (to specifically filter out homosexuals interested in marriage) to a legal union between one man and one woman as husband and wife) is by no means, playing by the rules. ... Now instead of trusting them with serious concerns of mine, I will have to second guess every single decision that they make, whether it be big or small. ... On the right side of the wall you have a happy little couple, just married. ...

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A Cross Cultural Perspective of polygyny As an institution, polygyny, the social arrangement that permits a man to have more than one wife at the same time, exists in all parts of the world. From our present knowledge, there are very few primitive tribes in which a man is not allowed to enter into more than one union. ... Some societies also observe the custom of levirate, making it compulsory for a man to marry his brother's widow. ... It is always in fact the repetition of marriage contract, entered individually with each wife, establishing an individual relationship between the man a...

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The old ideas have been hard to overcome, but as women have sought equal rights in regards to employment and social circumstances the shift has gotten a little easier, and both men and women are shedding their old roles. ... As the economy changes, a big impact is made on the family. ... If they end the relationship as friends or cooperative colleagues, they increase the ability for the children to cope with the divorce a little easier. ... Usually, the trophy wives are younger, thinner, better educated, and boost the older man's corporate image of being successful both professionally and...

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While a few other states offer civil unions or domestic partnerships, most states have constitutional amendments defining marriage as a union of one man and one woman. ... However, with the passage of The Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) in 1996, marriage became explicitly defined in federal law as a union between one man and one woman. ...

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