So, polygamy is possible in such a situation only if some men do not marry or, more usually, if they marry at a much later age than women do. ... This frequently happens due to disputes about women who are going to marry between cousins. ... This arrangement creates a situation in which pairs of exogamous lineages are continually allied through the exchange of women. ... In fact, women's opinions are usually little concerned and live in a husband family except the first certain period after marriage. Even little girls have to work while boys seldom get into trouble even if they beat a...

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Women thus gain power in private in exchange for submission in public. ... With the acceptance of the role of wife almost all women, especially role-oriented women, accept as well as the role of housewife. ... It is remarkable that most women still rush to fill such a position. ... And little by little she manages to convince herself that she is happy On the other hand, the husband's role is that of bread winner and financial provider. ... Men do, however, develop traits often not found in women. ...

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Women and Men: Sharing the Work Load Sociology Exercise, Option A With the dawn of the 21st century, more and more women have ventured into the workforce and accepted the challenges of competing with their male counterparts. ... Pioneering women in the labor market during their adult years have been met with both support and rejection from their peers. ... In my opinion, I believe that women should have every right to be treated equally both in the labor market and in their household. ... Women will attempt to balance a career and family life, but in the end, I see the women still sacri...

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This is endorsed with the ghost being wicked and upsetting the family and no surprise the women's response it's to scream in hysterics this is symbolic as Victorian women could not control their emotions because they had a womb. This shows the problems of Victorian families and is attacking the roles of men and women. ... It was evident that like in the Patriarchal life that children and women were deemed to be seen and not heard thus letting women and children know their place. There is one part of the short story were Calvin is caught talking to one women about literature. The wom...

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Throughout Edna's life she has been struggling with her identity as a women in a society laced with many rules to minimize the freedom of women. ... In addition, at this point in her life, she has little to lose. ... In the end, Edna, depicts the struggle that many women face even today and that is the choice between a purely familial life or a life driven by individualism. ... Today, the stereotypical stay-at-home mom is much harder to come across and as Edna faces her fate and returns to nature for acceptance, many women come to a point in their lives where they decide to deviate fro...

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Little girls are getting introduced to fictional characters during their elementary years, and the certain characters are starting to have a catastrophic affect towards their development to adult hood. Stephanie Hanes, author of, "Little girls or little women? ... When kids are little many don't really care for the aspect of their appearance, because the parents dress them how they want to feed them, on how they dress, et cetera. ... In conclusion, Hanes argument on how little girls in today's society are possibly hitting a fast forward button to adulthood is supported greatly b...

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Poverty which is intergenerational is characterized by struggling for survival, traits including little room for privacy, alcoholism leading to domestic and sexual violence, stress on the present without giving future a thought, relying on the fate for things and conditions to get better. ... The poor people spend very little money on the education of their children because most of them go to government school which has very less or low fees. [ CITATION Ban07 l 16393 ] The poor also work multiple occupations to earn. ... In a study of two women, Mila and Joy, both of them had husbands who were...

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The Indian Act of 1869, issued by the Parliament of Canada, was influential in the oppression of the Aboriginal Metis women. ... The policy regulated Aboriginal women by revoking their Aboriginal status if they chose to marry a white man. ... Lacking finances and education, Campbell had little to no opportunities to sustain herself, little alone her child. ... In Melissa's Farley's article, "Prostitution in Vancouver: Violence and the Colonization of First Nations Women, "she notes that "for women, prostitution is intimately associated with poverty.... Therefore, Campb...

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Men and women are now sharing roles that were once consigned to one sex or the other. 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. ... In addition, women today have a choice between being full-time homemakers and full-time professionals. ... 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. ... Trophy wives are defined a...

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It was also socially acceptable for married men to engage in infidelity, whereas the complete opposite was true for women. In traditional standards, women were treated as second-class citizens in traditional East Indian society, which was very patriarchal. ... For those men and women who still wish to keep a part of tradition, there is still the custom of matchmaking, where they are introduced to prospective partners either by family members or through a company which provides such services, but both men and women are still free to either accept or reject the person introduced. In the past...

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It was also socially acceptable for married men to engage in infidelity, whereas the complete opposite was true for women. In traditional standards, women were treated as second-class citizens in traditional East Indian society, which was very patriarchal. ... For those men and women who still wish to keep a part of tradition, there is still the custom of matchmaking, where they are introduced to prospective partners either by family members or through a company which provides such services, but both men and women are still free to either accept or reject the person introduced. In the past...

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A United Kingdom-based organization (Womankind) that promotes women's rights indicated that even though legislation prohibiting forced marriages exists in Ghana, little action has been made to eliminate such practices. ... Females are the ones who suffer majority of the problems that arranged marriages brew up; for example, a survey was conducted in Ghana by National Council on Women and Development and it was concluded in its findings that girls marry at an earlier age than boys and that parents were more like...

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The women in the film add an element of true mothering characteristics despite the fact that in Zeffirelli's version there seems to be too much of an overwhelming love and sexual attraction between son (Hamlet) and mother. ... The speech and dialogue differ and the comprehension of Royal Deceit seems to be little easier to understand. ...

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His little feeling or care for these nine unfortunates hints at some sort of conflict between these two men to draw such heartless indifference and apparent disinheritance. ... Because women of colonial America had no substantial rights outside of the watchful eye of husbands and fathers, they were subsequently treated as little more than livestock, barring the minimal human rights that are intrinsic to human law. ...

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Currently that vow seems to have little or no value in today's society. ... My parents had little in common and failed to respect each other's differences. ... Therefore, if after this reflection they begin to feel a little unsure if their partner is the one they wish to share lifetime experiences with; they will be able to go over their decision before getting married and being legally bond to one another. ... For women divorce is especially devastating. ...

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Little doubt remains that Hart's clarification can't represent all instances of separation - for instance, conjugal breakdown is subject to happen in families where just the spouse is working. ... Without a doubt little doubt remains to be an answer coordinated more at indications than tending to central reasons. ... Hart (refered to in Haralambos, 1995), written work from a Marxist-women's activist position, follows conjugal clash to changes in the entrepreneur financial framework and their resultant impact on the parts of men and ladies. ... It is little reason for positive th...

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Men were the major contributors in the physical field of work, handling the raw materials of farm production and undertaking the first steps in processing the food before handing it off to the women to finish. ... Both men and women slaves worked the field. ... Most small farms often had no privy site, and there were none in the slaves' quarters, so when men and women working in the field had to go, they went where they stood basically. ... Conditions did however improve, if only by a little. ...

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For example, men outnumber women two to one in television dramas. In reality, women outnumber men fifty one percent to forty nine percent. ... In television reality we see the majority of women take the jobs in the service category, such as secretaries or housewives. ...

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The series created the men-versus-women standard on television, (such as what we see between Dan and Roseanne on Roseanne today), that still predominates today. ... The view of the American family modified little when the sixties arrived. ... The dominant role women possess in the family and in society are better defined. ...

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With both parents working, there is little involvement with their children either for one parent or sometimes both. ... The three hypothesis were: women's work conflict with family will be negatively associated with maternal gatekeeping, women's work conflict with family be positively associated with maternal gatekeeping and spouse's work conflict with family will be positively associated with maternal gatekeeping (Pedersen & Kilzer, 2013). ...

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"With little protection or support from the state or the Church, Italians turned to their families, close neighbors, and their own internal resources: It was dangerous to be too trusting of anyone with whom they did not have personal connections" (Straussner, 2001). ... When daddy's little girl becomes a teenager, the loving expressions turn into strict rules. ... Many Italian women are extremely religious. ...

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Infants and toddlers have little to no comprehension of divorce so there is little to no reaction. ... "One study of girls at an eating disorder clinic in Boston found that all the young women under treatment had experienced the divorce of their parents as pre-teen girls" (American Board of Family Medicine 2001). ...

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Only a few women and children made the journey from England. ... The women of the Iroquois tribe, for example, held major political power throughout the tribe, and they appointed the men to represent the clans. The women had the power to "dehorn" the men if they failed to do what they had been told to do. ... In colonial America, women could not vote or participate in any major forms of governing of a colony. ... For the Iroquois, "The important events of everyday life were controlled by hunting bands made up of matrilineal family units who lived next door to each other in individual wigwa...

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Although both men and women abuse children, there are higher incidences of men and fathers abusing children physically than do women and mothers. ... Sibling incest has also become more common than parent- child incest, an indication that very little is being done about it. ...

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"Those who started taking NSAIDs near the start of the study or later appeared to receive little protection from Alzheimer's Disease. ... It should also be noted that research indicates that women, more than men, end up caring for their family members with Alzheimer's. ...

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