However, she is only able to do so by confiding in her female friend, showing that romantic relationships fail to provide a space in which women's problems can be understood. ... " Through this quote, Bâ illustrates the importance of the emotional soothing capacity of female friendships that is not available in romantic relationships. ... The strong female solidarity these characters contain empowers them to begin to liberate themselves from the burden of patriarchal oppression under their romantic relationships. ... " This highlights the impossibilities of liberation th...

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Nevertheless this investment in her son does result in the destruction of his attempts at romantic relationships with Clara and Miriam. ... Laertes on the surface is protecting his sister from a romantic relationship with a brooding prince, however some modern audiences have interpreted this dialogue as Laertes not wanting his sister Ophelia to fall into the arms of Hamlet so he can have her to himself. ... This is significant as Paul's main method of approaching Miriam is through his art; therefore this creates a link between his mother and his romantic relationships. ...

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The other type is "potentially a romantic relationship, where feelings of sexual attraction may become greater"" (Pg.482). ... In a study that was done in the Netherlands, a lack of day-to-day interaction between men and women may reduce understanding of the other sex and may complicate personal communication between men and women in friendships and romantic relationships (Pg. 101). ... Compared to men, women more often reported having an opposite-sex friendship in which their friend was romantically attracted to them but in which they were not romantically attracted to their friend (Pg 144). ...

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Over the last decade, there is been a dramatic shift in how universities handle romantic relationships between teachers and students. ... One solution for a students who is romantically involved with their professor would be to to either switch classes, or professors. ...

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I have decided to do my paper on John Bowlby's Attachment theory because I find it to be fascinating and enjoyed learning about how this theory presents an organized set of principles for understanding various components of the human psyche. Bowlby's theory also offers a comprehensive theoretical m...

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It is a romantic comedy that features Fotoula "Toula" Portokalis, who comes from a very large and intimidating Greek American family. ... This typical romantic comedy ends in a positive way with a big wedding, but left me relating to Toula's overbearing family. ...

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Introduction Disinhibition is the lack of an inner psychological restraint on an individual allowing or causing one to participate in activities that one may not normally take part in. This effect can be caused by a number of factors including the introduction of a substance such as alcohol or drug...

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Furthermore, Spike Jonze in his science-fiction romantic film Her, represents the true love that sometimes separates two individuals because of the differences including sex, religion, race, or society's approval. ...

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Psychological needs are subjective needs that an individual must achieve in order to feel balanced. There are many types of psychological needs that are all particular to each individual. I am greatly motivated to meet my needs of order, affiliation, autonomy, and achievement in my life. Needs are d...

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Unfortunately, Dina is so afraid that people would talk and be judgmental that they were in a romantic relationship that she wouldn't let herself be that person, she acknowledges it was "As though I had my own locks to shut" (146). ...

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In comparing the films The Blot by Lois Weber and The Wild Party By Dorothy Arzner both films challenge the established discourses that privilege the male and help develop the patriarchal feminine discourse. Through the close study of these two films I found similar narrative lines such as transport, employment and female relationship. It was through the critical analysis of these elements that I find the argument of my essay; That the female characters in these films did not have equal access to public space because of their suppression by the dominant male patriarch. In The Blot the repre...

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