This wouldn't have happened if social policies or laws weren't better established. ... As attitudes changed and better-established social policies, the stigma of homosexuality has reduced, it is now more socially accepted, Netherlands was the first country to permit same-sex marriage in 2001, and then there are more and more countries starting to legalize same-sex marriage. ... Also, supported by David Cheal (2002), while many gays and lesbians welcome the opportunity to have their partnerships legally recognized, but some fear that it may limit the flexibility and negotiability of...

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The policy regulated Aboriginal women by revoking their Aboriginal status if they chose to marry a white man. Furthermore, not only did she lose her status but her children did as well. This caused Metis children to have a lack of identity and social acceptance. Legal status denied the majority of mixed bloods any recognition of their Aboriginal heritage. ... From there, she began social and political activism with Metis and Aboriginal people which restored her sense of community that she had once lost. ...

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Over the last 25 years, scientists have documented the influences that divorce has on children both psychologically and in terms of the children's social adjustment. ... Such variables include the child's perception of the relationship, the age of the child, the gender of the child, family socioeconomic status, child's social competence prior to the divorce, and outside support. ... Another variable that affects the children's social competence and academic achievement is the socioeconomic status. ... A child's socialization role and social competence can possibly chan...

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It is an excellent example of an ethnic family's status in society. ... The "mixed-marriage" status was a questionable concept that worried the administrators. ... The show became the first notable series to address racial, ethnic, and social issues within the home. ... One substantial discrepancy between the two shows was race and economic status. The Bill Cosby Show confronted the social issues that pertained to a black upper class family. ...

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According to the American Dream, the United States is a country where immigrants from around the world can come and live a comfortable lifestyle through education and hard work, and possibly improve their social status. ... The "Myth of Education and Empowerment" emphasizes education as the solution to improve social status and essentially lead to success. ... Schools in different neighborhood, depending on the social status, differ in what is being taught and how it is taught, giving those students in the wealthier communities a greater chance at success. As Jean Anyon has shown in ...

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However, those who engaged in the occupations of butcher, tailor, shoemaker, or musician were considered hardly better than convicts and socially unacceptable at that time in Russia. Rachel was the granddaughter of Eda Velvel Cohen, a religious leader of the local Orthodox community, and marrying someone beneath the family's social class would violate societal norms related to the social status, specifically the family's ties to the religious leaders. ... While most girls were married before age eighteen, Rachel was working as a maid in her aunt's house without the resources n...

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During the 1890's America was characterized by strict social codes, both spoken and unspoken. ... According to Chopin's view of the human condition, persons cannot arrive at a satisfactory sense of who they are unless they fulfill three basic needs (Skaggs 112): a definable place in social order, the fulfillment of human love, and the sense of independence. ... In the process of writing The Awakening, Chopin uses her life experiences along with the repressive social status of women during the turn of the century to illustrate the sacrifices that Edna Pontellier had to make to ove...

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One of the possible causes can be lower socioeconomic status of single mother African American families, which can have a detrimental effect on single mother's mental health, on mother-child communication and warmth as well as on child adjustment (leading to externalizing difficulties). ... Summary The authors have used Equal-Status Sequential Multi-type Mixed Method design (both quantitative and qualitative) to study the association between youth adjustment outcomes (maladjustment leading to externalizing behavior and adjustment leading to self-esteem) and co-parent parenting behaviors (...

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Parsons believed that when different generations obtained different statuses through education and work in the labour market, it was better if they lived isolated from each other so that there would not be any conflict between the two generations. ... The family makes social controls to ensure that its family members submit themselves to the authority of those in power. ... They do not also take into consideration and the fact that different families from different social classes might have different ways of relating to vary family members. ... The money made by the farm is collected by t...

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The most important structures that tie together these groups are economics, politics, and social status. ... Walker's own cultural surroundings reflect on this work, which is obvious by revealing economic, political, and social means within the story. ... The political implications here resonate with the ideas of Dee and the cultural value of the quilts, as the family actually considers giving them to Dee because of her newfound "high" status in the nineteen sixties culture. ... The effects of social influence on Dee are obvious in that she wishes to have the family heirlooms for herse...

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He secretly longs for the comfort and privacy of his grandfather's mansion on the old family plantation, despite his avowed repudiation of his family's status as former slaveholders. ... She lives modestly and looks back longingly on their family history, reminiscing about the family plantation as well as the political and social influence held by previous generations of the family. ... He is far more concerned with class status in relation to black people and makes this apparent in the type of men and women he befriends. ... Although Julian's mother may be overtly racist, Ju...

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Social Control Theories take a sort of opposite approach from other theories in criminology. ... It is these four bonds that make up Hirschi's Social Control Theory. ... One's acceptance of social norms and the development of social conscious depend on attachment for other human beings. ... Along with the six family conditions we will be examining six different behavioral outcomes; property crime, violent crime, mental disorder, alcoholism, drug addiction, and status offenses. ... The negative status of a role model carries over in the way the juvenile reacts to situations. ...

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At the same time, the movie depicts the social issue of the oppression of women and power of men, a long history in China and as racial minorities in America. ... An-Mei one of the mothers in the movie, tells her beloved mother's story where her mother experienced multiple oppression due to her status as a woman in a long deep-rooted Chinese history. ... Therefore, An-Mei's mother once again becomes dependent on a male, Wu-Tsing, although she has the lowest status in the house and cannot claim the son she gave birth to be her own son, she has nowhere else to go since her own parents...

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In addition, the status of women and men has a huge gap. Men's social status and power are much higher and bigger than women. ... Modern parents now share this responsibility together because of social and work constraints. ... In modern society, the social emphasis and degree of concern for women has been an unprecedented increase. Along with the development of social process, it will develop towards in a good direction in the future. ...

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He has no respect for those higher in social status, those who have not "suffered" thinking them to be "disgraces" of society; however, ironically, quite the opposite. Peter, anti-socially, shields his family from outsiders, trusting no-one with the people he cares most about. ... As a result, Peter does everything in his power to keep the family together : disallowing social interaction between his children and the neighbourhood community. ...

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This essay will analyze how foster care can be considered a social justice issue, how social work is addressing this issue, and how theory may have informed the social work practice. ... The foster care system is imperfect because it must deal with a myriad of complex social problems. ... Social Work Practice and Foster Care Our foster care system works with the worst aspects of social problems within the American society. As a result, a social worker's job is not easy. ... Considering the limited resources and community support, social workers are addressing the social issue foster c...

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The setting of this novel is 1970's southern states of America, where racial discrimination is a common practice and those of low social economic status are looked down upon by society. ... Consequently, Gibbons cleverly emphasises that through family values and social attitudes, individuals can gain knowledge upon how distant larger families struggle to convey sanction and responsibility for their own, unless for their own social gain. ... Through an unlikely and socially frowned upon friendship with a young girl named Starletta, over time and through experience, Ellen finally cast aside...

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The Yanomamo has a unique family organization. The reducing of nuclear family by age categories is one of these. Generally, the nuclear family is an important basic unit of human societies. However, when the Yanomamo becomes ten years old, one thirds of them live in a family with their parents, ...

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(Larsen, Wilson, Brown, Furstenberg, & Verma, 2002) This supports the idea that adolescents need positive reinforcement and role models to guide them especially during a time when they are unsure about their social status. ... "Children of divorce tend to experience more psychological, social, and academic difficulties then their peers raised in households with two biological parents." ... This lack of attention may be one of the main causes for the psychological, social, and academic difficulties. ... These negative factors then may contribute to possible psychological and social diffic...

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They feel a great need to be accepted socially, and to know they belong to a group of friends. ... In an attempt to make themselves appear "cool", or in their bid to gain popularity, fame and status, most youths give in to peer pressure and engage in these unsafe activities which place their lives at stake. ... Many teens are driven so badly by competition in school, that they get enveloped into work, neglecting communication with others, blocking out all other essential part of life, like family and social relationships. ... The tension and strain that exist come about because parents do not ...

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Some simple elements would be gender, age, ethnicity, race, social economic status, income, and the list can go on. ... Some basic characteristics that are associated with middle borns are being the peace maker, negotiator, independent, nonconformist, family outsider, and social butterfly (Leman, 11, 76). ... Instead, middle borns often get lost in the middle, and to compensate, they rely on their social skills and interpersonal relationships. ... They find their social life as a place of acceptance and recognition, which is something they may not often get in the home (Leman 75-77). ... Some...

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A review of marriage research released in 2005, suggested that "children of two-parent families were better off emotionally, socially and economically.... These may include being antisocial, aggressive, low social responsibility, anxiety, depression and problems with social relationships. ... Influences that support the effects of divorce on children are findings of self-interests and personal experiences associated with marital status. ...

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Yet no matter what circumstances the individual faces the physical, social, emotional, spiritual & cultural needs of the individual need to met for the well-being of the individual. ... The social, emotional, physical needs of the individual can be satisfied & enhanced through the money & status gained from paid work. Social interactions, financial security, leisure activities, & resources all become enhanced through paid work. ... NSW Anti-discrimination was legislated making it unlawful for people to be discriminated against as an employee or job applicant on the grounds of age, sex, pregn...

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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? The Disney Princess effect," persuades ...

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"The Japanese people had lived under oppressive social restrictions for centuries and had acquired the habit of passive obedience. ... Implying that bowing is the first step to submission, and a submissive person cannot be independent but is instead dependant upon the status or attitude of others. ... Fukuzawa had great control over his youth and he did not have to be of higher status or induce cruel punishment to get the results, as where the imperial court erred (allowing the clans violent actions). ...

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