One opinion Bronski makes clear is that he supports marriage between lesbians and gay men, but also states that he does not understand why they want to get married. ... However, Bronski also states that for gay marriage activists, "marriage carries the gold seal of approval," and that no matter how fruitful or loving a relationship is between a lesbian or gay couple, "they are, by definition, not as good as marriage" in their eyes (Bronski, 688). ... Aside from his opinions, Michael Bronski also proposes a suitable alternative to same- sex marriage that can provide the acti...

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Although many people place little importance on television's implantation of the images in their brains, research has shown that humans slowly turn into whatever images they carry in their minds. The images they see on television are conveyed to their brains by light; and the proof that these images are ingrained in their brains is demonstrated by the fact that they often have vivid memories of the things which they see on television. ... And the images which children see on television becomes the mirror against which they later compare their own behavior. Some researchers now believe ...

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Because pastors are considered "helping professions," they are the last to seek help from counselors or friends, however, 70% of pastors feel they do not have someone they consider a close friend because of the time and effort it takes (Pastor 1). ... "The children must carry scars of those separations too (Archer 4 )." ... 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, rather than only being associated the preacher's kid. ... Numerous times, there were three things I had to consider...

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However, there were a select few characters introduced throughout the novel that tested that theory, Marisol spends a great deal of time looking at some of these characters, and how they were empowered to become their own individual selves. ... Rosa spends her life telling stories as she tries to gain acceptance for her past and current behaviors, trying desperately to prove that the things that happened to her were not her fault, but because she doesn't have many other skills, she is uneducated, the mother of an illegitimate child, who is scorned by her family for her behaviors. ... Th...

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Othello, the captain of the crew, weds his prize, Desdemona and they both seem happy with their marriage. ... Women always carry the blame when they cheat on their husband, the possession of low self-confidence is the clue leading them to do things incorrectly. In Emilia's monologue, she argues that, Women are people, too "and so they should have an equal right to cheat on their spouses....

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Nature actively combines, mingles, and unifies, whatever things we take for granted as physically separate and individual. ... He asks of this due to the union of their blood representing that they were "almost" married, which was swiftly altered to "more than" married. This concept of marriage transforms the flea into a temple, a place where one can be sacramentally united; the flea is the actual "bed" where they were physically united. ... A conceit is a far-fetched and ingenious comparison; Donne has elaborated it "to the farthest stage to which ingenuity can carry it". ...

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How women behave, their roles in society, their roles in a marriage, what types of freedom they have, how they spend their time, the education they receive, and many other things have been debated for hundreds of years. ... The common characteristics of what was expected of a woman hundreds of years ago was someone who acted as if they had no cares, uneducated, dependent, and only cared for the petty things of life. ... This was the way things functioned and operated and women were supposed to accept it and be content. ... A chance for women to develop their minds with education and expand th...

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They were expected to obey their own families before marriage and their husband's families after marriage, at the expense of the former. ... Another negative result of the dowry system was that women were expected to give birth to sons, not daughters since sons would not only carry on the family line, but also bring in a dowry, thereby increasing the family wealth, and daughters would have the opposite effect. Financial resources for things such as education and even food was devoted to the male children, with girls being the first to suffer from malnutrition if the family was poor, and b...

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They were expected to obey their own families before marriage and their husband's families after marriage, at the expense of the former. ... Another negative result of the dowry system was that women were expected to give birth to sons, not daughters since sons would not only carry on the family line, but also bring in a dowry, thereby increasing the family wealth, and daughters would have the opposite effect. Financial resources for things such as education and even food was devoted to the male children, with girls being the first to suffer from malnutrition if the family was poor, and b...

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