In ancient China, a woman no longer belonged to the family clan of her parents after she got married, and she had to put her husband's family name before hers. From that day on, her honor and disgrace, the sacrifice to her after her death had nothing to do with her parents' family any more. ... Hence, the preparation before the ceremony turned out to be the most complicated. ... The girl prefers the boy to take the initiative to go after her rather than the contrary. ... The first law issued after the foundation of the People's Republic of China was the Law of Marriage in 1950....

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She needs 24 hours assistance, my wife before marriage use to look after Maa very well, with all her toiletries and cleaning her every day. ... He wants his daughter to work, bring money and look after him and Maa, he wanted Delilah back in the house so that she can look after Maa. ... As I said before in my book she never liked her father. ... After I finished talking Derek told me "Is there anything more you want to talk" before I could answer him, he said, "Thank you" we heard you. ... We were promised the return delivery of the passports with the visas before Septembe...

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However, his father cut down those desires before Claude had a real chance to experience them. ... After Claude catches sight of tree he went into a tantrum and his mother tried to console him by telling him "it's your father's tree. ... After the scene with the couple Claude's curiosity with the soldier does not die out. ... After discussing the soldier with the doctor Claude's fascination focuses primarily on the man and his loss of memory. ...

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It is vital to take time to gather positive experiences of sharing together and resolving disagreements and disappointments before the big challenge of being married, moving in together and having a family. ... A person may be quite different after the relationship is established and has become ordinary and routine.... Don't, however, commit yourself to the person until after the first stage of the relationship has passed and you are each seeing each other more clearly.... Before acting on this chemistry, she needs to first move through the first three stages of dating. 7-She feels e...

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The important thing is that when we eat we cannot talk or drink anything; we can drink or talk only after we are done with the meal. ... Possibly after the fourth or fifth date if they decided that they like each other, they will introduce their parents. ... After several regular visits, when he has gotten know her family, he may finally ask her parents for permission to date her. ... After that, I never asked her to date again simply because that I was afraid of her parents. ... They must ask their parent's permission before they decide to marry. ...

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The first was "obedience to the father before marriage, obedience to the husband after marriage, and obedience to the son after the death of the husband." ... As stated before, male dominance over females was firmly established during this period. ... (Tan p. 19) Mothers were excluded from taxes for three years after they gave birth. ... After many discussions, it was decided that educated women were too carefree. ... Before the husband went to war, his wives and concubines had to kill themselves so that he would have nothing to ...

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Women were empowered as they never had been before, stepping in to the spaces that the servicemen had left. " They played an important role in agriculture, industry, the armed services, civil defence and other vital work during the second world war." ... In opposition to this marriage and birth rates peaked after the war, though again this was a short term trend. ... This is due to the trend that after marriage, women gave up working to look after a home, so it is plausible that a large proportion of these "new" workers were indeed those women returning to employment in the absence of thei...

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Once the bride and groom are decided on, the marriage takes place shortly after. ... When a woman's husband dies before she dies it seems as though her life has no purpose to go on, and many chose to practice the ritual of burying or burning themselves alive along with their husbands bodies. ... Before laying upon the burning site there is a two mile walk to get there. ... Men marry women and then after receiving their dowry money kill them, by burning them. ...

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It was a story I had heard many times before. ... After some years of living with an empty love tank, she will likely "fall in love" with someone else and the cycle will begin again. ... He was not the calm, cool man I had seen before. ... I listened sympathetically for an hour before Brent ever asked for my advice. ...

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After he marries Desiree, they live at L'Abri. ... After adopting her, they lovingly reared her. ... Armand inherited L'Abri after Monsieur Aubigny died. ... That was eighteen years before. ... Although his manner softens after the child is born, his demeanor remains in question. ...

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Nel and Sula had been around each other for five years before they initially met but Sula was never allowed to associate with Sula "because her mother said that Sula's mother was sooty" (29). After they met the two girls became inseparable taking the likes of each others lifestyles. ... After Sula sleeps with Jude her and Nel are no longer friends. ... Whereas before "they had always shared the affection of other people" (Morrison 119), things have changed since they parted their separate ways. ... "Hannah never bothers to remarry after being left a widow. ...

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After asking her some questions they decide that the girl does not belong in school. ... After a bit more discussion with her father she tells him " I am satisfied to accept his proposal." ... Stephen takes the money, after much persuading, but only as a loan. ... Stephen does what Tom asks but after a few nights realizes that nothing will happen. ... Because Stephen Blackpool was see by many people around the bank several nights before the robbery, and was now no where to be found, he became the prime suspect along with an old woman that he had been seen with around the town. ...

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After every line that Lady Capulet speaks, the nurse is always repeating these words to Juliet, I thinks she does this to put pressure on Juliet, it is as if not only her master is suggesting marriage to her but also her mother. ... This also creates dramatic tension because Lady Capulet is trying to make Juliet grow up before she is ready: 'Here in Verona, ladies of esteem, Are made already mothers.' Juliet may be afraid of becoming her mother; she may have her doubts about marriage after she has seen what happens to women who marry young. ... Here she is flirting with a boy ...

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In lower- and middle-class societies, if a woman happened to work after marriage, her earnings also belonged to her husband. ... The declaration that emerged was modeled after the Declaration of Independence. ... At the time, it was not considered respectable for women to speak before mixed audience of men and women but women boldly spoke out and people listened. ... After their marriage she grew fond of him and was somewhat pleased that passion, on her part, was not involved. ... As Chopin aptly described it, she presented her "fictitious self which we assume like a garment with which to...

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He also mentions that the Mambila were getting very tired after being questioned, so that must have been very frustrating to Rehfisch. ... I am going to describe the three types, but before doing so I would like to cite the traditional prohibitions applicable to both marriages: 1. ... After a few days the young man sends his friends to the girl's home with a gift of 5 hoes, 2 chickens, and a spear. ... After this has been done several times, he may ask her whether she agrees to become his fiancée. ... Meek says, after the girl agrees to become this boy's fiancée he ...

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After reading William Shakespeares' Romeo and Juliet, you have a better understanding of the characters then when we are first introduced to them. ... The fact that Romeo was wearing a mask and his face was hidden allowed Juliet to fall in love with him before she saw who it was. ... Not long after Juliet meets Romeo, her mother calls her. ... After Juliet meets Romeo, many of her opinions and interests begin to change. ...

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Jane acknowledged her inward feelings before Mr. ... It is impossible for Jane to stay as a governess as before. ... "As his wife -----at his side always, and always restrained, and always checked------forced to keep the fire of my nature continually low, to compel it to burn inwardly and never utter a cry though the imprisoned flame consumed vital after vital----this would be unendurable."...

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Premarital sex is when a women and man have sex before they are married. ... One man commented on how helpful it was to have a girlfriend who could look after the house, pay the bills and take care of the dogs when his work took him away from home for extended periods of time. ... Then you have to wait another year before you have kids."" ... They want to own a house before they get a wife 10. ... Roman Catholics believe that is a sin to have sex before marriage. ...

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However, Clinton's promiscuity was lightly overlooked by politicians and after a matter of months, the promiscuity disappeared. ... Moreover, in the nineteenth century America, physicians began to take the place of both church and state as the authoritative source of sexual norms and urged men to avoid all sexual stimulation before marriage and to practice sexual control within marriage. ... After the Civil War, police and medical authorities attempted to legalize and regulate prostitution as a means to control the spread of venereal disease. ... Even before the Sexual Revolution took ...

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She spent a few years observing the life of South Indian peasants before marrying an Englishman and settling down in London. ... Before proceeding to the woman characters in Markandaya's novel 'Nectar in a Sieve', let us define the characteristics of the stereotypical womanhood in Indian culture and tradition and as it has been portrayed in literature over generations. ... She knows she had better learn well, for after the relatively forgiving apprenticeship under her mother, she will have to meet the exceedingly rigid, usually waspish, and all too often brutal, standards of a m...

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After the male has called upon the young daughter, he then later asks for her hand in marriage. ... Through experience with a series of dates and steadies, you can gain awareness that will help you make a better choice of someone you might be able to live withhappily ever after?. ...

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Old writings within the 'Vedas and the Upanishads' label women as 'maata (mother) or Devi (goddess)', denoting worth and preciousness for women.1 It was male responsibility to look after women, brothers and husbands would look after their women by any means. ... Firstly, Child Marriage is defined as 'formal or informal union before the age of 18', although it's a reality for boys and girl, women are disproportionately more affected. 6 This simply ends any personal opportunities for the women, as from a young age they are to look after and support there hus...

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The Church says no sex before marriage ruling them out of the equation. ... The Catholic Church's thinking seems to go, 'if teens do not have sex before they are married then how can they have issues with pregnancies and STIs.' ... Soon after, other Protestant churches followed suit, and now almost all have no objection to using contraception within marriage," (Locke). After that the Catholic Church was an out liar on an issue that was so transformative and a lot of pressure was building. A few more months after the Lambeth Conference "Pope Pius XI issued the encyclic...

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The consultant will always put the bride before him or herself due to the wife being the main focus. Putting people before myself has always been one of my main priorities in life, and since I do a good job at that I feel like going into the wedding consultant business would suit me. ... After giving all 10 out, I had probably 5 or 6 of them come up to me and ask why I was doing this and had questions on the questions I gave to them. ... After getting some back, I was told by some students that wedding planning would be an interning job to go into, and they could see me doing it. ...

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The story begins with her memories of how she and Maxim first met, in Monte Carlo, years before. ... In her flashback, Maxim is staying at the same hotel as the heroine and her employer, and after knowing the heroine for only a few weeks, he proposes marriage. ... Now a ghost, she haunts the mansion, and her presence torments the heroine after her marriage to Maxim. ... She was fiercely devoted to Rebecca, and remains devoted to her even after death. ... Instead, the heroine's thoughts turn to her younger self, years before, and then the real story begins, told in a flashback. ...

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