Other family members have to serve him. ... Not her individual dreams or expectations count but her loyalty to the male and, thus, the family. ... Marrying implied also living within the family-in-law and the provision of a dowry. ... In the Belgian matrimonial legislation, for instance, married women were expected to take over the husband's family name. ... First within the family were children are raised to function in well-defined roles. ...

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Each household can be tied to a different kami than their neighbor and therefore can build its own individual bond. ... She was a woman who talked to the kami and was shamed by rumors about her sexual relationship with a man, rather than brings shame to her family and their name she killed herself. ... But regardless of its back burner treatment of women at times the tradition does help the women of Japan succeed in binding themselves to their husbands' family and village. ... And ultimately it is part of what life is about, rooting yourself in society but more importantly your family. ...

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Webster's College Dictionary defines feminism as "a doctrine advocating social, political, and economic rights for women equal to those of men; a movement for the attainment of suck rights- (Random House, 2000: 484). The act of doing whatever is necessary to attain equal treatment and the ability to live independently without a man in one's life are definitions that society has come to know feminism by (Humm, 1997). While many women wish to be equal, they also demand a certain degree of chivalry and politeness from the men that cross into their lives. Chivalry and feminism are not...

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• Grade Level: High School