Chaucer's vehicle to maneuver between the gender roles was the WB caricature. ... How she chooses to travel is a minor aspect of crossing the lines of cultural gender expectations. ... He allows her to express radical ideas on gender theory, demonstrate liberation from gender role restrictions, and defiantly rebuke "auctoritee" by playing with the slippage, ambivalence, and reversal of a female character into male traits. ... He was removed from the male gender role prescribed for him by "authority". ... During this battle, Jankyn and WB take on prescribed gender roles of modern society. ...

• Word Count: 2959
• Approx Pages: 12
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The Fourteenth Century was a restrictive time based on the social conventions of social hierarchy, gender, and religion. ... McCall's only real problem with the tale is not with Griselda, but rather with Walter's testing of his wife. ... Griselda is willing, but unaware that Walter is testing her patience and obedience. ... The testing of wives is a strange action for Walter because she has already vowed her obedience and devotion to her husband. ... The Clerk suggests that values such as; obedience and patience are important and they should be respected rather than be tested. ...

• Word Count: 3668
• Approx Pages: 15
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In an Elizabethan context, the word "honour" means something very different for men and women. For men, there was a conventional "code of honour". This included honesty, reputation, heroism in battle, social status, and male camaraderie. However, this was a vague concept so it can be difficult to di...

• Word Count: 4511
• Approx Pages: 18
• Grade Level: High School

Every marriage is put to the test of time and while some give in to the problems, others manage to escape divorce and somehow strengthen their marriage further more. ... The two main hypotheses tested were The Role Specialization Hypothesis and The Economic Opportunity Hypothesis. ...

• Word Count: 3231
• Approx Pages: 13
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

There are still people out there who do not listen to the warnings and find themselves running to doctors or clinics to be tested for many harmful diseases. ... One is to test compatibility for marriage. ...

• Word Count: 2755
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• Grade Level: High School

Most people want to build a new society where gender is not the central factor discriminating between individuals, who should be free to choose the life styles that suit them. ... Feminist theories have focused much of their attention on structured gender inequality on a societal level. ... Better questions could have been asked about gender inequality within the family and it would have also been useful to know the husband's sole income. ... Women's Non-Spousal Multiple Victimization: A Test of the Routine Activities Theory Theories such as "routine activities" focus attention on th...

• Word Count: 3590
• Approx Pages: 14
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

It provides strength to meet every test that is thrown at them (Reference 6 pg. 50). ... The biological basis includes mental state, gender-orientation, and ability to cope with daily living (Reference 5 pg. 2). ...

• Word Count: 4288
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• Grade Level: High School

Preface Marriage and families founded through marriage constitute the basic cells of the society. It involves a multi-layer relationship between neighbors and other elements in the community, and it is so regarded by the Chinese as the top issue of the morality of human kind. Wedding ceremony is the ritual conducted when the couple decides to establish a marital relationship and through which they can win over the approval, recognition and protection of the community. The procedure of the wedding ceremony actually reflects the various social and cultural notions. The wedding customs in anci...

• Word Count: 9974
• Approx Pages: 40
• Grade Level: High School