During the days of the classical world, the structures of family as well as the social roles of Roman women were different than how they have evolved today. ... The Oppian Law "limited the amount of gold women could possess and required that all funds of wards, single women, and widows be deposited with the state". ... Compared to women in other nations of the classical world, the women of Rome "had comparative stature, independence and a value recognized by their society" (Cross). ... After a child was born, the midwife placed the child on the ground and it was up to the paterfamilias...

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This further fuels the notion of women's independence. Either her father was not significant enough to mention, or she grew up without one. ... Then she went out into the garden with a little blue crockery bowl, to pick some currants for her tea. ... This symbolizes how Louisa feels caged in Joe's presence. ... Freeman interestingly describes Cesar as a chained prisoner, which symbolizes how Louisa has been a prisoner of Joe through their engagement. ...

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In this paper, I'm going to take a look at how marital status effects the relationship between healthy women and non-healthy women. ... Here is the relationship of initial health to likelihood of getting married during the follow-up interval, for women who were never married initially. ... Considering women who had the same marital status at the beginning and end of a follow-up interval, women who were never married and divorced and separated women had more health problems. ... For the second follow-up interval, women who were never married had higher levels of physical impairments. ...

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Emma's wedding dress is too long and brushes against the ground picking up thistles: "Emma's dress, too long, trailed a little on the ground; from time to time she stopped to pull it up, and the delicately, with her gloved hands, she picked off the coarse grass and the thistles" (Pg. 20). This description of Emma's dress shows the reader that the dress is like a burden much like how being married becomes a burden to her. ... When Emma sees the dried wedding bouquet of Charles first wife, Charles easily picks up the flowers and throws them away. ... "it flared up more quickly th...

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It seems that to most women love was playful, though sometimes they too got caught up in the messy tangle of emotions love could prove to be. ... For all the good troubadour poetry did for women it still kept up the misogynistic tendencies from previous centuries and courtly love did make women vulnerable to an extent. ... Women were still stuck in a position of ambiguity, society could not decide how to treat them and it does not seem as if much thought was given to how things affected them. ... The same woman could go from being very empowered by these acts of love to being hated and shu...

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Both women are in their 40s. ... As they recounted how they met and became a couple, there was warmness between them. ... Jessie is much taller than Sandy, and recalls picking her up and twirling her around. ... This occurs from the time the tree is put up, until it is taken down. ... Jessie was telling me how she enjoys cooking, a newer venture for her. ...

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Still, it is mostly women who makes more than the necessary changes when they have children, most man make none, leaving women to do it all and the man to pick and choose. The best solution for mothers that allows them to avoid giving up the job they love or giving up time with your family is by working a part-time. ... "Women put themselves at risk when they trade in a work identity for motherhood. ... A traditional women interviewed said, "not a day does by, when I don't think about what I might have achieved and how that would have felt. ... Recently, Working Mothers Magazine surve...

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Penelope, although a women, shows many traits that are believed to be not possible for women. In book 19, the clever side of Penelope is revealed when she tells all the suitors she is weaving a shroud for Laertes, Odysseus's father, and once it is finished she will pick a suitor to marry. ... She starts to communicate the possibility of remarrying and hypes up the suitors by asking for gifts. ... Penelope clearly is suspicious and is up to something. ... This is the theme of women. ...

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One that many young female stage actresses might look up to is Laura Benanti, who originated the role of Catherine Givings in Sarah Ruhl's In the Next Room or the vibrator play. ... She knows she wants something; she doesn't know what it is or how to get it" (qtd. in Kachka). ... The Woman Question details the roles of man and woman, questioning how much those roles have changed since the Old Order. ... For it is women who are eaten – who turn their bodies into food – I gave up my blood – there was so much blood – and I gave up my body – but I could...

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The story of the Sarakatsan's family as well as my own personal experiences growing up in a traditional East Indian family illustrate the impact and enormous benefits that social improvements have had on our society, and countries in southeast Asia such as India. ... This form of "us" versus them" approach affected everything from the role of men versus women, to how much individual freedom one had as well as the differences between acceptable and unacceptable social values, and the consequences of breaking taboos. ... It was also socially acceptable for married men to engage in infide...

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Often, women are portrayed in weak roles, and decisions are made for them by men. ... In the film Corpse Bride Victor and Victoria end up falling in love after they both realize how much they care for one another. ... He freaks out and questions how she is at the church. ... When Emily sees that all is right and that she feels that she can let herself be free and move on, the wind picks up as her body starts to whither away into thousands of sparkling silver butterflies into the abyss. ... These two films portrayed how women are able to overcome their stereotypes and go with their true belief...

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This form of "us versus them" approach affected everything from the role of men versus women, to how much individual freedom one had as well as the differences between acceptable and unacceptable social values, and the consequences of breaking taboos. ... It was also socially acceptable for married men to engage in infidelity, whereas the complete opposite was true for women. In traditional standards, women were treated as second-class citizens in traditional East Indian society, which was very patriarchal. ... Consequently, I was able to break away from the cycle of violence which I witnes...

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"So de white man throw down de load and tell de nigger man tuh pick it up. He pick it up because he have to, but he don't tote it. ... Nanny Crawford, believes that, "black women were the mules of the world", and she does not want Janie to be a mule. ... "Maybe if somebody was to tell me how, Ah could do it" (Hurston 23). ... Trouble arrives when one of Janie's questionable friends wants to hook her up with her brother. ...

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Kramer states "autonomy was a value for men only, and largely it was pseudo-autonomy, the successful man propped up by the indentured wife and overburdened mother" (James 487). ... " When considering how Hollywood stars view marriage it is not surprising that divorce is considered social progress. ... Samara O'Shea also of The Huffington Post wrote "How Many Marriages Actually End In Happily Ever After?... Though Kramer is correct in his assumption that the women of the 1970's no longer required a man to support them, the increase in divorce rates did not sign...

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They have to prove they can not be stood up to. ... By talking it out, you can hear both sides of the story and come up with a compromise. ... After a hard day at work they come home and half to start all over by picking the kid up if required, getting supper ready, cleaning up the mess that was left in the morning and on and on. ... You have to learn how to solve problems and get over them with out ruining your marriage. ... Women tend to stay home more during the week, tending to the children and the cleaning. ...

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They have to prove they can not be stood up to. ... By talking it out, you can hear both sides of the story and come up with a compromise. ... After a hard day at work they come home and half to start all over by picking the kid up if required, getting supper ready, cleaning up the mess that was left in the morning and on and on. ... You have to learn how to solve problems and get over them with out ruining your marriage. ... Women tend to stay home more during the week, tending to the children and the cleaning. ...

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In 1999, Roger Sider, M.D. wrote the article, "Living Together Risky for Young Women and Children," which talks about domestic violence and the risks undertaken by young women and children. ... He also notes that one in every five women who are in relationships are assaulted. ... It is surprising how close the relationship is between family background and problems such as crime, abuse and neglect, and addictions. ... "It dreams that someone comes, some giant god with a giant hand, a hand so big that the mussel can't tell it's a hand, and it picks up the mussel and his little shell...

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Ok this is where the scalpel pick thing they poke you with at the dentist comes in, doesn't she realize her behavior is driving the men away? ... The play brings up the money end of getting married. ... Right from the beginning, he knows what he wants and how to get it. ... He sets up the marriage the way he wants it. ... (ok it wasn't that bad) I find myself not knowing if he is making a parody about how men and women act or is he trying to point that it would be ideal if men and women were to act this way?! ...

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How could a singl! ... How is that possible to do both at the same time? ... I can just get a mental picture of how beautiful these babies looked. ... They literally lit up the village with these bright colors. ... The women are not allowed to pick her own partner. ...

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I learned how to play baseball from my father, and I will teach my children how the game is played. ... Sharply dressed men and thin unblemished women are classified as the norm in our society. ... The group was probably made up of people who sided on both sides of the issue. ... I never would have imagined how many different topics were covered. ... I found it interesting that the children allow their parents to pick their spouse for the rest of their lives. ...

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