If nothing else, the story of Adam and Eve shows a central feature of Catholic theology: that man is fallible. ... Perhaps it was the character played by Al Pacino in The Devil's Advocate (Taylor Hackford, 1997) who has explained this most clearly: "[God] gives man instincts. ... "6 At the core of this issue lies the fact that God created man and woman free. ... As the Catholic philosopher Paul Ricoeur says: Guilt becomes a way of putting oneself before a sort of invisible tribunal which measures the offense, pronounces the condemnation, and inflicts the punishment; at the extre...

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The traditional idea of a 'man' had been taken away, which was creating false expectations, and when these expectations aren't met, they take control of their life in terms of violence, attempting to show masculinity in a different way. ...

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Up until the late 1800's, a man in this country had the right to chastise his wife until the practice was declared illegal in two states (Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic Violence Manual, p. ... Various researchers have theorized the causal mechanism behind domestic violence, have studied the characteristics of both the female victim and the male perpetrator, and have researched the effects on men, women, and the invisible victims of domestic violence: the children. ...

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