Although similar in many aspects, the institution of marriage varies across the many cultures of the Middle East. ... According to cross-cultural tradition in the Middle East, marriage should never be kept secret as it leads to suspicion and troubles within the community. ... But comparing to the rate of divorce in Western culture, Middle Eastern divorce rates are significantly lower. ... Looking at the Eastern side of the Middle East, culture has been influenced as well. ... I think there are many differences in the culture of Middle East, and I think that the Everyday Life in the Mu...

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Throughout the early middle ages there were Brotherhood ceremonies, but should that be defined the way we would define same sex-unions today? While homosexuality has been going on since the dawn of civilization, I don't believe that it was publically recognized or even publically announced within the middle ages. ... Boswell states that there are precedents for homosexual marriage, in particular in the Eastern Orthodoxy, during the late Byzantine period. ... During the early middle ages, marital unions were established through a process that had many stages. ... In conclusion, to say t...

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In many traditional countries of the Middle East and Far East, arranged marriages fulfill significant social and economic functions. ... Matrimonial ads, in the classified section of several newspapers and magazines, have been running through many eastern countries. ...

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Arranged marriages have been around in parts of the Middle East and Asia as long as the institution of marriage itself. ... Marriages which have been set by the parents have declined in popularity, but still occur frequently in Middle Eastern countries, like Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and Pakistan (Sumi, Kyoko). ... Mostly arranged marriages are done in the eastern countries because it is legal to marry girls that young. ... I have talked to a woman of Middle Eastern descent that is originally from Jordan. ... Arranged marriages are done all over the world but was first introduced in the eastern co...

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They would tie their captives to poles in the middle of camps and slowly torture them to death. ... They did not need continued migration from Europe to sustain or expand their settlements, in part because New England and the middle colonies were very healthy places to live by seventeenth-century standards. ... In much of eastern North America, women had been the agriculturalists, responsible for planting and tending crops. ... By 1800 the remaining Native American women in the eastern third of the continent had largely succumbed to these pressures, primarily because it was impossible for I...

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This is mostly because I come from a Middle-Eastern family where there is great emphasis on the woman staying home, taking care of the children, cooking and cleaning, while the man "brings home the bacon." ...

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Description of the Moral Problem: Solange and Marty are the parent's of a teenaged, son Dan, whom they have discovered is having pre-marital sex with his girlfriend, Denise. They have confronted Dan about his actions and expressed their disappointment in his choice. His father, Marty, has told Dan t...

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Past and Present of Polygamous relationships in History What is polygamy? Webster's dictionary defines polygamy as: The having of a plurality of wives or husbands at the same time; usually. the marriage of a man to more than one woman, or the practice of having several wives. Polygamy is bel...

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