What were the sexual ethics in the nineteenth century and how were those ethics compared to the twentieth century concept of sexual ethics? The focal point of this research paper is to draw the disparity of sexual morality between the nineteenth century and the twentieth century as well as to describe the economic structures, norms, values, and social conditions that have led to such transformation in America's society. ... During the nineteenth century, the "nuclear family" structure dominated in American cities; with husbands working in factories and businesses to earn income and wome...

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Jerome in the fourth century and St. ... This ideal, known at The Cult of True Womanhood, was presented to women of the nineteenth century by women's magazines, annuals, and religious literature (Welter 151). ... Postwar economic changes in the late nineteenth century resulted in women beginning to work outside the home in increasing numbers. ... The social, economic and political changes that shook the South at the end of the nineteenth century greatly influenced the lives of its women. ... As the nineteenth century drew to a close, the southern lady, long condemned to life on a pede...

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The Women's Movements; Nineteenth Century Social Reform Movement, Twentieth Century Freedom Movement and Women's Rights Movement in post 1975 period, have brought to the forefront a wide range of gender relations. ... 'Indian women's movement in the nineteenth century grew out of a cultural and nationalistic response to the British colonialist condemning of the treatment of women as barbaric and directly connected to Indian religious practices'; a big reason for Women engrossment was Mahatma Gandhi.10 His arrival back in India was a turning point for the freedom stru...

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Setting The action takes place in the United States in the mid-nineteenth century on two Louisiana plantations, one called Valmonde, a family name, and the other called L'Abri (French for shelter). ... Themes Racism and Gender Bias Like many other American men of the mid-nineteenth century South, Armand Aubigny bases the worth of a person primarily on his or her race and gender. ...

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Women scholars of the Hebrew scriptures did not materialize until the late twentieth century. The famous women's suffrage leader, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and others attempted in the nineteenth century to get women commentators to explore and explain a woman's perspective on the Bible. ... Another interpretation that was used against women down through the centuries was that Eve was not created in the divine image but only in man's. ... For many centuries women's appeals for equal rights were denied on grounds women were created only as help mates to males. ... This "So...

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According to Barbara Epstein, in Industrialization and Femininity: A Case Study of Nineteenth-Century New England, women were told that they had special abilities for raising children due to their innate warmth and morality. ...

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Historically, polygyny was a feature of the ancient Hebrews, the traditional Chinese, and the nineteenth-century Mormons in the United States, but the modern practice of polygyny is concentrated in Africa, the Middle East, India, Thailand, and Indonesia. ...

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The Bible refers to marriage many times throughout itself, whether it is direct or indirect. "God created marriage. No government subcommittee envisioned it. No social organization developed it. Marriage was conceived and born in the mind of God," is a quote Max Lucado had said when writing about marriage (Reference 3). ...

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