While this theory is of historical interest, there exists no empirical support for the greater sex drive of the male, nor is there any reason to expect the male sex drive to vary from one culture to another. ... Whiting discovered that societies dependent on root and tree crops (presumably low protein societies) are more likely to have a long postpartum sex taboo, and there did seem to be a statistical association between the presence of this taboo and a preference for polygyny. While men may seek other sexual relationships during the period of a long postpartum taboo, it is not clear why poly...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Initially, Gandhi included no women in his original group of 70 satyagraha and this drew considerable resentment throughout many of the 'now' blossoming female freedom fighters. 14 Naidu, a close friend of Gandhi and fellow nationalist leader insisted on joining him, and in doing so set a precedence for other women, climaxing in her being the first women arrested in the march.15 Her simple presence led to thousands of women partaking in protest. ...

• Word Count: 2806
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No mates for you,/ Unless you were of gentler, milder mold- (I.i.59-69). ... For me, that I may surely keep mine oath, I will be married to a wealthy widow, Ere three days pass, which hath as long loved me As I have loved this proud disdainful haggard. ... Then some believe "Kate's long, final speech about the need for wives to submit to their husbands is nothing more than a ventriloquization of male superiority'- (McDonald, The Bedford Companion to Shakespeare, 156). ... Petruchio seems to believe that he can handle anything and that Katherine will be no match for him. ...

• Word Count: 2530
• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: High School

They were denied basic human rights and freedoms that men received with ease because it was believed that women meant nothing more than a means to an end in the lives of men and as their role in the household. ... The common characteristics of what was expected of a woman hundreds of years ago was someone who acted as if they had no cares, uneducated, dependent, and only cared for the petty things of life. ... Women were expected to act as these shallow, emotional creatures that had no depth mentally and could serve as helpless, reliant, and obedient wives to their ruling and overbearing husb...

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Summary - This is the story of two families who have been neighbours for a long time. ... As a result Steve was convicted and sent to jail while Joe was acquitted as there was no evidence against him. ... George told her that he had not visited his father for a long time because he believed he had murdered twenty-one pilots. ... He told her that Larry had been dead long time ago. ...

• Word Count: 3955
• Approx Pages: 16
• Grade Level: High School