Michelle Conlin also stated "The notion that married people lose out because they pay more in taxes through the oft-cited marriage penalty is only partly true. ... They pay more for auto and homeowners" insurance and are shut out of valuable discounts on gyms, country clubs, hotel rooms-even football-ticket lotteries. In some states, unmarried people, perhaps laid off from jobs and scrounging to pay their bills, are barred from taking on roommates to help pay the rent" (108). ... Although many of these single adults are raising children, they still are forced to pay higher taxes, unempl...

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IT IS BEST FOR COUPLES TO ARRANGE THEIR WORK LIFE SO ONE HAS A CAREER AND THE OTHER PERSON HAS A JOB. ... One of the most important reasons why women are primary the main ones to seek for a job or just stay at home instead of a career job is because they bear primary responsibility for home and family care. ... A part-time job allows mothers to basically get the best of both worlds. ... This alters somewhat in having the woman having a job also, but when the woman has a job, it keeps the marriage stable and happier than if she just sat at home while the kids were at school. ... Fami...

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I was quite lucky to have done well with my limited knowledge and education which qualified me to have a job at my husband's food store. Despite this being the case I am prevented to secure a job even if I wish to due to the belief of many people that office work is only men's work. ... This is one of the most tiresome jobs that I am subjected to. The job does not pay quite well and hence forcing me to depend mostly on my husband as the bread-winner for my family. ... On the other hand, my husband occupies the top most office, luxurious and has a well paying job, even though he never...

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When the economy is low it leads to unemployment and most people loose their jobs. With no jobs or having to settle for lower wages, does not help a mother and her family out of poverty. This then leads to the parents not having a job that pays them well enough to take care of their family. ... After divorce, women in particular have hard times finding a decent job to support her family. ... After the break up they have to find a decent job to support themselves. ...

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It is customary in Lithuania for family, friends, and guest of the wedding to donate to help pay for the cost. ... Jurgis and Ona worked many jobs to try to pay the off the debt of the wedding. Jurgis and Ona both worked hard to pay the debt, that's one of the reasons why a strain is put on their family life. ... If Jurgis wasn't in debt from the wedding he and his family wouldn't have to work so hard to pay off the saloon keeper. ... Just as the family found out that they were being ...

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Older children may be required to work long hours at a job to help bring money to the family. ... For boys, leaving school generally means a succession of low paying jobs or life on the streets. ... Society should pay close attention to what makes successful families and model ours after theirs. The public needs to recognize that marriage and parenting is a difficult job but can be oh-so-rewarding. ...

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Also, her investment in human capital will not pay off when she begins non-market work. ... This age difference leads to the older man, who began his career earlier than the woman, who then becomes more established in his job and earnings (Morin, fourth paragraph). This model shows a situation where a man may move to a city to establish himself financially where there are more jobs available. ... If it simply a job of ...

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In his early writings his characters, like Carver, were struggling with low-profile jobs, failed marriages, alcoholism, and lack of hope. ... He went through many jobs, none of which he found to be satisfying. ... But after years of struggling with low paying jobs, trying to support his children, and hardships in marriage, he turned away from his family and toward alcohol. ... During this time he could see himself as successful in his job, finally successful in a new found relationship, and as a man with a lot of potential. ...

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During the 1960's, women wanted more rights, power, and the ability to get higher paying jobs. ... Even though many women in the work force find raising children to be a very difficult task which leaves them feeling lonely and bored, they do a fine job of balancing their jobs with raising successful children. ... These attributes have helped to contribute to society in a positive way and leave me feeling as if I have done a good job. ... As tough as this unpaid task may be, this self-sacrifice of staying at home to raise ones' children can be the most society enhancing job a woman c...

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Post World War I the number of women involved in military services and jobs in the community slowly increased. ... With many more jobs opening up and the need for a more sensitive and caring personality in particular fields. ... With workers jobs came an awareness of environment and workers rights. ... Women pushed for closer equality in jobs and pay. ... Thanks to our freedoms in the United States, women have the freedoms to vote, speak, protest and make a choice for job and career. ...

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Male slaves were in charge of preparing food but serving drinks was a woman's job. ... Marriage When a woman was going to marry another man, the soon-to-be husband had to pay "morgengifu" (a morning gift) of money or land to the woman. ... If a wife's husband committed the act of stealing and she did not know of it, the she would not be punished but by law the husband had to pay a fine of 60 shillings. ...

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For example, Brent Hartinger in her article wrote, Two women, Sandra Rovira and Majorie Forlini, lived together in a marriage like relationship for twelve years "and now after her partner's death, Rovira is suing AT&T, Forlini's employer, for refusing to pay the death benefits the company usually provides surviving spouses. (278) For example, AT&T decided not to give certain benefits to this couple just because there were two females who lived to together rather than a man and woman. ... Furthermore, maybe before the employee started the job there was probably an agreement sp...

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Cannery work was available in Seattle, but the biggest city in Oregon, Portland, did not have a large industrial center and office jobs were reserved for the educated males. ... By gaining the respect of men, by doing a man's job, the women of the Pacific Northwest enjoyed the political benefits of suffrage years before the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment. However, still the women of today lack the equal rights of men in economic areas, for instance equal pay for equal work. ...

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However, interest rates on these goods were astronomically high, and a farmer would barely be able to pay back the loan, even after a substantial harvest. ... Stipulations of sharecropping contracts would mandate a percentage of the crop, and forced the ex-slaves to maintain the land, a job which was never finished. ... When Kracha put up the Bryan poster in his store window, he was immediately advised to remove it, and after Mike voted for the socialist party, he was afraid of losing his job. ... Dobie, on the other hand, voted for whom he pleased, was openly a member of the non-company uni...

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This would improve a job task, and result in increased productivity. ... My job of discipline and education may be a little less complicated than Frank and Lillian's. ... Whenever the family would go somewhere where they would have to pay the person, such as a toll bridge, Frank would take one look at the person and know that their nationality was Irish. ... The older children's job was to take care of the youngest, and the mother took care of the intermediate children and babies. ...

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They also should ask anyone how they felt about their tax dollars being used to pay congress during the shutdown when it was congress who let the shutdown happen in the first place. ... I personally do not feel as if my tax dollars should pay congress their salary especially when in my opinion they cannot do the job we elected them for and pay them to do. ...

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She learns how to fix latches, pay the bills and provide for her kids; which is usually the responsibility of the man. ... Assatoui decided to leave her husband and purse a higher education; which resulted in her acquiring a job at the United States Embassy. ... The second case of abandonment was when Assoite pruing a higher form of education and obtaining a job with the United States Embassy. ...

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Mexico is an interesting place to visit. There's so many things to do and places to see it's unbelievable. Mexico is made up of 24 states which are Baja California Norte, Baja California Sur, Sonora, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo Leon, Durango, Sinaloa, Zacatecas, Tamaulipas, San Luis Potosi, Jalisco, ...

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She told me how hard it is to take care of two kids and keep a job, in order to provide for the family. ... Three months have already passed, and she had to get back to her job, so she bought a pump, making milk bottles every day for her daughter. ...

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Despite this positive aspect of the law, its true purpose was to pay for the damages caused by this battle in that it was passed to benefit from the women's wealth. ... After Caesar's reign, during the Imperial Age, women were then permitted to "own land, run businesses, free slaves, make wills, be heirs themselves, and get a job in some professions" (Donn). ...

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Although I know my mom tried to protect me from the financial troubles she was experiencing as a result of my father not paying child support on a regular basis, I would often hear talk about not being able to pay off bills, not having enough rent money, talk about maybe getting a second job, etc. ...

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People are choosing different types of education degrees, getting different kinds of jobs, taking a variety of transportation, tasting food from other countries, learning the news from the world through the internet media every day. ... But the significant meaning for women is that family is not the only part of women's life, women have the right to enter the labor market and get job now. ...

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This links with Marx's theory of the 'chain of inheritance' within families, as kin passes down items such as properties and businesses, benefitting Capitalism and the ruling class, whilst oppressing the under class's chance of working a better job. ... With benefits such as Job Seekers' Allowance and Child Benefit, many families depend on this income as a way of supporting their families. ...

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In dowry system, bride's family has to pay tremendous amount of luxurious gifts such as gold, car, house, etc. to the groom's family because they are superior in the relationship. ... When arranged marriage is introduced at such a young age, they may likely to drop out of school, which also results in working a low wage jobs. ... Parents of groom then go to see the bride's family and look for the bride's family status, way of talking, and her job and based on all that, they decide if the girl is a right choice for their son.Marriage is for sure an obsession for Indians and ...

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Children growing up with both biological parents are likely to be better educated, have better job skills, have a more secure sense of self, and thus enter adulthood with greater chances of success both professionally and personally. ... A major constraint of families and work is the need for workers in low-paying jobs, long hours, and very few people who are willing or able to work under these circumstances. ...

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