India's nation-state is widely inhomogeneous throughout history between both male and female social status in society. ... 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. ... This issue, although distinctly smaller during the era, preluded what was to eventuate; men empowering women. ... If she is unable to bring sufficient dowry, this woman is therefore harassed and all control is issued to a husband. ... In...

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However, it is the underlying cry for social change that is deeply imbedded in his writing, namely The Canterbury Tales, that is his most admirable accomplishment. ... Although the medieval franklin's social position is not clear, Chaucer's Franklin is depicted as a true gentleman who exhibits only admirable traits and thus must be judged according to these. ... The two do not have power issues in their marriage. ... In the case of the Wife of Bath, love is an important issue that needs to be examined. ... This view becomes more apparent in her tale, but even more apparent is ...

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How has the issue of gender superiority evolved in China? ... However, the social stature of women in China has grown tremendously compared to 20,000 years ago. ... (Tan p. 18) However, there were three issues to consider in which a man could not divorce his wife. ... The Qing dynasty (1644-1911) issued rules restricting women even more severely. ...

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It involves a multi-layer relationship between neighbors and other elements in the community, and it is so regarded by the Chinese as the top issue of the morality of human kind. ... The procedure of the wedding ceremony actually reflects the various social and cultural notions. ... In contemporary China, the social status of women has greatly upgraded compared to that in the past, and yet the term "marry off" is still kept in the daily language. ... Ethical customs always consider female as rare on demand, therefore it's improper for a girl's family to make a proposal...

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Arthur Marwick has conducted much research in to the impact of the second world war and the status of women, and he reports that the war "led to a new social and economic freedom for them, as well as a marked consciousness." ... Conscription was an issue which allowed class ideology to shape views on public issues. ... Therefore it is obvious that the abolition of segregation of the sexes in the workplace was not accelerated by the war, the government's policy to encourage women in to the factories was misleading to those feminists who thought the war would act as a catalyst for enhanci...

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Children who grow up living with intact biological parents are presented to do better on average, on wide range of social indicators than children who grow up in a single parent household (Berlin). ... Also children are seen to be a strong bond that binds families more together and so why would parents destroy their own children future or life by divorcing, while not stay and resolve the issue just for the sake of their children. ...

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In Vietnam, dating is considered an adolescent issue, and one so sensitive that people rarely mention it in conversation, at school, or even in books (Dating in Vietnam 1). ... This may mean marrying a complete stranger or someone they don't like but pleasing their parents" is a social priority, doing otherwise would be a major dishonor as a son. ... Another issue that is very important is going out for dinner, shopping, and other social events. ...

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One of the first and foremost important theories that touches upon a very critical issue in marital bliss is the one that describes the relationship between "Perceived Housework Equity, Marital Happiness, and Divorce in Dual-Earner Households (Frisco and Williams 2003)."" ... In the article Perceived Housework Equity, Marital Happiness, and Divorce in Dual-Earner Households in the Journal of Family Issues, the two authors examine this relationship in further details. ... In the article Women's Employment, Marital Happiness, and Divorce published in the December of 2002 in Social Forces a...

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Feminists argue that woman abuse refers to anything a male has done or not done to his partner that is perceived as psychologically, socially, economically, or physically harmful. ... Researchers have attempted to answer the many questions associated with wife abuse and have been successful in some areas yet neglect important issues. ... The family system responds to broad social-structural conditions that produce stress and conflict. ... The power model incorporated other factors such as stress, social isolation, and marital conflict, which could have been useful in the VAWS in offering more ...

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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. ... In the 1870s, a coalition of women's rights activists, temperance reformers, former abolitionists, and Protestant clergy, a social purity movement, arose to oppose this effort to license prostitutes. ... Over the next few years, Sanger and other activists gained national support as they wrote and le...

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During the Heian Period, men were allowed to marry several women and in addition could have secret affairs with "both occasional and live-in lovers- (Pekarik 219).This may not seem to be a big issue because the women in the story were expected to overlook many things, including affairs; it is unknown if the women expected the same from men. Although men could practice polygamy, they were to be married to women of the same social status. ... What is known about this particular relationship was that it was secretive and that Rokujō should have been treated better because of her social statu...

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The sources used to develop this paper are published journals, the text for this course along with other books related to this issue, and the Internet. ... These attitudes relate to gender roles and social changes in today's society and have contributed to women marrying later than their ancestors married. ...

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Relationships with the opposite sex are complex, and very unique. In this paper I hope to cover the main areas of this complex subject. I will address the stages of dating, the four types of chemistry between dating partners, unhealthy chemistry in women, various types of bad relationships, commi...

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While divorce can truly affect the psychological behavior of a child, the gender of the child plays a huge role in the way divorce can affect the child's behavior. " Older studies showed boys had greater social and academic adjustment problems than girls. ... The studies show that children living with opposite-sex parents (mother-custody boys and father-custody girls) were not as well adjusted on measures of competent social behavior (Journal of Marriage and The Family, vol. 50). ... Journal of Marriage and The Family says that girls of divorce are most often fearful of issues regarding c...

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So, travel commitments would be an issue that would require much time away from the church community. ... A parish would have many issues needing to be addressed at all times of the day. Whether it is a clogged toilet or an emotional crisis within the parish family, the priest would need to be present to address these issues. ...

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In One of Ours the main character, Claude, is confronted with life changing decisions in his social and personal lives. ... Claude had several issues with every woman he encounters and ends up discriminating against the women with whom he could have strong relationship and opts for women he feels are "safe" for him. ... At first it s hard to see why Claude is the way he is however, upon further review Cather makes the reader very aware that most of the issues in Claude's life can be traced back to his childhood. ... From that point on he exhibited issues with other stumps he encountere...

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If you express love in a way your spouse doesn't understand, he or she won't realize you've expressed your love at all. The problem is that you"re speaking two different love languages. With help from Gary Chapman, identify and then learn how to speak your spouses love language. Are you and your...

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Many of the Indian women novelists focus on women's issues; they have a woman's perspective on the world. ... ["Women and the Hindu Tradition,"in Women in India (New Delhi: Manohar, 1986), 122-123] Thus, In India, with its strong bent for tradition, the woman is expected mainly to live for others than for herself because "others" controlled and moulded the social structure. ...

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But there is nothing comic about Joyce's vision, for each of the three principal characters are trapped in a web of social expectations and constraints from which it proves impossible to escape. ...

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A lady from a family as Bracknell's could not marry the man she loved if he wasn't the appropriated one, a rich person, a socially known person, a person from the upper class I think this is a way to protest about the marriage. ... Algernon ridicules the notion of marriage, and says before Jack can marry Gwendolen, he has to clear up the issue of Cecily. ...

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