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Women's Freedom and the Detriment of Marriage

is exemplified by the nuclear family that leaves women unfulfilled. It is ultimately this missing part of life--or the lack of fre...

Footwear's Evolution

highest possible degree of comfort and hygiene. It has to allow for environmental requirements and for the climate in which it is ...

Religious Rituals of Judaism and Christianity

offers the marriage contract, and the woman accepts: this is a contractual obligation which can only be broken by death or divorce...

Foils and Marriage in Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

him to be when she first met him at the ball: a rude egocentric boor. And yet, one of the Bingley sisters illuminates what society...

Competing Visions of Thomas Morton and William Bradford in 'The May Pole of Merry Mount' by Nathaniel Hawthorne

setting for Nathaniel Hawthornes 1835 short story, "The May-Pole of Merry Mount." Bradford took a rather dim view of the festivit...

Evolution of Women's Roles in the Islamic Tradition

in 7th century Arabia" (Time, 2001; 50). For example, while many pagan societies of the time buried unwanted female infants alive,...

Catholic Social Instruction and the Value of Family and Marriage

social structure. His prediction of severely negative consequences directly related to artificial contraception shed light upon t...

Intermarriage Between Christians and Jews

fifty years (Sander 27). However, other sources indicate that the rate of intermarriage is on the rise. The 2000 National Jewish P...

Sexuality in Judaism, Buddhism, and Hinduism

paths of their hair and the red dot or bindi that is displayed on the forehead" indicate they are sexually active in many ways (La...

Marriage

social and political institution that essentially serves as a national foundation in many ways. It is seen as the backbone of soci...

Cultural Comparison of Korea and the U.S.

Lifestyle - Food, 2002). Because of problems with refrigeration, preserved foods like kimchi (a fermented cabbage dish) and doenj...

Refuting Danielle Crittenden

with "both partners or spouses [occupying] the same roles within and outside the home" (Crittenden). She says this relationship wi...

Issues Through Liberal and Conservative Lenses

liberal origins, the conservative had developed their own distinctive view of Social Security, which can be summed up in a single ...

Gabriel Garcia Marquez's Love in the Time of Cholera and the Value of Marriage

marriage is highlighted in the intriguing book by Gabriel Garcia Marquez entitled Love in the Time of Cholera. Love in the Time o...

Statement of Intent : Health Care Worker to High School Counselor

on a positive path. Although I have considered other areas in psychology, as I believe that my qualities are conducive to the coun...

Views on the Social Practice of Gay Marriage

Bush Oppose Gay Marriage 14). The statement went on to pronounce heterosexual marriage as "holy, while homosexual acts go against...

Problems Faced by People in Second Marriages

old marriage and children are an important part of these newly created families. With so many complications, one has to ask why pe...

TV Situation Comedies Home Improvement and Everybody Loves Raymond

love one another. They give each other things, and try to understand one another as best they can. The audience feels that they do...

A Comparison of Anna Quindlen and Andrew Sullivan Plus an Annotated Bibliography

ailing partner; they cant file joint tax returns; there are no survivors benefits for the one left behind (Quindlen, 1992). Quind...

Life of Kate Chopin and 'Story of an Hour'

She was the eldest of seven children and, though the family was well-established, they had fallen on hard times (Kate Chopin, A Wo...

Primary Prevention Strategy Against Divorce

todays marriages. Those factors are money and gender expectations. The literature has recognized the fact that gender roles in s...

Marital Expectations and Fallacies

toward a common goal. This is true whether the marital unit is attempting to raise children, to work out a budget, or to decide w...

Women and Love According to Kahlil Gibran

talents to the relationship. They "fill each others cup but drink not from one cup/Give one another of your break but eat not from...

The Symbolism of the Hindu Marriage Ceremony

complex, and comprises 13 separate steps, each performed in accordance with Vedic tradition, and each symbolizing some aspect of t...

Women in The Iliad

This 3 page paper discusses the role women play in "The Iliad" when it comes to marriage and sexual relationships; it also discuss...

A Cycle of Abuse

all her fault. Early in their marriage she became pregnant, and he was extremely unhappy about the child. He wanted to become esta...

Interracial Relationships

level of mixed race dating and marriage. A recent study from Pew Research Center (2006), for example, revealed that 22 percent of ...

Societal Causes of Divorce.

caught in the middle, though the authors point out that there are many tensions in Western marriages as well (Kung, Hung and Chan)...

Male and Female Roles in Marriage

is very much an equal reality in a marriage. Men and women are expected to treat each other respectfully, and to care about one an...

Feminist Interpretations of Two Short Stories

It does not necessarily make men evil or bestial, but it does recognize that we live in a patriarchal society and that the structu...