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being primarily procreative, there is also a distinction made between marriages which cannot be consummated or which are sterile, ...

Resolution We are committed to active conflict resolution, which includes open communication, avoidance of passive/aggressive com...

marriage was a way to survive as an individual and in society. Men and women in society who were not married were seen as eccentri...

homosexuality was not a lifestyle in the eighteenth century. Rather, having sex with someone of the same gender was something that...

opens "Marriage" delivers a millenarian prophecy that identifies Christ, revolution and apocalypse and, in so doing, "satanizes" a...

In fact, Wilde seems to be making important commentary on Victorian society itself, contending that something may reveal a perfect...

Greece, 2004). Eleni supposed her husband would do the same, but given that she had never met him she couldnt be sure. She was d...

women being "accepted in the diaconate which is a part of Holy Orders" (Womens Ordination Conference, n.d.; also see The Campaign ...

decision to allow gay marriages, a new Pew Center poll shows 59 percent of Americans oppose such marriages, thats up from 55 perce...

from welcoming" (Watson, 1991, p. 350). The traditional rural peasant view of daughters is still that they are "excess baggage." W...

also in case law. Case law has given many good and worthwhile definition of marriage, one f the first is in the of Hyde v. Hyde an...

was viewed in the modern era as not so much a disease but was seen as lack of upbringing and evil intent. Gay relationships were s...

of marriage and those who are against same-sex marriages argue that this issue will only serve to erode the institution even furth...

family rights" (Farrell 130; Stacey and Biblarz 159). In September of 2000, the Dutch parliament followed suit by also granting e...

manner inconsistent with the intentions of the people in enacting that provision. Yet that is precisely what has happened in the S...

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...

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

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

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

many questions which arise. II. Questions and Answers As requested by a student writing on this subject, this part of the pape...

It could be said that the ban, as well, could likely violate the concept of equality, which is also implied in the Constitution (T...

of fancy, at least in her imagination. Austen states, "She was sensible and clever; but eager in everything: her sorrows, her joys...

without having been asked to do so, providing a reward of some type for this, or simply recognizing the effort and the initiative ...

responsibility for child-rearing or housekeeping duties traditionally assigned to women (Luker, 2003). To complicate things still ...

the glory when the farming goes well. Of course, this bitterness is something felt by most housewives of an earlier generation and...

legal definitions of marriage exclude same-sex marriage but reveal little about what constitutes "marriage" other than as an insti...

by many as having originated in Greenwich Village New York in 1969 with the Stonewall Inn riots (Ahearn, 1996), is of course not a...

this case, the spouse can also learn about why men cheat (either by talking with other people who have gone through similar situat...

The primary reason for dating, though it is strictly on a subconscious and biological level, is to find and obtain a mate for the ...

do arise in marriages that are not foreseen by the partners at the time that they marry. Problems with in-laws, money and sex are...