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that there was not adequate referencing for many of the points in the appeal, and so granted an appeal based on only the following...

can be viewed as a socially constructed contract, opposition to applying marriage to homosexual unions extends from the social con...

Holland was a shell of a soldier, sitting on a bench at the beach in San Francisco when Pearlie saw him and recognized him instant...

college degrees. There are between 300,000 and 400,000 same-sex unmarried couples sharing a home. Their data are different. For ...

1895 play, The Importance of Being Earnest, Oscar Wilde created a work that many critics feel is the epitome of the Victorian come...

novel The Awakening provides insight into the marriages of Edna Pontellier and her friend Adele Ratignolle. Examination of these m...

Olmeztoprak presents a thorough review of current literature pertaining to the significance of valid, reliable assessment practice...

This paper argues that any and all forms of plural marriage should be accepted by modern society and recognized legally at all lev...

literary works of early America, is awash with allegory and symbolic meaning. Ostensibly, the story tells the tale of a somewhat l...

and rules governing marriage; these rules were very oppressive to women. This paper discusses what Victorian society expected from...

House shocked audiences when it first appeared with its depiction of a woman who refused to live by societys "rules." This paper d...

out of necessity for many and Allworthy and Bridget seem content to go without marriage, although Bridget was once married. They r...

and one could well envision how Chekhovs character, Gurov, may well have married for something other than love. "He had been talke...

This four-page paper compares and contrasts women in the Book of Genesis in the Bible and the Qu'ran. Common topics regarding wome...

wedding is what this event implies about secularization, as a deep fear of the Catholic Church has been that secular attitudes wil...

entertained an Indian couple at her home and the table conversation focused in the institution of marriage. Smita, the Indian wife...

addressing a culture that is distinct and with its own specific worldviews and orientations (Borthwick, 1999). There are t...

showing Jenn and Brad as the parents. Through the following years, Jenn and Brad passed themselves off as a married couple, with t...

be relatively conservative in terms of ideals. "Many of my fellow conservatives have an almost knee-jerk hostility toward gay marr...

never have children, and how many couples never have children nor intend to have children. They are not asked if they plan to have...

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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

acknowledge Muhammad as Allahs Prophet and offered encouragement and support for her husband throughout her life. Like his first...

of a European spinster. Rama calls this an "aspect of the New Africa" (24), a reference to modern, global politics affecting the l...