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Marital and Sexual Options

In seven pages this paper discusses how women globally are electing to escape from the traditional marriage construct in a conside...

Changing Marriage and Divorce Trends

In ten pages this paper discusses how trends in marriage and divorce have changed over the past 100 years with future trends also ...

Women in Three Hardy Novels

This 6 page paper explores the status of women in the Victorian era by examining the way they are presented in three Hardy novels,...

David Popenoe and Interracial Marriage

In eight pages a sociological view of interracial marriage is taken with the assistance of David Popenoe's concepts. Ten sources ...

Societal Trends that Affect Individuals

This 5 page paper discusses societal trends that affect individuals, specifically gay marriage, gun laws, abortion and the privacy...

Have Public Perceptions Shifted on Major Issues?

are assumed to act in ways that enhance their personal well-being at the expense of shareholders (Fama and Jensen 1983). T...

In Contemporary Society Are Egalitarian Marriages Possible?

In six pages both sides of the issue of whether egalitarian marriages can truly exist in today's society are presented and the con...

Conflicting Marital Perspectives in Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

is entirely a matter of chance. If the dispositions of the parties are ever so well known to each other, or ever so similar befo...

Comparing Much Ado About Nothing vs. A Midsummer Night's Dream

In this paper consisting of six pages the differences and similarities of these comedies in terms of fathers and daughters, sex an...

Friendship and Marriage According to Barbara Whitehead and Aristotle

In a paper consisting of seven pages the concept of marriage rooted in friendship is a view shared by Barbara Whitehead and Aristo...

Aaron T. Beck's Love is Never Enough

In eight pages this paper discusses marriage counseling through cognitive therapy as it is represented by the author in his text a...

Family Structure of the Cherokee

In nine pages this paper examines the matrilineal family structure of the Cherokee in terms of gender roles, marriage determinatio...

Theme of Romantic Love in the Poetry of Felicia Hemans and William Blake

In 10 pages the ways in which romantic love is expressed by each poet is examined in an analysis of William Blake's 'Marriage of H...

Erica Jong's Fear of Flying

This paper provides a reading of Jong's novel, Fear of Flying. The author raises questions on a variety of Jong's assertions and ...

Reasons for the Failure of Marriages

wives tend to have a greater incidence of spousal abuse than do those who regard their mates in a more respectful manner. While d...

Bessie Head's 'The Collector of Treasures' and Marriage

In 5 pages the 2 couples featured in this short story by Bessie Head are contrasted and compared regarding the marriages of each. ...

Marriage and Communication

dialectic dimensions: integration-separation, stability-change, and expression-privacy" (396). There exits a basic tension betwee...

History of the Gay Marriage Debate

In eight pages gay marriage is examined from a historical perspective in a consideration of constitutional and legal rights and al...

Two Tolstoy Works Compared

Jealousy and marriage and how they drive the plot line and story in this paper, which compares Leo Tolstoys' Family Happiness and ...

Interfaith Marriages and Their Benefits

In one hundred and twenty pages the benefits of interfaith marriages are examined in this comprehensive and extremely detailed ove...

Supreme Court Cases in Canada and Marriage Breakdown and Evolution

to determine when deciding whether or not economic contribution had any bearing on equitable distribution. As it turns out, the r...

Marriage in Ann Petry's The Street, Nella Larsen's Passing, and Zora Neale Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God

to delve into such concentrated and personal subjects as these, especially in front of strangers. However, Larsen recognized the ...

Physical and Emotional Implications of Premarital Sex

In eight pages this paper discusses sex without marriage in terms of physical implications such as STDs and emotional effects. Ei...

Emma by Jane Austen, Maturation and Marriage

In 6 pages this paper examines the last novel by Jane Austen and how themes of marriage and maturation are represented in the expe...

Islam and Marriage

In seven pages this paper examines marriage practices from an Islamic perspective. Four sources are cited in the bibliography....

Power in Correspondence Relationships

itself is set up to favor men. There is nothing new in this and to a large extent its true. Women still earn significantly less th...

Lady with Lapdog

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

Women in Genesis and the Qu'ran

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

The Symbolic Function of Marriage in Irving's "Rip Van Winkle"

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

A Doll’s House as a Example of an Oppressive Marriage

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