Female slavery was also distinguished and structured by childbearing and childbirth. ... Most slave women this age were either pregnant, nursing an infant, or had at least one small child to care for "male runaways could be more assured that their children would be cared for, but slave women had no such assurance. ... Slaveholder sexism also made female slavery different from male slavery. ... Besides making women's days especially long, slaveholder practices restricted female slave movement. ... The most common form of female self-defense was feigning illness. ...

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In Kuwait there is a literacy rate of eighty percent of males and seventy three percent of females, the evidence of this in the common household is the fact that books, a computer and a satellite were seen. ... Due to the fact that there is a great difference between the female literacy rate and the male literacy rate one assumption would be that males attend school longer than females and that they are more responsible for gaining employment in their later life. ... In both Kuwait and Albania they have fairly high life expectancy rates and low infant mortality rates. For Kuwait life expec...

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I have found that in America, feminists have primarily advocated for female benefits. ... The female also dictates the social and economic future of the impregnating male. ... Feminist insist that these women endure physical and emotional pain in the termination or birth of an infant. ... In some cases, female violence is glorified. ... Even in the aspect of female rights, the approach of this movement has been aggressive and counterproductive. ...

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This study shows that males would not concentrate clearly on the mission due to the presence of females. ... Would you take the risk of drainage in the population, or the risk that some young infant has no mother to care for him? ...

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Other research from the American Cancer Society estimate that a total of sixty-one percent of male nonsmokers and seventy-six of female nonsmokers were exposed to Environmental Tobacco smoke. ... During a recent poll, nonsmoking adults (males, females) were asked a series of questions. ... Other studies show that a child under the age of three could die from sudden infant death syndrome if exposed to environmental tobacco smoke for long periods of time. Sudden infant death syndrome also called crib death is a frightening condition in which apparently healthy, normal infants suddenly stop bre...

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"Shaken Baby Syndrome is caused by vigorous shaking of an infant or damage, Forceful shaking can cause bleeding to the mental, retardation, speech and learning disability, paralysis, seizures, hearing loss, and even death." ... Head trauma is the most frequent cause of permeant damage or death between abused infants and children, and shaking accounts for a significant number of those cases" By shaking a baby, the baby's fragile brain will slam against the skull wall resulting in cerebral hemorrhage, swelling and bruises. ... Females who injure babies by shaking them are...

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Times) With an average life expectancy of 76.47 years for males and 82.52 for females, a death rate of 10.12 deaths per thousand people, a birthrate of only 9.18 births per thousand people, and an infant mortality rate of 6.19 deaths per thousand live births, it stands out among developed nations as one of the few countries where population is declining, rather than increasing. ...

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Native Americans culture is unique for many ways. Living on the reservations they were in touch with nature as well as their ancestors. Native Americans are disputed in the country, diverse among tribes, culturally mixed, and recognize their own political stands (Bordewich, 1996, p. 71). These have ...

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Especially for say, a upper middle class female living a fairly reasonable lifestyle. ... For instance, these people must deal with low wages, underemployment, malnutrition, high infant mortality and wretched living conditions at a vast scale. ... Brazil's problems began when " the growth of giant sugar plantations starting in the 1950s pushed subsistence farmers off their lands, forcing them to survive on inadequate wages" (Bodley pg 363) Although in 1993 Brazil's GNP reached $2930 per capita and is considered a upper-middle income nation, many of Brazil's inhabitants are impov...

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Saudi Arabia: good, bad, or both? "Each country has to define where it stands; "either you are with us or you are with the terrorists," President Bush affirmed shortly after the 9-11 attack. Debate is heavy in regards to a strong relationship between the United States and Saudi Arabia. The U.S. ...

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As night fell on the day of the Sabbath, Rachel requested that her mother-in-law heat some water for washing the infant and warming milk to feed her. ... Rachel's mother-in-law was the female version of her grandfather in Russia; she was a strong follower of the Jewish faith, and highly superstitious as well. ...

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The total fertility rate based in 2002 is 2.83 children born/women, with an infant mortality rate of 13.72 deaths/1,000live births in 2002. The current life expectancy at birth is 68.56 years, with males being 66.13 years, and females at 71.11 years. ...

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What is considered a women, is it a female that has the body of a model. ... (www.familyhistory.edu) Throughout American history, most families have needed more than one income to support themselves whether it was washing clothes and selling eggs for others in the late 1800's, babysitting in the 50's or female scientists in the 80's. ... Infant mortality, orphan hood, and early widowhood affected a distressingly high proportion of families. ...

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Abortion is the ending of pregnancy by the removal or forcing out from the womb of a fetus or embryo before it is able to survive on its own. surgical methods appear to have a lower risk of side effects. Abortion in the developed world has a long history of being among the safest procedures in medic...

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(SBS - Shaken Baby Syndrome is the third highest cause for infant deaths in the U.S) Although not all teens decide to have the baby and some have an abortion. ... The above are statistics taken from the following site: www.agiusa.org/pubs/fb_teen_sex.html - Research conducted by the Alan Guttmacher Institute A number of people are affected by teen pregnancies - the teens (both male and female), their families, tax payers, social services and the babies themselves. ...

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African American females are unique human beings. ... Cole to the post of sanitary visitor, a position in which a traveling physician would visit families in their homes in slum neighborhoods and instruct them in family hygiene, prenatal and infant care. ...

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Yoruba People An Overview: History, Geography, Ecology, Subsistence, Technology The Yoruba People, of whom there are more than twenty-five million, occupy the southwestern corner of Nigeria along the border with Benin Republic and extends into Benin Republic itself. To the east and north the Yoruba culture reaches its approximate limits in the region of the Niger River. However ancestral cultures directly related to the Yoruba once flourished well north of the Niger. Portuguese explorers "discovered" (for the Europeans) the Yoruba cities and kingdoms in the fifteenth century, but citie...

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One out of every three female homicide victims is killed by their husbands or boyfriends. ... Between 30% and 50% of female high school students report having already experienced teen dating violence. ... Studies have shown that victims can be anyone from infants to people in their 80's; people of color, lesbians, gays, people with disabilities, and persons from every racial, ethnic, religious, economic and social background. ... She wants to go to female strip clubs to see the girls strip so she would use the moves on her boyfriend. ...

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Being physically active is an important part of a healthy lifestyle. Individuals who participate in moderate or vigorous intensity physical activity can reduce their risk for disease and premature death (USDHHS, 1996). Physical activity has been shown to have the following health benefits: Reduces the risk of dying prematurely. Reduces the risk of heart disease. Reduces the risk of developing type 2 diabetes. ...

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