At this point in the story we witness the emotional division of the characters in to their respected roles. ... The doctor's wife in Blindness is able to adapt to this new role she has been given, and her husband graciously allows her to take this position, and denies the role himself saying, "What good is a doctor without eyes or medicines?" ... By the doctor allowing his wife to take up this role he is allowing them to have a happy marriage, which is free of contention. In Ross" The Lamp at Noon and Other Stories the roles that the women take on are more traditional roles. While Saram...

• Word Count: 988
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In this essay I will convey information of how society plays an important role of kinship and how gender have an impact and blinded many societies. ... Kinship is defined as culture system that recognized the roles of family and relationships and identifies the human rights, and borders of relations between members of a sub ordinal group. ...

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Implicitly, messages regarding a woman's role in marriage are expressed. ... She expects to be cared and provided for, and by playing the subservient role, she can obtain these ends. ... While remaining "in role", she can satisfy her own desires, using her rightful duties for personal means. ... Internally, The Taming of the Shrew carries messages of a woman's role in marriage; that she can use it to her benefit, and by adhering to this role can make demands of her own. ... Implicitly, Shakespeare presents the particulars of the roles men and women play in a marriage...

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The causes of divorce discussed in this paper include, equity of housework and its relationship with two-income families, the Exchange theory and financial problems, Role Specialization Theory, age at marriage and premarital sexual activity and cohabitation. ... These case studies are relevant to everyday life and demonstrate that role specialization and a stable net attraction combined with barriers can have detriment effects on the survival of marriages. ... In the article Women's Employment, Marital Happiness, and Divorce published in the December of 2002 in Social Forces author...

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William Shakespeare often described the women in his plays as being strong, confident individuals, much different from the stereotypical roles of the time period in which he lived. In Much Ado about Nothing, the main character____(look up) ---{describe role}. Similarly, in Macbeth, {discuss role of Lady Macbeth} The women of Othello also displayed characteristics of strong, modern women. .... ... Like many of Shakespeare's other female characters, Desdemona does not embody the stereotypical role of sixteenth century women. ... She is aware of the relationships between women and men, ...

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Strong Women of Othello William Shakespeare often described the women in his plays as being strong, confident individuals, much different from the stereotypical roles of the time period in which he lived. In Much Ado about Nothing, the main character____(look up) ---{describe role}. Similarly, in Macbeth, {discuss role of Lady Macbeth} The women of Othello also displayed characteristics of strong, modern women. .... ... Like many of Shakespeare's other female characters, Desdemona does not embody the stereotypical role of sixteenth century women. ... She is aware of the rel...

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Her vivid letters describe her life in times of Revolution and reflect the many roles that this woman undertook before and throughout her function as the second First Lady of United States. ... However, she retained a steadfast confidence in her husband, which was confirmed by his election as President and her new role as a First Lady in 1860. ... And while Abigail Adams passed the very year that Mary Lincoln was born, the lives of these very different women show some very similar concerns such as marriage, struggle for female education, meaning of childbirth, the role of religion and also the...

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This family suggests the widely accept norm that the man, the masculine partner takes the role of a provider, while the woman, who is the feminine partner takes the role of caregiver. According to Staricek, the gender role assignment within the family originated from cultural beliefs in biological essentialism. ... Additionally, the program communicates the current family structure, where every family needs a mother figure to play the role of a mother within the family. ... The Hispanic wife plays the role of the conventional trophy wife, with much importance on her beauty and ethnicity. ...

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He remarks "You and I have different role to play-, likening the situation to a literary scenario where the characters have clearly defined roles that evidently supports his behavior. ... Although she does not support the established gender roles within a family, she does not renounce "paternal approval- agreeing to return home to nurse her mother. ... Brian, the only male character to defy prejudices, reveals his homosexuality to Ellen challenging the roles of customary males. ... When Kate slowly becomes an invalid, the inadequacy of fixed roles is revealed, as imbalance becomes evident and ...

• Word Count: 834
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He remarks "You and I have different role to play-, likening the situation to a literary scenario where the characters have clearly defined roles that evidently supports his behavior. ... Although she does not support the established gender roles within a family, she does not renounce "paternal approval- agreeing to return home to nurse her mother. ... Brian, the only male character to defy prejudices, reveals his homosexuality to Ellen challenging the roles of customary males. ... When Kate slowly becomes an invalid, the inadequacy of fixed roles is revealed, as imbalance becomes evident and ...

• Word Count: 844
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Since the traditional conceptions of masculinity and femininity define man as instrumental and woman as expressive, then it follows that men and women can function in their traditional roles only in conjunction with each other. ... With the acceptance of the role of wife almost all women, especially role-oriented women, accept as well as the role of housewife. ... The role of wife and mother isolates most women from any meaningful contact with the outside world. ... If a woman finds no such rewards from domestic life she is convinced that something is wrong with "her", not with the role she...

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He discusses six key points: fathers are essential, but problematic; the role of fatherhood within marriage; the shrinking fatherly expectations; the debate over the importance of fatherhood; the necessity of fathers and mothers; and the correlations between fatherhood, marriage, and the good society. ... Also contributed to the decreasing number of fathers is that society has began to think of the paternal role as merely a social role, one that women can fill themselves and therefore rendering it unnecessary. ... Popenoe acknowledges the fact that fathers are not always positive role mod...

• Word Count: 1217
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In order to investigate the extent to which the conflict affected the status of women, it is necessary to investigate changes in the following factors: the women's role as a housewife, paid employment, sex segregation, consciousness, birth rates and government policy towards women. ... Women were empowered as they never had been before, stepping in to the spaces that the servicemen had left. " They played an important role in agriculture, industry, the armed services, civil defence and other vital work during the second world war." ... He believes that there was a visible migration o...

• Word Count: 2750
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When analyzing the role of women not by class or ethnicity but as a sex, it is essential to analyze their sexuality. Sociologists have studied feminine roles from many such angles as the Freudian fixation on the mother and father and the behavioralist perspective that one is a product of one's environment. Men's and women's roles in sex should be taught within the home and family, not out in the changing world, to ensure the survival of morality. ... In summation, it is my belief that changing times and not social scientists caused the change in women's roles in the 1920...

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If a husband and wife decide to both develop careers in order to support their family they must reevaluate their roles as future workers and parents. ... I also feel that the upbringing of a child should be split down the middle and career decisions should be evaluated fully, regardless of who has historically held a dominating role in society. ... Women will attempt to balance a career and family life, but in the end, I see the women still sacrificing monetary incentives for the traditional full-time nurturing mother role. ... If the traditional role-sets are followed, men will accept wome...

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The media and mainstream social science research play major roles in characterizing the Black family. ... The media has recognized the dichotomy between the white and Africa-American families in America, and therefore has taken the television programs where Africa-Americans play lead roles and made the shows resemble the norms of the white family. ... In the case of the increase of single-parent families, the Symbolic Interactionist looks out how people define the roles within their households and the context under which people form relationships within single-parent households. ... Within ...

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Family contains several relationships all of which represent a unique way of living together, that is, a person has to act in different roles. ... However, the reality of a family in actual situation is not idealistic, issues like family violence, parenting, gender roles, ageing always exist. ... Second, what we believe and how we act in the family will reflects the way we are in our social life out of the family; that is, family is an initial place where individuals practise and act in roles without having to take risks. Family is the group where children experience their first relationship, ...

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These factors are expressed through the exploration of feminism and the vast fundamental changes this movement generated for the role in which women play in society. ... Previously, marriage was the only acceptable role for women and the alternative; spinsterhood, prostitution or work for low wages was viewed as socially unacceptable (Aspin 1994, p. 42). The dramatic increase in paid workforce participation of women has seen a major shift in the role that women play within society. Consequently, females entering the paid workforce can be seen to be the biggest factor that can be attributed ...

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There are many factors that go into shaping a person's identity; whether it was the environment they grew up in, their beliefs, the people they associated with, the activities they partook in or even something as minuscule as their dietary habits, these all assume a small role in defining someone's character. ... " Growing up in a traditional yet moderately religious Hindu family played a significant role in Jayanthi's enjoyment of being "bad" in her parent's perspective (Bell, 31). ... Alicia's background played a huge role on relationships in her life....

• Word Count: 1743
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How women behave, their roles in society, their roles in a marriage, what types of freedom they have, how they spend their time, the education they receive, and many other things have been debated for hundreds of years. ... They were denied basic human rights and freedoms that men received with ease because it was believed that women meant nothing more than a means to an end in the lives of men and as their role in the household. ... It was expected of women to follow through with their assumed roles and position in society as well as in their family. ... It does not necessarily mean that wome...

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Personal adjustment includes self-control, leadership, responsibility, independence, achievement orientation, aggressiveness, and gender-role orientation. ... They may experience greater anguish than girls because their same sex role models, fathers, are usually the ones who disengage from the family. ... Most of the evidence indicates that boys without adult male role models demonstrate more feminine behaviors. ... A child's socialization role and social competence can possibly change when a separation takes place. ... Since there are increased role demands for the custodial parent, ther...

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Their roles as lovers, friends, companions and parents are all equally important. ... As we have seen, the labels of "housewife" and "househusband" given to the parents must be dropped in observance of new approach of setting the roles at home. ...

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An example can be found in Kidushin 1:1 by which the Mishnah maintains strict control of women activities, especially their sexual and reproductive role in the social economy. ... The sages therefore equate the possession of the wife's biological role to property in several ways mentioned. ... The sexuality factor plays a big role because whenever some man has a propriety interest in the sexual and reproductive function of a specified woman, the Mishnah treats woman as the man's property in all matters that affect his ownership of her sexuality while in all other contexts, the dep...

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The author was playing the role of an assistant to Monique, who was an excellent midwife in Namposella, a town commonly known for women giving birth on concrete slab and after a few hours, they return to their normal roles. ... The book could play a significant role when it reaches most parts of the world because it will enable people to understand the lives that their fellow human undergoes and the manner in which the battle different problems including poverty, underdevelopment and disease among others. ... This makes most women to play major roles in the community, including the maintenanc...

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" The restaurant scene introduces reversed gender roles where women have preferences for men, shown through Tai's objectification of a male waiter "break me off a piece of that.... Despite having an increased empowerment, similarities between both societies is portrayed through women's role as domestic goddesses and their continual dependence on a protective male figure. ... Sexual activeness and physical appearance played significant roles in determining popularity and hence status in Bronson Alcott High School. ... The shift from Regency England to 20th Century America ha...

• Word Count: 1249
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