... storylines, however, lies a wholly European perspective: in each work, European protagonists seek adventure and wealth in a distinctly European sense, concerned primarily with benefitting themselves as members of Western society while overlooking any negative consequences. These European characters, then, must necessarily have non-European counterparts who form the reverse side of the Western imperialist narrative. In both stories, this opposing group consists ... ...

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... and depriving Aboriginal children of their indigenous identity. The reserves also held repercussions for the structure and roles within the aboriginal family. "The role and status of men more than women was effected, thus many Aboriginal men, especially unemployed, slipped into aimlessness" . Traditionally the male role within the family was that of hunter and gatherer. It was the husband, or father's role to ... between the segregation and assimilation policies and the impact they had on Aboriginal family life is in accordance with the traditional male role. Following the removal of th...

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... connotations were also carried through in to personal, marital lives and the fulfilment of specific roles within a marriage for both sexes. Men were given the role of provider and pressure was put on them to meet these social expectations. Women were viewed "possessions" of their husbands and were expected to fulfil their role within the family as both carer and supporter. In ... view as popular Western culture on the connotations surrounding the act of a woman abandoning her family commitments and "duties". In many Eastern cultures, especially those controlled by Repressive State Appar...

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... this is what has been called "sex tourism". A typical example of this can be found in Gambia, West Africa which is particularly notorious for sex tourism. Elderly men and women from France are well known for regularly fly to the Gambia for sex with young girls and boys and in some instances taking them to their home countries to be ... ...

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... issues, particularly those related to multicultural counseling, competence, dual relationships, counselor training and supervision, and serving multiple clients. Other authors have presented case examples that involve cultural factors in counseling women, women in prisons, and individuals with disabilities. Pitman (1999) provided cases involving lesbian clients who faced rigid societal values and prejudices concerning their sexual desire, sexual behavior, and physical appearance. Bruns ... and Lesko (1999) analyzed the complexities of working with women in prisons, where counselors face...

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... issues, particularly those related to multicultural counseling, competence, dual relationships, counselor training and supervision, and serving multiple clients. Other authors have presented case examples that involve cultural factors in counseling women, women in prisons, and individuals with disabilities. Pitman (1999) provided cases involving lesbian clients who faced rigid societal values and prejudices concerning their sexual desire, sexual behavior, and physical appearance. Bruns ... and Lesko (1999) analyzed the complexities of working with women in prisons, where counselors face...

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... the myth of consumerism, there is no rebirth or renewal. While consumerism offers the goal of owning a product, it lacks the fulfillment of the typical American citizen. Consumerism offers only short-term ego-gratification for those who can afford the luxury and frustration for those who cannot afford the luxury. The public has been easily swayed onto the path of consumerism ... ...

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... are countries that refuse to do business with one another because of past and present political, ethnic, religious and/or economic differences. Internet availability can possibly be affected by both short and long term grudges, and specific trade barriers to cross-national commerce activities. The historical value placed on a nation currency is often not thought to be a cultural issue, but it ... ...

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... deprivation of human rights across the world. As Neil Levy argues 'moral relativism leaves us unable to make necessary criticisms of human rights abuses, of the systematic oppression of women, indeed, of the very destruction wreaked by the colonial powers on their colonies. Judging other cultures is not the first step down a road that leads to genocide; it is the ... ...

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... and Murray introduced a tripartite framework that articulated 3 distinct and important points on the determinants of personality formation. They concluded that every man is in certain respects like all other men, like some other men and like no other man. Through this framework they established that some determinants of personality are common (biological), some are particular to a certain social group, and some features ... ...

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... , are conceptually understood in a certain way and call for a similar type of explanation. Subjects included 10 male and 10 female middle-class American adults, drawn from a university population. They had a men age of 24.5 years and a mean education of 17.8 years. Deviant behaviors were chosen for presentation to subjects because they were the type of behaviors on which greatest cross-cultural ... ...

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