Many families could not even afford to support their elderly, as they became a burden on the family and could not earn wages. ... Social Security does not benefit the families who deviate from the classic definition of a family in the same way it does a traditional family. ... Women were more wholly represented in the administrative support and service industries rather than the precision production, operator/laborer, and agricultural industries. ... Shifting back to the topic of Social Security, as stated earlier, the goals of Social Security during its birth were to replace an individual...

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They vary between one family and the next. ... This perfect image is not widely supported in reality. Breakdowns between families, particularly between parents and children, are a common occurrence in today's hostile world. ... Real families do not always follow the perfect ideals that television demands of them. ... These feelings may evolve into resentfulness and result in a break in once close family ties. ...

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During times of war, families are often separated by long distances, and families during the Revolutionary War were no different. ... Throughout their on-going communication the Adams write about their family, concerns with the status of the war and its outcome, but most importantly political views of the time and specifically the critical issue of equality that Mrs. ... Abigail shares with her friend the idea that they should sign a petition in support of the equality movement and that she even threatened Mr. ... The most disheartening statement he makes is about what he sees the greatest acc...

• Word Count: 1671
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He yearns for support from his family, and dislikes the way in which they live. In the play, Walter pleads with his family for support and states, " I got me a dream" (Hansberry 33.) ... The major way to support one's family is through making money. ... Walter sees his job as a chauffeur as, for one, degrading, and not a way to make the money he needs to support his family. ... Having that role would also give him control over his family and would grant him with the concrete ability to protect his family. ...

• Word Count: 1442
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• Grade Level: High School

Within the Chinese culture, villages are a tight-knit community, basically one big family. ... According to Chinese law, a couple is permitted one child, hence why most families will abort baby girls. ... The mindset behind this is that if the parents have a boy, he will take care of them when he gets older and has a job, a baby girl will not be able to support the family in their old age. ...

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This paper examines current problems related to women's work and childrearing, focusing on role conflicts, women's well-being, and supports from family including husbands, government and companies, and in the end looks for possible solutions. ... It is clear that women's participation in labor decreases her whole family's economic hardship. ... The second is social support. ... The last is external support. ... Are supports for workingwomen enough in Japan? ...

• Word Count: 1966
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The findings from issues of trivial matters do not support Felson, Messner, Hoskin, and Deane's hypothesis that "victims would be more likely to view an incident as trivial if the offender was a family member" (p. 9). ... The hypothesis stating, "privacy is more likely to be an inhibiting facto in domestic assaults than in other assaults" is supported by the data (Felson et al., 2002). It shows that victims cite that privacy is an issue when dealing with partners or family members but that it is less important when dealing with partners over family members. ... Felson, Messner, Hoskin,...

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That means that females were dependent on men financially and lost their financial support as a consequence separation, divorce, death or their partner's loss of employment. ... These women have "low-paying clerical jobs with many demands on them and little control over their working place, who also have several children and little or no support at home" (Barnett, and Rivers, The Myth 185). ... But this mostly happens in old families or in families with low education. ... Two-career families benefit in one more way. ... Women do not lose their financial support because of separation, div...

• Word Count: 1739
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• Grade Level: High School

Cleaver was the lone breadwinner who supported his family and even had time to play catch with his kids, or go on a fishing trip from time to time. ... The men are still expected to support the family in the 90s, but they are also called upon to be much more then that. ... Today's economy and standard of living has changed from that of the old and to expect everyone to be able to support a family with one job is unrealistic. There is a price to pay for be both a financial supporter as well as the family man. ... During the time that this show was made, women were expected to be the "t...

• Word Count: 1718
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She loves her father and stays with his family to be near him, but she is forcibly married off to a shoemaker. ... According to Al-Hibri, even when she traces her family tree only the names of male members of the family are written, as if the women don't exist. ... In a fundamentalist society, especially Islamic one, women are not allowed to work outside of their houses, this is the reason sons are expected to grow up and support the family, and this is equivalent to carrying on the name of the family. ... However the entrance of Laila and her feministic leaning give Mariam a support tha...

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• Grade Level: High School

The importance of imagery in this context is that it is rich in rhetoric and therefore supports masculine power. ... The Imagery here supports masculine power by arranging it into a new configuration of the human relationships. The family is perceived as the basis of gender with the elevation of the father to the status of the sole parent while the mother is completely removed and does not play any role in the family (Fowler 54). ... According to Fontenrose, the imagery of the animal single parent means that the father is the head of the family and the mother is technically placed outside th...

• Word Count: 1671
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They have done this by challenging concepts of gender, the family and the unequal division of labour underpinned by a theory of patriarchy that has come to reveal how it operates to subordinate women and privilege men, often at women's expense. ... Walby's explanation sees the household production as being a key site of women's subordination but acknowledges that the domestic area is not only one that women participate in. she shows how the concept of patriarchy is useful in explaining the relationship between women's subordination in the private and public arenas by s...

• Word Count: 2399
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I will use examples and insights from the text, video clips and lecture, and my own media experience to support my observations. ... This movie showed a destitute and struggling family embracing hope. ... Their overall goal was to find a man and then have a family. ... In this show the ideal family was shown. ... There are many examples (shown in video lecture #6) of commercials that support these statements. ...

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Relationships Relationships between trans individuals and their families, friends and peers can often be challenging. ... She has two brothers and a sister who support and love her. ... They were brought together by Katie's mom, Jazzlyn after meeting Arin at a local Transgender support group. In the video they described their journey through transformation, the stigma they faced and how their parents supported their decisions. As you can see positive relationships amongst transgender individuals and their families can really impact how a trans individual will feels about themselves in a p...

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According to his essay men are supposed to accomplish three things in order to gain respect which are having kids, supporting them and finally looking after them. ... It's women who let man support them and their children. ... Gilmore's example of Alfredo supports this idea. ... Yet others mock his attitude to the point where his family's pride was put to shame. ... Obviously these men receive criticism from both sides of the family. ...

• Word Count: 1674
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"In 1989, one out of five families were headed by women. One-third of such women-headed families lived below the poverty line, which was $13, 359 for a family of four in 1990. In the United States, fathers currently owe mothers 24 billion dollars in unpaid child support"" (Pg. 75). ... How are they expected to earn money if they have children to care for and receive no child support from the father? Furthermore, there is an unequal division of labor in the family. ...

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On the contrary, when a man in the same situation, people will think he is a good father, because he can earn money to support his family. Although women can earn money to support their family, but they were criticized by less responsibility for their family. ... Women are responsible for the housework, children, and family budget. ... They try to find a balance between family and work. ... She needs to solve the men's discrimination, and the pressure from the family. ...

• Word Count: 1441
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The truth about black men, gays, and homophobia There's nothing easy about being black, but the struggle for a positive African American Identity is filled with support for fighting it. However, when that same African American Male is Gay there is no support team. With the African American struggle you have your families and community support. ... African American males have be brought up to have a love for their families and strength in their community and the source of history which to build a foundation on. However, the fear of losing their family and facing the wrath ...

• Word Count: 1889
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Living in such family, the self-worth of individual cannot be realized and the only thing you can do is obey the order of head of family and follow the family decision. ... In today's world, the modern "nuclear" family has been replaced to the traditional family. First, modern family has decreased in the areas of family size; the family usually has two generations consisting of father and mother and their children. ... Lastly, family is not the force to against individual to realize self-worth and social value any more, even more the family member become main force to support yo...

• Word Count: 1927
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

There seems to be a lot of evidence supporting the fact that women are more involved in crime today. ... Murray Straus, Ph.D., conducted his National Family Violence Survey in 1975 and 1985, with a total of 8,145 married couples. ... In conclusion, I have provided many facts to support my claim that the amount women involved in crime are increasing. This includes surveys from the FBI and the National Family Violence Survey. ... Adler supports the belief that crime and women's socioeconomic positions in society are very closely related. ...

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Kantrowitz supports the fact that society determines the role of men and women. ... Instead, she should be playing house pretending to have a family consisting of a mother, father, and a baby. ... Commercials that advertise laundry detergent, such as Tide and ERA, support this saying. ... As one of my professors once said, "In a family, the man is the gasoline in the car and the women is air freshener." ... Even though today more and more women are working to support themselves or their families and taking on the roles of men, the public image of women is still perceived differently. ...

• Word Count: 1554
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Some men stay at home while their wives go to work and make the money that supports the family. ... Today women are encouraged to rely on themselves and not look for a man to support them. ... Yes women are still seen cooking, cleaning, and taking care of the family, but she is also holding down a full time job. ... Nowadays as each decade passed, women have been feeling more and more empowered wanting to support and take care of themselves. ... Women were labeled and deemed to be weak and fragile and who can only survive if they are supported by their husbands. ...

• Word Count: 1639
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They propose the ideas such as women being more likely to enter and leave the workforce to raise children, take care of elderly parents or move with their families. ... DeLauro emphasized that the wage gap affects a woman's livelihood and her ability to support a family. Two out of five women in the paid workforce are the sole providers for their families. People like Patricia Ireland, the president of NOW, an organization that strives to completely close the wage gap between men and women, fully support DeLauro. For Ireland once stated that, "When women win equal pay, their families and...

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First, I will analyze the impact of various agents of socialization, such as media, family, school and peer group, in portraying men to be more aggressive than women. ... Furthermore, family plays an important role in enforcing the norm and stereotype of men and women created by the media. Boys and girls are treated differently by their family members from the day when they were born. ... For example, schools offer more support and encouragement to male students for their participation in competitive sport activities, but not for the female students. ... Governments are directly or indirectly ...

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Cultural norms have inhibited advancements in equality often exploited by the media, by supporting the association of submission with women and dominance with men. ... In Holly Devor's essay, "Becoming Members of Society: Learning the Social Meanings of Gender," she supports this claim of modeling male behavior. ... Kilbourne supports this position with the William Kennedy Smith case. ... Often times, women who chose a career had to sacrifice family, which is more prevalent today. ... This is not an argument for women to stay barefoot and pregnant, but to understand that they have a...

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