Some people believe slapping your kid is physical abuse, while some others spank those naughty little baggers, just like my parents do. ... And I am sure if they were to be told of what a traditional family is where only the husband works, you would get laughed at. But on the other hand, if a person in the upper class were to be asked then yes, there would probably only be the husband working and the wife staying at home with two kids. ... I believe the traditional family has changed and evolved to where both parents, or single parent, can work with either or the husband or wife being the s...

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"I am so pleased that he is happy" (James 276), she says her after being spanked by him. If one tries to find a similitude with Tess, one will come across that by contrary Tess is avoiding Alec since she does not loves him as is exposed in the following quote: "() If I had gone for love o' you, if I had ever sincerely loved you, if I loved you still, I should not so loathe and hate myself for my weakness as I do now" (ch. 7). ... Those times when women were submitted either to their husbands, father, brother or any male figure are considered gone. ...

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