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  • Why Marriages Last or Fail

    Why Marriages Last or Fail

    Firstly, one of the most common reasons why marriages fail is that people will not listen to one another to seek understanding. In today’s society there are very few good listeners in the world. After marriage, people think that they already know everything about their spouse, when in fact; they could know just the opposite. Two spouses must always keep a form of communication with each other. If a person begins to fail to

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    Essay Length: 582 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: April 22, 2010 By: Jack
  • Gender, Kinship and Marriage

    Gender, Kinship and Marriage

    Gender, Kinship and Marriage Introduction According to Kottak, Kinship or Kin groups are “social units whose members can be identified and whose residence patterns and activities can be observed”. A good example of this is a nuclear family which is the most prominent in state societies as well as foraging bands which we discussed previously. Gender (which I based) several questions on is defined by Kottak as “the cultural construction of sexual difference”. What Kottak

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    Essay Length: 1,238 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: April 22, 2010 By: Fonta
  • Teenage Marriage: Weigh It Carefully

    Teenage Marriage: Weigh It Carefully

    Teenage Marriage: Weigh it carefully! The rapid increase in the number of early marriages over the past several years coupled with the extremely high rate of divorce within this same group makes this subject extremely important. If you are a teenager and are seriously considering an early marriage, these are a number of potential problem areas of which you should be aware, so that, if you do decide that this is the best course of

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    Essay Length: 1,574 Words / 7 Pages
    Submitted: April 25, 2010 By: Venidikt
  • The Marriage Bed

    The Marriage Bed

    The marriage bed symbolizes the strength and commitment of the relationship between Penelope and Odysseus. Its’ very construction has great significance in portraying these deep bonds between them. In this paper I intend to discuss the importance of the marriage bed in The Odyssey and what it represents to both Odysseus and Penelope. Marriage is the union between two people who are in love and very committed to each other. It not only affects the

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    Essay Length: 858 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: April 28, 2010 By: Top
  • Gay Marriage

    Gay Marriage

    Over time, marriage has been the solid base for procreation and child rearing, which is the foundation of family and social life. There is recognition that allowing polygamous or closely related couples into our marriage system would be dysfunctional in our society. Does this not apply to same-sex marriage as well? The social unacceptability of same-sex marriage, the danger of contracting AIDS, and the bad influence on children prove that same-sex marriage should not be

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    Essay Length: 1,193 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: April 28, 2010 By: Mike
  • Lets Ban Gay Marriage

    Lets Ban Gay Marriage

    The proposed legalization of same-sex marriage is one of the most significant issues in contemporary American family law. Presently, it is one of the most vigorously advocated reforms discussed in law reviews, one of the most explosive political questions facing lawmakers, and one of the most provocative issues emerging before American courts. If same-sex marriage is legalized, it could be one of the most revolutionary policy decisions in the history of American family law. The

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    Essay Length: 1,354 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: April 29, 2010 By: July
  • Gay Marriages

    Gay Marriages

    Marriage can be defined as the social institution where two people make the decision to live together, gay marriages fit this definition. As people grow and mature our social understanding broadens, we learn we are all not the same and it would be immoral to deny someone or some group because they are different. Marriage is very important to people that love each other and plan to spend the rest of their lives together. Imagine

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    Essay Length: 778 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: April 30, 2010 By: Venidikt
  • Should Marriage Be Converted into a 3 Year Contract?

    Should Marriage Be Converted into a 3 Year Contract?

    Should marriage be converted into a three year contract? Marriage was originated to unite a man and a woman in the closest and most endearing way. During a marriage ceremony, the couple vows to be together forever whether the situations they face together are good or bad, and death is the only thing that should make them part. Unfortunately, many marriage vows are broken today, and the end result of this is separation or divorce.

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    Essay Length: 827 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: April 30, 2010 By: Fonta
  • On the Topic of Sex

    On the Topic of Sex

    ****** Note: This article is for the sole purpose of religious and philosophical representation of the views of the author. This article is, as per the author's wishes, allowed to be spread in any manner, as long as the author's exact words and message are not altered in any way, save the translation of the text to another language, in which case the author's permission would be required for the text to be spread. The

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    Essay Length: 1,096 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: April 30, 2010 By: regina
  • The Dominant Sex

    The Dominant Sex

    There are many arguments on the dominance between the sexes, males and females. Males have strength on their side, but in the world today strength is not as important as it used to be. Intelligence is the more dominant trait that a person can hold to there advantage, so it is more of an equal playing field now. There are feminists that have many principles on why they feel that females should be dominant or

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    Essay Length: 536 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: April 30, 2010 By: Mike
  • Premarital Sex

    Premarital Sex

    Premarital sex is a huge problem in society today. People everywhere are not waiting until they get married to have sex. People having sex today are not aware of the consequences that come with having sex. They just think it is fun and there are nothing other than fun comes with having sex. Some people tend to have a lot of sex. They say they do it for the satisfaction. They believe sex is fun.

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    Essay Length: 1,266 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: May 2, 2010 By: David
  • Are People Taking Marriage Less Seriously as Divorce Rates Rise?

    Are People Taking Marriage Less Seriously as Divorce Rates Rise?

    Are people taking marriage less seriously as divorce rates rise? As divorce rates in the United States rise it seems that two groups of people are formed: one group deciding marriage isn’t for them and the other group being even more determined to make marriage work. A lot of factors can influence a person’s view on marriage. If a person has grown up with parents who never divorced and had a good marriage that might

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    Essay Length: 276 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: May 3, 2010 By: Fatih
  • Sex Who Needs Itt

    Sex Who Needs Itt

    Sex Who Needs It I've found the past couple of years to be an eye opener in the world of sexual experiences. I'm not necessarily referring to my own experiences, but those of society in general. There was a time when more smart-conscious decisions were made relating to sexual relationships. But times have changed. The pillars that hold up our individual sexual values have started to crumble. No longer can we create our own standards

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    Essay Length: 1,020 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: May 3, 2010 By: David
  • Abstinence Vs Comprehensive Sex Education

    Abstinence Vs Comprehensive Sex Education

    Sexuality has long been a sensitive topic, providing the alarming facts that: • Slightly more than half of females and nearly two-thirds of males have had experienced sexual intercourse by their 18th birthday, suggested in a research by Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, US Department of Health and Human Services. (Moore et al., Review section 1: Sexual Intercourse) • With 0,000 teenage pregnancies a year, America has the highest teen birth rates in the

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    Essay Length: 2,216 Words / 9 Pages
    Submitted: May 4, 2010 By: Mike
  • Banning Arranged Marriages

    Banning Arranged Marriages

    Arranged marriages have been around for a while and they still are. In some countries arranged marriages are actually tradition but it is wrong to arrange a marriage for necessity instead of love. Did you know that arranged marriages can be annulled? You can legally annul your arranged marriage with a legal court session. With arranged marriages, you hurt your children more than help them. By marrying them at a young age, they don’t

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    Essay Length: 1,315 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: May 6, 2010 By: Artur
  • Sex Workers

    Sex Workers

    As human beings most of us experience at least some sort of lust or desire. Sometimes these desires are fulfilled by our partners and other times on our own. At times, however, many individuals choose to solicit a third party in fulfilling their sexual needs in the form of a sex worker. In the movie, “Monster”, Aileen Worhnin, played by Charlize Theron, is one of these sex workers, but has taken a different path

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    Essay Length: 356 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: May 7, 2010 By: Mike
  • Same Sex

    Same Sex

    The proposed legalization of same-sex marriage is one of the most significant issues in contemporary American family law. Presently, it is one of the most vigorously advocated reforms discussed in law reviews, one of the most explosive political questions facing lawmakers, and one of the most provocative issues emerging before American courts. If same-sex marriage is legalized, it could be one of the most revolutionary policy decisions in the history of American family law.

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    Essay Length: 1,360 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: May 8, 2010 By: Fonta
  • Psychoanalysis, Sex, Sexuality and Gender in Organisation Studies

    Psychoanalysis, Sex, Sexuality and Gender in Organisation Studies

    Sex and gender in organisations are long-established topics for research and theorising, while psychoanalytic theory is becoming increasingly influential in our understanding of organisations. Psychoanalytical theory has, since its beginning, been concerned with questions of sex, sexuality and gender, while gender studies have drawn widely upon psychoanalytical theories. There has as yet been little attempt to bring together these mutually informative disciplines to the development of a critical understanding of organisations. This stream aims

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    Essay Length: 995 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: May 8, 2010 By: elly
  • Sex Sells!

    Sex Sells!

    Sex sells a common phrase which turns out to be very truthful and also the title of Rodger Streitmatter’s book, Sex Sells! The Medias Journey from Repression to Obsession. It seems like no other human act drives “buying behavior” as much as sex appeal does. Therefore advertisers manipulate this human drive and than offer their products as a path of love, beauty and desirability which is their main purpose of advertising. In other words the

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    Essay Length: 1,464 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: May 9, 2010 By: Max
  • The Paradoxical Marriage of Godwin and Wollstonecraft

    The Paradoxical Marriage of Godwin and Wollstonecraft

    Marriage is law, and the worst of all laws.”(Godwin in Paul 113) is what William Godwin, an 18th century English writer who is also known as “the founder of philosophical anarchism” (Philip), wrote in his Political Justice book. His future-to-become wife, Mary Wollstonecraft, was another English writer whose fame shone after the publication of A Vindication of the Rights of Woman. Wollstonecraft was one of the first women to come open and sharp against

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    Essay Length: 1,298 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: May 9, 2010 By: Fatih
  • Marriage Is Healthy

    Marriage Is Healthy

    Marriage is Healthy Marriage is an institution that can produce great rewards. When the love struck groom-to-be got down on one knee and looked up lovingly into the face of the intended bride, a bet can be made that being married and living "healthfully" ever after was not even a consideration. It has been proven that love helps promote a healthy immune system. Being single, however, does not mean that there is more risk of

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    Essay Length: 438 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: May 9, 2010 By: Wendy
  • Should Sex and Violence Be Restricted?

    Should Sex and Violence Be Restricted?

    When you turn on the TV after coming home from school or work, what would you expect to see? A talk-show with an African-American woman talking about life stories, a show about babies running around in diapers that can talk (Rugrats) or one showing people killing each other? Most people would choose the first or the second, and that is the way TV is. During the afternoon when young children or teens are sitting around

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    Essay Length: 1,241 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: May 10, 2010 By: Mike
  • Marriage in Pride and Prejudice and in Jane Eyre

    Marriage in Pride and Prejudice and in Jane Eyre

    Most of the novels we read involve marriages .Discuss the dialectics involved in the marriage of Pride and Prejudice and another novel of your choice. Marriage in the 19th century has always been an important issue and thus, it is manifested in most of the novels of the 19th century. Pride and Prejudice as well as Jane Eyre are two novels in which the dialectics of marriage are strongly present. In the opening of

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    Submitted: May 11, 2010 By: Anna
  • How Holden Deals with Alcohol, Sex, and Violence in Catcher in the Rye

    How Holden Deals with Alcohol, Sex, and Violence in Catcher in the Rye

    The Catcher in the Rye, by J.D Salinger, depicts how a lonely teenager, Holden Caulfield, deals with alcohol, sex, and violence. Teenagers must also deal with these problems daily. Alcohol is very predominate throughout the novel The Catcher in the Rye. Alcoholic beverages are a readily available, and relatively inexpensive for minors to get. Over the past couple of years, teenage consumption of alcohol has risen dramatically. The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and

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    Essay Length: 1,133 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: May 12, 2010 By: Venidikt
  • Gay Marriage

    Gay Marriage

    The proposed legalization of same-sex marriage is one of the most significant issues in contemporary American family law. Presently, it is one of the most vigorously advocated reforms discussed in law reviews, one of the most explosive political questions facing lawmakers, and one of the most provocative issues emerging before American courts. If same-sex marriage is legalized, it could be one of the most revolutionary policy decisions in the history of American family law. The

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    Essay Length: 2,721 Words / 11 Pages
    Submitted: May 13, 2010 By: Victor

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