t DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN IN INDIA The domestic violence or Intimate - Person Violence (IPV) as it is otherwise known globally has been and still is a major threat in our country. The Domestic Violence Act was enacted in the year 2005. It primarily meant to provide protection to the wife or female live-in partner from domestic violence at the hands of the husband or male live-in partner or his relatives‚ the law also extends its protection to women living in a household
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University of London. The second author is grateful to the financial support of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (Award No. 410-87-0704). We are also thankful to the helpful comments of the three referees. FACTORS ON POLYGAMY IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA: FINDINGS BASED ON THE DEMOGRAPHIC AND HEALTH SURVEYS YASUKO HAYASE KAO-LEE LIAW I. INTRODUCTION OLYGAMY in sub-Saharan Africa is not only a type of marriage but also a value system. Its prevalence as a type of marriage
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Polygamy is a Greek word that means the practice of multiple marriages. Polygamy was considered to fulfill men’s desires on the grounds of strong cultural considerations. Nowadays‚ Polygamy is considered in Islamic countries and some rural areas around the word. However‚ it was difficult to provide statistics on the issue of polygamy because of the lack of communication. The man can marry up to four wives. Each wife constitutes a separate household with the husband visiting his wives in turn. Human
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PROBLEM STATEMENT Polygamy has been an important issue these days. Generally‚ men tend to take the concept of polygamy as a way to have many wives. Furthermore‚ polygamy is applied with or without the first wife‘s consent. Polygamy also being practiced even though the husband is not capable and cannot be fair. So‚ the reason we conduct this research is to study people’s knowledge regarding polygamy in this era and whether it is proper to practice polygamy or not. We would also like to gain their
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in imagination‚ but in the form of marriage known as polygamy. Found in almost every country‚ including the United States‚ the practice is considered a right to a select few and a bane to the majority of others. Polygamy is a way of life that should not be allowed in society due to the fact that it creates male-dominated marriages‚ forces women into subordinate roles‚ and produces unworkable families full of strife‚ abuse and incest. Polygamy is a form of marriage in which a person has more than
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Domestic violence has been framed to be understood as a women’s issue‚ while men are often overlooked; making this a social conflict in our society. When we think about domestic violence‚ we think of women who are battered by their husband‚ boyfriend‚ or a man they used to involve with. However‚ every year in the U.S. about 3.2 million men are the victims of an assault by an intimate partner. Most assaults are‚ though many are more serious and has ended in homicide in some cases. About 15% of men
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women outnumbered men at all ages because of the hunting practices resulting in high mortality rates among men. With the surplus of women‚ sexual selection in terms of skin color became less prominent. In the European nations‚ the prevalence of polygamy also decreased because of the emergence of Christianity which prohibited multiple-marriages (Frost‚ 2006). Thus‚ as time passed‚ color became less significant in marriage
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everyday and they have to be able to recognize when an issue involves ethical considerations. In order to recognize these issues and make appropriate and correct decisions. One of the topics facing criminal justices professional today is violence against women. According to the National Institute of Justice‚ about 1.3 million women are physically assaulted by an intimate partner each year. And stalking is more common than previously thought. One needs to improve the effectiveness of the criminal justice
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In today’s developing world‚ it is common for people to desire more than one spouse. It is difficult to commit to just one person; therefore the divorce rate is increasing every day. Polygamy is when a person marries more than one spouse. Polygyny applies to a man having multiple wives and polyandry is when a woman has more than one husband at a time. In most cases it is the men who have multiple spouses rather than women. The question remains whether this should be legalized or not. Having more
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Example of Conflict Theory in “Testify”‚ by Rage Against the Machine Rage Against the Machine’s single "Testify"‚ the first song from their 1999 album ’The Battle of Los Angeles"‚ is a commentary on the American public’s blindness or numbness to global issues such as war‚ politics‚ capitalism‚ wealth‚ and power through the filtering of information by the mass news media. As it relates to Sociology‚ “Testify” deals mainly with Marxist Conflict Theory‚ and also incorporates many of the topics
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