Does the American Family Have a History? Family Images and Realities A revolution has taken place in family life since the late 1960s. Today‚ two-thirds of all married women with children--and an even higher proportion of single mothers--work outside the home‚ compared to just 16 percent in 1950. Half of all marriages end in divorce--twice the rate in 1966 and three times the rate in 1950. Three children in ten are born out of wedlock. Over a quarter of all children now live with only one parent
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The dramatic irony of “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?” conveys the tone of warning about temptation. Connie’s situation is that she does not feel appreciated at home and uses her looks and actions to get attention and appreciation from boys even if it is short-term. She is self-conscious about her looks and is constantly worried about how other people perceive her. Friend’s fantasy is that Connie will willingly go with him and be his “lover” (605) even before he officially met her. The
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Kyle Hevey | Linda Nochlin | “Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists” The first part of Linda Nochlin’s “Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists” focuses on trying to understand the answers to why there have not been any great women artists and the mentality behind the question and the various answers. Many of the answers attempt to combat the question with practicality‚ impracticality‚ philosophy‚ and common logic. She also attempts to answer the question from various points of view‚ for
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Matt Merritt Professor Smith English 102 13 September 2012 Arnold Friend’s Identity in Joyce’s “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?” In the story “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been‚” Joyce Oates portrays Connie as a beautiful young woman that is being coerced by a man‚ whom she doesn’t know‚ to come outside and go for a ride in his car. Who is this man that calls himself Arnold Friend? What does he represent? Looking at the things that Arnold Friend says and does will help to discover
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‘The coalitions education reforms have been desirable and necessary.’ (45) It could be said that the education reforms under the coalition government have been both desirable and necessary. To be desirable they would allow they system to be more efficient and enviable while to be necessary the old system would need to be proven to be ineffective and broken‚ calling for the need for a new system. Michael Gove‚ former coalition education secretary‚ made many drastic changes to the education systems
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RELATIONSHIPS HAVE BEEN CORUPTED BY DISTORTED VALUES? * Discrimination -discrimination exists and it is primarily between two groups. The valid’s‚ as they are called here‚ are the dominant group who oppress the group known as the invalids‚ which is the group consisting of the less privileged individuals. However‚ in this society‚ privileged and less privileged does not refer to the individuals in terms of wealth or power‚ but instead‚ in terms of genetics. Here‚ discrimination has been reduced down
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The character in “where are you going‚ where have you been?” Connie is affected by the role she plays in modern society. Fifteen year old Connie has the confusing‚ often exterior behavior typical of those girls who are facing the difficult transition from girlhood to womanhood in the 1960s. She is caught between her roles as daughter‚ friend‚ sister‚ and object of sexual desire‚ uncertain of which represents her real self. The sixties were the age of youth‚ young people wanted change. The changes
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& so on… V ve the time & means & education to pursue careers & hobbies & personal achievement goals that our parents & their parents before them could never have even dreamt of (‘m really proud abt it)! :) V guys have numerous choices‚ unlimited exposure‚ ample opportunities & a sound financial security tat our parents could ever have thought of? Yet‚ we’re a Notoriously Unfulfilled Generation!? :-/ Yeah!!! Y do we so much already & still we so many opportunities to accumulate more‚ yet we’re
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Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been? “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?”‚ is one of Joyce Carol Oates best short stories. Oates shows the reader what it is like to take things for granted and make mistakes through the main character‚ Connie. Throughout this story‚ Connie finds her identity and grows as a woman. In “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?”‚ Joyce Carol Oates shows us the struggle of a young woman dealing with her family‚ sexuality‚ and common mistakes that can be made
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killing spree that we have ever seen. It killed children‚ a lot of families. The Genocide was sparked when the Rwandan president Juvenal Habayirmana by getting shot down outside Kigali airport( he was a Hutu). The Genocide could’ve been prevented many many ways‚ outside leaders could have interfered with the whole mass killings and stopped Kalimanzara from supplying all the weapons. Tutsis also had a name or a symbol for them to be easily recognized by the Hutus for them to been killed. The Genocide
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