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    “Arranging a Marriage in India” 2/1/2013 At first Nanda was against the whole arranged marriage idea she says “Had anyone tried to arrange my marriage I would have been defiant and rebellious”(pg128) and I don’t blame her for thinking that way because in this American society we’re taught to get to know a person then to “fall In Love” but once she got to India and talk to many young well educated women she figure out why arrange marriage wasn’t that bad one of the girls even said “My marriage is too

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    Punishment. Disciplinary‚ harsh‚ unfair. Unfair between men and womenunfair because of religion. Women should not have to suffer harsher punishments because of their gender. In many countries across the world‚ organisations are working to decrease violence against women in the name of honour‚ culture and religion. In Muslim countries such as Jordan around thirty women are killed for dishonouring their families. Hundreds are seriously injured by the male members of their families by simply being

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    Unfair treatment of the Native Americans- the Cherokee Nation Throughout the 19th century Native Americans were treated far less then respectful by the United States’ government. This was the time when the United States wanted to expand and grow rapidly as a land‚ and to achieve this goal‚ the Native Americans were “pushed” westward. It was a memorable and tricky time in the Natives’ history. The US government made many treatments with the Native Americans‚ making big changes on the Indian nation

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    where a fallen society from a lack of reason and authority took place‚ a king named Hammurabi arose and set forth a code of laws to convey a righteous rule‚ keeping the people in order. However‚ the laws created for their society turned out to be unfair and unjust. The prologue of the Hammurabi Code states “Anu (king of Anunaki) and Bel (Lord of Heaven and Earth) called by name me Hammurabi‚ the exalted prince…to bring about the rule of righteousness in the land to destroy the wicked and evil doers

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    compensation is deplorable. They were sent to internment camps for the duration of the Pacific War. The big question that everyone wants an answer to is why the American government and people decided on this path to act. Japanese internment camps were unfair to the vast majority of the Japanese people who would not have engaged in sabotage or spying for japan during the war. The government’s enforcement of Executive Order 9066 during World War II was a result of racism and prejudice. On Thursday‚ February

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    Forced Marriages

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    Forced Marriages – Room 101 Has tradition gone too far? What tradition‚ the tradition of forced marriages. It is an unpleasant tradition of forced marriages‚ which still sadly‚ exists in this modern world. This form of pairing‚ affects mainly the young British Asian girls/women in the UK. Not only does this happen here‚ but also in many parts of the world due to tradition that goes back to centuries. The practice of forced marriage was very common amongst the upper classes in Europe until the

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    On the top of page 248‚ it says‚ “‘No‚ I don’t recollect if he hit me. I mean yes I do‚ he hit me.’” Mayella clearly does not want to tell the truth. With all the evidence piled together‚ Tom Robinson is innocent. But the judges decision shows how unfair they treat people due to the color of their skin. “All men are created equal” means that no one should be looked upon differently based on the color of their skin‚ race‚ religious beliefs or disabilities. The court should treat everyone fair and they

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    Family Court and Child Custody is Unfair Towards Men Carl Jung once said‚ “Children are educated by what the grown-up is and not by his talk.” Child Custody is unfair towards men‚ in the way that women most of the time get the child’s custody. Who the judge picks is based plenty of background research. If you have a child‚ a relationship isn’t ended when you sign the divorce papers. It is important that you keep the separation civil and calm (7) . There are different types of child custody. Legal

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    Salesman” written by Arthur Miller‚ the author manages to create an unfair situation for Willy Lowman by showing how Howard humiliates him in the whole conversation. Also‚ by showing Howard is not interested at Willy situation at all. In addition to this‚ by using stage directions and exclamation marks the writer creates a tense atmosphere which contributes to an unfair situation. To start with‚ Howard fires Willy in a really unfair way‚ he had work for many time for his father and they had a very

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    Marriage and Dowry

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    SEMINAR REPORT DOWRY SYSTEM Submitted by‚ 1. Introduction 2. What is Dowry? 3. History 4. Arranged Marriages and Dowry 5. The dowry system 6. Dowry System in India 7. What is Bride burning? 8. Dowry law in India 9. Dowry death new ruling India 10. Rising number of dowry deaths in India 11. Marriage as a financial transaction 12. Conclusion Introduction Today‚ Indian society is surrounded with many problems such as unemployment‚ illiteracy

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