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    WMST 233 Child Marriage: Why is the Act Performed Throughout Countries Around the World? According to the International Center for Research on Women‚ “if present child marriage trends continue‚ more than 142 million girls worldwide will be forced to marry adult men during the next decade-the equivalent of 38‚000 girls every day.” Child marriage is defined as marriage before the age of eighteen (International Center for Research on Women‚ 2012). This marriage is usually forced and comes as a shock

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    Arranged Marriages Should arranged marriages have a place in our Canadian Society? I do not think arranged marriages should have a place in a Canadian Society or any society because it is wrong and unfair. One of the reasons they should not have a place in our society because your parents will most likely not take y our wishes into account on who they will make you marry. Secondly while your parents are making you marry someone else you could be deeply in love with someone else. Last but not least

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    term “marriage” developed. In their book‚ The Ties that Bind: Perspectives on Marriage and Cohabitation‚ Bachrach‚ Hindin‚ and Thomson define marriage “as a legally and socially recognized union‚ ideally lifelong‚ that entails sexual‚ economic‚ social rights and obligations for the partners” (3-16). Since the evolution of marriages‚ there have also been arranged marriages. This can be seen as the arrangement of a marriage by a third party‚ usually by the couple’s parents. Arranged marriages may lead

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    Arranged Marriage Honors English 9 Period 2 3 February 2012 Arranged Marriages Have you ever gotten yourself in a situation that you never wanted to be in? Well‚ people that are in arranged marriages are born in similar situations. They never did anything to be put in that situation though. People that are in arranged marriages do not get any choice in their future spouse‚ the parents do not always put into consideration for the feelings or likes of their children‚ and lastly the families make

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    Kingsley Iwule English 101 Prof. K .Klatzkin 12/13/2014 Arranged Marriage: Good or Bad Idea? In our society‚ when most people hear about arranged marriage‚ the first thing that comes to the mind is “failure‚” meaning that there’s no way such a thing would succeed because they think the couples would find it difficult to get along due to the fact they would have different opinions. In most cases‚ this would cause disagreement‚ which could lead to arguments and could eventually lead to separation

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    Early and forced marriage 14 million girls under the age of 18 marry each year. That’s around 1‚166‚666 a month‚ 269230 a week‚ 38‚461 a day and 27 every minute. One in every five girls in the developing world is married by the age of 18. One in nine marries before they reach the age of 15. In countries like Niger‚ Chad‚ Mali‚ Bangladesh‚ Guinea and the Central African Republic (CAR)‚ the rate of early and forced marriage is 60 per cent and over. Child brides are particularly prevalent in South

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    Empathic listening Empathic listening is interpreting a message as if you were in those person’s shoes. You have to feel the same emotions they are in order to get a complete understanding of a situation. I have found that this style of listening is quite often the easiest for me to take part in because I love to view things from other people’s perspectives because it gives me a better understanding of my own. I feel like practicing it is the best way to enhance this type of listening‚ so I

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    Minwei Yu Mouche Steven Academic Skills 4 07.Aug.2014The Reason of Chinese Students Go to the University in the US Every year‚ there are millions of Chinese students that go to the university in the US and in order to receive better education. According the research in People’s Daily Online‚ “since 2000‚ the number of Chinese students abroad increased at an average annual rate of 20 percent. By 2014‚ the number is expected to hit 550‚000 to 600‚000.”(More Students Choose to Study Abroad) With

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    Arranged Marriage Chapter I Introduction Arranged marriages have been around for quite a while. Not only has this form of marriage stood the test of time‚ even today in large parts of Africa‚ Asia‚ and the Middle East‚ a significant proportion of all marriages are arranged. Consequently‚ social scientists of all stripes have sought to study the intricacies of arranged marriages. In fact‚ to commemorate 1994 as the international year of the family‚ the UNESCO commissioned a large study on the

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    DISADVANTAGES OF ARRANGED MARRIAGES. · The main disadvantage of Arranged marriages in Hinduism (especially in India) is the dowry system. It has been said that the dowry system has been completely eradicated from the social views around the country‚ but it doesn’t seem like it. The dowry system basically is a situation where the girls family pays enormous amounts on money or gives other expensive things such as gold‚ cars etc. to the groom’s family‚ just because they are on the superior side

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