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    traditionally more of a feminine sport so the commentators are more likely to infantilize female athletes in this sport (Messner et. al.‚ 1993). The study also showed differences in commentating regarding strengths and weaknesses and successes and failures. Ambivalent language is often used when describing female athletes which detracts from any descriptors of power or strength used. Examples found in the study include “big girl‚” “she’s tiny‚ she’s small‚ but

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    The caregiver’s responses are at times appropriate and at times neglectful (Lumiere‚ 2012). Ambivalent attachment can also occur when the caregiver responds only to the physical needs such as feeding and changing‚ but ignores the infant’s need for human interaction and connection. The child is therefore unable to experience the caregiver as a secure

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    overnight. It was a gradual process that came about through conquests of the people who would later become the conquerors. It began with the conquest of Spain and Portugal by the Moors. The moors were violent in their take over but eventually were better for the area with all the improvements and possibilities that they brought along with them. When the Christian reconquest recurs however‚ we start to see the trends in methodology of conquest of other areas. The Christians came in under the example

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    colonial Mexico after the Spanish conquest. She specifically analyzes how the Spanish conquest impacted the Spaniard‚ African and Indigenous Mexican women and their loss of power and authority. Pablos compares the Spanish and Indigenous society and proposes the question: “which tradition was more patriarchal? In other words: did women win or lose power and authority with the Spanish conquest?” (1) La Malinche‚ for instance‚ was an important symbol in the Spanish conquest of Mexico. She was Hernán Cortés’

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    WEEK 6: LOVE AND COMMUNICATION IN INTIMATE RELATIONSHIPS WHAT IS LOVE?  Love is a special kind of attitude‚ with strong emotional and behavioral components.  Love is patient and kind; love is not jealous or boastful; it is not arrogant or rude. Love does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrong‚ but rejoices in the right. Love bears all things‚ believes all things‚ hopes all things‚ endures all things. (1 Corinthians 13:4-7) 

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    The formation and conquests of the Mongol Empire was very influential both politically and economically on China and Russia in various ways. The Chinese were initially economically stable‚ and experienced a period of further economic success under the Mongol rule due to various improvements instituted by the Mongols that helped encourage trade. However‚ overspending eventually majorly contributed to its demise. Dissimilarly‚ Russia’s economy was falling apart at the seams‚ and the Mongol arrival

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    ESSAY: ANALYSIS OF THE STATUTES OF WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR. 1066 1. Introduction a)Nature of the text This is a juridical text in which the main decrees and laws that English people had to follow and accept after the conquest of England in 1066 are exposed. b). Location The text can be located in England‚ year 1066‚ after the Norman Victory in The Battle of Hastings. c) Author The author’s of the Statutes of William the Conqueror are William I and his princes‚ that is to say

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    “Canaanites‚ Cowboys‚ and Indians”‚ provides an intriguing perspective on the subject of Christian involvement in Native American liberation. Warrior’s interpretation of the biblical text offers a unique comparison between the Exodus stories and European conquest in the Americas; his interpretation and comparison spark reactions amongst his readers‚ particularly Christians. I was intrigued by Warrior’s comparison between the biblical Canaanites and the common day Native Americans as it greatened my understanding

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    Nevskii __ saved the city of Novgorod from the Mongols by submitting to Mongol demands. 4. ___ Prester John__ was the name given to a mythical‚ rich‚ and powerful Christian monarch whose kingdom had supposedly been cut off from Europe by the Muslim conquests. 5. ___ Hulegu ___‚ ruler of the Lichen khanate‚ was responsible for the capture and destruction of Baghdad. 6. The Mongols were finally defeated in the Middle East by the armies of the _ Mamluks ____‚ a slave dynasty of Egypt. 7. The influential

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    identities of the characters in the play symbolize emotions of ambivalence‚ the static views of the gay community‚ and the hope for change in the chaotic era of the 1980s American society. Kushner subtly conveys Harper’s character to represent the ambivalent emotions of the American society in the 1980s. As a character suffering from psychological problems‚ Harper’s personality is very complex. In one bizarre aspect of the play‚ she’s having an interesting conversation with one of her hallucinations

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