Tauber Praesens Verlag Literaturwissenschaft | Sprachwissenschaft Musikwissenschaft | Kulturwissenschaft Wien Ke l t i s c h e For schungen 3 · 2008 Inhalt Vorwort des Herausgebers zur dritten Ausgabe Editor’s Foreword to the Third Volume 9 10 Gerhard DOBESCH In memoriam Kurt Tomaschitz 11 Hazel BUTLER Birth‚ Looms and Irish Queens: The Power and Influence of Iron Age Women 17 Charlene M. ESKA Non-lawful Betrothals in Early Irish Law 33 Joseph F. ESKA Grammars in Conflict. Phonological Aspects
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History shows many instances of discrimination and unequal rights for women. Women have been looked down upon and been abused by men in many different countries and cultures. There is a history for inequity of women‚ especially domestic violence and abuse. These dilemmas have been going on for the many years in the past‚ and are still going on today‚ especially in Middle Eastern countries. One major aspect of the situation of abuse towards women is involved with marriage. In many Middle Eastern
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Status of Women Entrepreneurs in India Miss Pooja‚ Lecturer Mr. Surinder Bhatia‚ Lecturer SSIMT‚ Dinanagar SSIMT‚ Dinanagar ____________________________________________________________ ______________________ Executive Summary One primary objective of this paper is to find out the status of women entrepreneurs in India. In Hindu scriptures‚ woman has been described as the embodiment
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Are entrepreneurs born or made? Critically discuss. The question of “Are entrepreneurs born or made?” has been an interrogative sentence for long as both confronting propositions are bolstered by sophisticated theories. Regardless of the perpetual fierce debate‚ my standpoint is that entrepreneurs are both born and made as these seemingly opposing ideologies are in fact coexisting with each other. This essay will attempt to critically discuss the authenticity of the above stance. The definition
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The role of women in society has always been an issue throughout the ages and throughout Western Europe‚ and more or less all over the world. Before the age of the Enlightenment‚ or the Dark Ages‚ women were always seen as secondary to men in all aspects. Most reasons were religious while others were just the way life was then. By the late 18th century‚ at the time of the French Revolution and the continuance of the Enlightenment era‚ the role of women in society began changing drastically as the
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Medea practice essay- by Thomas McKernan Because Medea has supernatural powers she cannot represent the cause of women in society. Euripides brazenly outlines that the essence of his play‚ “Medea‚” will revolve around the denigrating role of women in a patriarchal society. “Medea: Of all creatures that can feel and think‚ we women are the worst treated things alive. (31)” The playwright uses metaphor and symbolism to translate his message of egalitarianism through his work. Euripides very much
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present attitudes to women in the society in which the novel is set? In the novel Of Mice and Men we are made aware of the role of women and viewpoints towards women in 1930’s American society. Not only attitudes to women in general‚ but Steinbeck also makes the reader aware of the different types of women and their ‘roles’ and expectations during this period of American history. Women were almost classified and Steinbeck presents women as prostitutes‚ nurturers or married women similar to Curley’s
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ESSAY "Although the position of women in society today has improved‚ there is still a great deal of sexual discrimination." Do you agree? Throughout this century‚ the role of women within society has changed for the better. More women work than ever before‚ and it is accepted in Western culture that many women now have careers. However‚ in my opinion there is still a great deal of sexual discrimination against women within society. To begin with‚ many women find it very difficult to return to
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are still unequal power relationships between men and women in society. Domestic violence is usually committed by men against women although there are a small number of reported cases of women being violent towards men. In the past it wasn’t illegal for a husband to hit his wife as it was believed it was his right to control his family. Men were also seen as breadwinners and their role was more important than those of wives and mothers. This is still believed by some even though women are now in
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place to grant protection to women from abuse. Laws placed restrictions on women’s dowries and the manner in which divorce could occur. The state‚ therefore‚ recognized that women needed certain legal protections from male authority. Unfortunately‚ while such legal protections are granted‚ women are constantly addressed as a piece of property similar to slaves. Therefore‚ there are a few major issues in Hammurabi’s Code that demonstrate how the individual rights of women took a back seat to social
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