under section 498-A of the Indian Penal Code that relates to domestic violence is any act of cruelty by a husband (or his family) towards his wife. However‚ until recently‚ there was no separate civil law addressing the specific complexities associated with domestic violence‚ the need for protection and maintenance of abused women‚ and the fact that punishment and imprisonment for the husband may not be the best resolution in every case. Accordingly‚ after a decade-long process of consultations and
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is “An Hour” by Kate Chopin‚ the author explained this story through the implicit sense of character reaction after hearing her husband death news from her sister. Mrs. Mallards who is not happy wife due to the author‚ she didn’t react really hard as usually women do after listening to the tragic news of husband death. It is maybe because she was not happy with her husband‚ she can’t leave him before because it was against parent’s reputation if their daughter got the divorce. Moreover‚ in this story
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because of old age. Women were considered as men’s property. If women were to disrespect the husband‚ without a doubt‚ she would be killed. A historical female figure in this ancient culture was Hua Mulan. This name is a synonym for the English word heroine. The story of Hua Mulan is portrayed in the Disney movie “Mulan” (1998). The story of Mulan depicts a young Chinese girl struggling to find a husband to honor her family name (Fa). This movie relates to many young Chinese girls that need to
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“….if the creditor bank has notice‚ actual or constructive‚ of undue influence exercised by the husband (and consequently of the wife’s equity to set aside the transaction) the creditor will take subject to that equity and the wife can set aside the transaction against the creditor…as well as against the husband.” (per Lord Browne-Wilkinson in Barclays Bank plc v O Brien [1994] 1 AC 180 at 191) Critically discuss the above statement. Analysis of wife’s equity to set aside the husband’s transaction
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were raised to obey their husbands. Weddings consisted of rituals‚ were not presided over by priests‚ and were completed in three parts; pre-wedding ceremonies‚ the wedding itself‚ and post wedding ceremonies. Wives weren ’t fully accepted by their husband ’s family until a child was conceived. If they had their husband ’s permission‚ they could attend weddings‚ funerals‚ some religious festivals‚ and visit female neighbors for brief periods of time. But without their husband ’s permission‚ they could
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by hand. Try to imagine maintaining a household without the local market close by to purchase cleaning supplies‚ food and so forth; for me this just gives me a headache thinking about it! Not to mention they had little value in the eyes of their husbands and community. After reading First Generations‚ Women in Colonial America‚ by Carol Berkin it is easy to say that women have come a long way from our earlier colonial women ancestors. In America today there is still a high number of domestic abuse
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his wife’s consent. Although it was modified where both the husband and wife can file a divorce. These modifications seem to do no help in a woman’s case. In the modifications‚ it states that both spouses can file divorce if‚ “ mistreatment by either parties; a husband’s failure to provide “maintenance” to the wife or his failure to satisfy other needs of the wife; the wife’s refusal to provide tamkin (sexual submission) to her husband‚ etc.” These modifications seem to apply to men‚ since men have
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Salinger and “New Husband” by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie are stories where both protagonists struggle with an identity crisis. The Catcher in the Rye is a prominent tale where the protagonist‚ Holden‚ endeavors to find out who he really is‚ a “grown-up” or just an immature teenage boy. In “New Husband” Chika fights to keep her cultural identity while being pressured by her husband to assimilate into the American culture. Although both protagonists in The Catcher in the Rye and “New Husband” struggle with
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the video‚ has bangles‚ locket and vermilion as symbols of being married. The husband applies vermillion on her forehead as it’s believed to be connected to his lifeline. A woman is stripped off these symbols when she loses her husband. Here‚ when the husband dies‚ the people are not able to rub the tilak off her forehead which later gets revealed that it was put on her forehead using Camlin permanent marker. The husband later comes to life as the symbol lifeline is now permanent and can’t be rubbed
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For Louise Mallard she had a fitful response when she learned that her husband has been supposedly killed in a train mishap. She confines herself in her room and sits in front of the window in isolation. She begins to muse about life without her husband. Commencing with distress‚ Louise slowly converts to joy. “Free! Body and soul free!” (Chopin‚ n.d.). Louise knew that the normal response was to grieve the death of her husband‚ but deep within her new found liberation procures. Decisively she imagines
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