the Census and Statistics Department of Hong Kong‚ the population of single women has been on the rise over the past two decades. The population of women aged 30-39 who have never married has risen from 51‚000 people in 1986‚ to 180‚600 in 2009. In recent years‚ people in Mainland China and Hong Kong started to use the term “剩女” to describe any woman who remains unmarried beyond the conventional age for marriage. In western culture‚ words like “Spinster” and “Old maid” indicate an older‚ childless
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Western Europe‚ in our modern society‚ is seemingly more advanced than most of the world today. It’s political structure‚ economy‚ and technological advances are up to par with some of the best in the world and is seen as a stable society. Although‚ in 600 A.D.‚ Europe was the complete opposite. Europe struggled with modernization of even the simplest forms such as‚ sanitation‚ education‚ and economic structure. This period of history known for the deterioration of Western Europe’s culture was known
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the world has set hat standards for women to abide to. Up until the twentieth century‚ women were viewed as second class citizens by society and had less freedom and rights than their male counterparts as compare today in the modern world where women can be more involve in society. Although women still face discrimination such as the glass ceiling in the business corporate world‚ the quality of life of the western woman today has drastically improve from what women used to face on a daily bases for
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“Women are the largest untapped reservoir of talent in the world” said Hillary Clinton. Today there is still so much work to be done to improve the rights and equality of gender. Even though the role of women has dramatically changed since early modern we still face problems of inequality. It is almost hard to believe how different the role of a woman in early modern Europe was compared to today when we are still not satisfied with the role that women are allowed to play. However‚ it is arguable
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Between 1906 & 1914 the liberal government introduced a series of reforms to help the poorest in society. Historians still debate today the reasons for these reforms. Some argue that concern over poverty was the main factor in pushing through the reforms. However others argue there were a number of factors that contributed. Many believe that national security was a main concern after 25% of army recruits were turned away because they were unfit. National efficiency concern might also have pushed
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considered to be a reinvention. During the Meiji Restoration and post World War II‚ Japan was transformed into a completely different country through economic and governmental reforms. After the opening of the country and the siging of treaties that gave Western countries access to Japanese ports‚ Meiji leaders took power and westernized the country in order to oust foreigners. According to….‚ Japan started modernization in 1868 by sending ambassadors to other countries and using the information they acquired
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Beowulf: The Role of Women in Anglo-Saxon Literature In medieval literature‚ the representation of women was often portrayed as an amalgam of passivity and submission to men’s desires. When considering the medieval context and different cultures‚ the Old English poem‚ Beowulf‚ regards a complex representation of gender relationships. On the surface‚ the poem seems to have a traditional depiction of women by placing emphasis on the male protagonists and his conquest to avenge his brother. With analysis
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Roles of Medieval Women During medieval times‚ women were known as inferior to men. They were treated as objects instead of people. Even though the roles for the medieval women were already established‚ some women defied their roles and set their own standards of society. Getting married or establishing power was their only option. Most medieval women had only marriage to look forward to‚ except for noblewomen who wielded some power and those women who had occupations
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Christian Europeans civilizations began to emerge in Western Europe. The Frankish rule the emerged from within Rome established a Christian state that lasted that was founded by Clovis and was continually passed down to the sons from the Merovingians founded by Clovis‚ the Carolingians led by Charles Martel and Pepin III‚ to the age of Charlemagne following Pepin’s death. Although Charlemagne’s empire was able to improve the status of Western Europe‚ after Charlemagne’s death divisions among the heirs
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n The role of men and women There’s a big difference about the role of men and women between nowadays‚ in the past and in the future. It depends on a lot of cultural‚ continental‚ rich and poor‚ technology‚ development of science‚ health service‚ education … There are out of aspects to explain deeply this problem. It will be easier if we look at around things. Clearly The role of men and women‘s a big social’s problem and the family is the social factor so let have look at family. In the past
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