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    Polygamous Marital Structure on Behavioral‚ Emotional‚ and Academic Adjustment in Children: A Comprehensive Review of the Literature. (2002). Clinical Child and Family Psychology. 7 255-271. (21 April 2005). Bountiful women defend polygamy: Silent no more: Wives allow public unprecedented peek at lifestyle. National Post.

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    Negativity of Polygamy

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    Abstract Polygamy‚ the practice of courting/marrying multiple wives or husband‚ is something that has gone as far bad as to the medieval age. Our experience as human beings generally shows that the art of polygamy just simply doesn’t work. It might seem all good in the beginning but in the end relationships like those can never stand the test of time. In the society one lives in today‚ polygamy is considered as a despicable act‚ due to the fact that polygamy‚ alone‚ goes against the beliefs of

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    Firstly‚ one inequality between a husband and a wife could be the wives nurturing/emotional side. The functionalist and new right view on housework states that women should be responsible for being housewives as they have a nurturing character‚ they also argue that men are natural bread winners and that is how it is meant to be. They go on to state how both roles are important and that both husbands and wives should have responsibility for just one shift. Feminists say that men need to take more

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    do a simple task like hold their children. They both used verbal abuse and smooth talk with their wives. One day they would say that their wives were beautiful and the next day they were slander anything about them. The husbands were both handsome men but thought of their wives as plain women with little beauty‚ and as they would continue to treat their wives like this it would exacerbate the wives feelings. The characteristic

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    1972. Does it still describe the role of most ’wives’ today? If so‚ why has nothing changed? If not‚ how have things changed? In 1972‚ it was believed that a ‘good’ wife was a married woman who completed and satisfied all needs involving her housework‚ children and most importantly‚ her husband. A good wife was normally a house wife. Now‚ fast forward to 2012 forty years to the present – the general customs and expectations still stand‚ but many wives nowadays have lives‚ essentially. Back in the

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    unrealistic expectations that society has created for a mother and wife. To accentuate the ideologies placed on women Brady starts to list the duties that all mothers wives should be upholding. Through the use of sarcasm‚ extended hyperbole‚ and repetition‚ Brady creates a connection with all independent‚ career driven mothers‚ and wives in order to motivate them in their profession. Brady uses sarcasm to expose the unrealistic expectations put upon a mother and a wife by society. Brady takes a list

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    Women’s Roles in Ancient Greece and Rome Women have played important roles throughout history. They have been responsible for the rise and fall of nations‚ sustaining families‚ and have been the focal point of worship in ancient religions. Moving forward in history‚ women’s roles have continually changed. Their status as matriarchs changed as the more advanced ancient civilizations rose. The patriarchal societies of ancient Greece and Rome viewed women differently from some societies of past eras

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    Polygamy In America

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    Polygamy is the practice of having more than two people in a relationship or in marriage. Polygamy has been practiced for many centuries and has been practiced by many different individuals and cultures all around the world. Polygamy was accepted by different societies and as time passed by it was accepted in many countries around the world. Polygamy has been a controversial issue in America and has affected our society for over a thousand years. I am against polygamy because it is capable of

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    Throughout many decades Zeus has been the ruler of Mt. Olympus‚ he is now ready to leave the throne. The best candidate for the position to become the next ruler of Mt. Olympus is his wife‚ Hera is the Greek goddess of marriage and childbirth. Hera is a very compassionate‚ caring‚ and smart goddess. Hera already has experience ruling over Mt. Olympus ever since she is Zeus wife and his right hand goddess. Hera is a devoted god and gets whatever she wants. Hera is good for the position to become future

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    they deserve to be Imams. They do support their claim categorically with the above mentioned Qur’anic verse and the Prophetic Tradition. How true is their claim? Commentary: Indeed the purification verse was revealed in favor of the Prophet’s wives‚ as God Almighty stated in the Holy Qur’an: “ O consorts of the Prophet! You are not like any of the (other) women. If you do fear (Allah)‚ be not too complaisant of speech‚ lest one in whose heart is a disease should be moved with desire: but

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