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    Communication in Marriages The article by Schoenberg “Can we talk? Researcher talks about the role of communication in happy marriages” have some good points. Even though people are too busy to communicate and think things will be fine‚ communication is important in a marriage because not communicating in your marriage could lead to a divorce and could lead towards other marital problems. I can relate to this article on self-disclosure in my relationships. The social penetration theory “suggests

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    Early Marriage >>Child marriage and child betrothal customs occur in various times and places‚ whereby children are given in matrimony - before marriageable ageas defined by the commentator and often before puberty. Today such customs are fairly widespread in parts of Africa‚ Asia‚ Oceania and South America: in former times it occurred also in Europe. It is frequently associated with arranged marriage. In some cases only one marriage-partner is a child‚ usually the female‚ due to importance placed

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    Forced Marriages You’ve arrived at the airport with your parents‚ you plane is ready to depart but you have no idea what is going on. You have now arrived in Pakistan and have been whisked off to your village to take part in your own wedding ceremony with a 45 year old man you have never met before. This is the start of a brand new life as an unwillingly married 15 year old girl. Although this practice may seem like an old fashioned tradition‚ forced marriages are still going on within European

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    “Where Have You Gone?” by Mari Evans the author reveals the consequences of a tragic ending to an overly reliant relationship. Evans suggests that when in a relationship‚ often one individual chooses to rely too much on the other without realizing; building a heavy dependency‚ causing the loss of their own identity. Like Evans poem‚ I personally had to learn the consequences of my decisions which led to detrimental effects between my relationship with my sister. Through Evans illuminating poem we are

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    Patrice Green Professor Chamberlin Argumentative Essay/Draft October 8‚ 2013 Gay Marriage Since 1924 Gay Marriage has been a huge dilemma throughout the United States. Whether it should be legal or illegal law to have the same sex gender to get married. Approximately around the year 2000 America along with other countries started to accept gay marriages. Of course being a citizen in America there were people who didn’t agree with this decision. Still to this day in the year of 2013 homosexual

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    SEMINAR REPORT DOWRY SYSTEM Submitted by‚ 1. Introduction 2. What is Dowry? 3. History 4. Arranged Marriages and Dowry 5. The dowry system 6. Dowry System in India 7. What is Bride burning? 8. Dowry law in India 9. Dowry death new ruling India 10. Rising number of dowry deaths in India 11. Marriage as a financial transaction 12. Conclusion Introduction Today‚ Indian society is surrounded with many problems such as unemployment‚ illiteracy

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    Teen Marriage In today’s world‚ teens’ take marriage for granted. Marriage should be something special and sacred. In some religions teens’ have to get married at an early age and sometimes even arranged marriages. Teens’ are not mature enough to make a decision and to deal with life changing circumstances that come with marriage‚ like teen pregnancy. Peer pressure sometimes play’s a part in teen marriage because one or the other feel’s forced to make decisions they don’t want to. Today‚ many teens’

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    The idea of gay marriage is what I would call a recent phenomenon. I say recent because it has only been in the past few years that activists in the country have become extremely vocal about legalizing gay marriage. What got the ball rolling was the first legally gay marriage in the United States which was performed in San Francisco in 2004 between Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon who are gay rights activists. After this first marriage the idea of homosexuals marrying became a trend that swept across

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    term “marriage” developed. In their book‚ The Ties that Bind: Perspectives on Marriage and Cohabitation‚ Bachrach‚ Hindin‚ and Thomson define marriage “as a legally and socially recognized union‚ ideally lifelong‚ that entails sexual‚ economic‚ social rights and obligations for the partners” (3-16). Since the evolution of marriages‚ there have also been arranged marriages. This can be seen as the arrangement of a marriage by a third party‚ usually by the couple’s parents. Arranged marriages may lead

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    8/19/13 Helium - Where Knowledge Rules Why do marriages fail by Ann E. Smith Marriage is not easy‚ by all accounts. The reality is that even happy marriages require work. As marriage is all about compromise‚ trust and respect‚ it is easy to see why it can be challenging. Marriage can also be fulfilling. There is nothing quite like a true partner in life. But with that being the case‚ why is the divorce rate so high all over the world? Why do marriages fail? Below are some of the main reasons. Oftentimes

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