...Girls NOT Brides A girls childhood memory should consistent of her birthday, not her wedding. I am most grateful to be standing here today in the historic city of D.C, in front of the glorious lincoln memorial, the same place in which the founder of freedom, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. demanded freedom for the Black people of America. And here I am demanding the same freedom. Freedom for who, you may ask. Aren’t we all free? We may be free here, but in places such as Niger, Chad and Bangladesh young children don’t even get to taste the sweet feeling of freedom we are so used to here. Freedom from the chains of marriage that are bound so tight even after freed, the pain still lingers. Child marriage. Every year, millions of girls around the world become brides before the age of 18. That means 28 girls every minute. 1 every 2 seconds. This issue not only...
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...Forced marriage, family cohesion and community engagement: national learning through a case study of Luton Dr Nazia Khanum OBE March 2008 Forced marriage, family cohesion and community engagement: national learning through a case study of Luton Completed by: Dr Nazia Khanum OBE Director Equality in Diversity Commissioned by: MP Margaret Moran’s Office – Ushrat Sultana Metropolitan Police Service – Jim Blair Home Office – Deborah Jamieson Published by: Printed by: Equality in Diversity e-mail: nkhanum@aol.com Bartham Press (Watford) Ltd e-mail: koyes@barthampress.com Phone: 01582 459402 / 573471 Mobile: 07931 973967 © Nazia Khanum 2008 All rights reserved ISBN: 1-904070-02-7 March 2008 Acknowledgements As soon as I started conducting this piece of research in 2006, it became clear to me that I was dealing with one of the most sensitive subjects, the actual scale and complexity of which will probably never be known. The paucity of available data and the inconsistency of recording incidents across agencies were clear from the start. Since the lack of data was anticipated, this research project took a qualitative and not a quantitative approach, and so no attempt has been made to indulge in a number crunching exercise. Full advantage has been taken of the opportunity to delve into the interviewees’ personal views, perceptions and experiences. During the research, I came across all kinds of emotions and value judgments including mistrust, fear, denial,...
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...namely colonialism and commercialization, have been at work in India for years, and they would prima facie be expected to suppress such primitive practices. However, even after more than forty years of its prohibition, the practice has spread and has increasingly ingrained itself in the institution of marriage. A dowry is the transfer of parental property to a daughter as her inheritance at her marriage (i.e. inter vivos) rather than at the owner's death (mortis causa). A dowry establishes a type of conjugal fund, the nature of which may vary widely.Dowry contrasts with the related concepts of bride price and dower. While bride price (or bride service) is a payment by the groom or his family to the bride's parents, dowry is the wealth transferred from the bride's family to the groom or his family, ostensibly for the bride. Similarly, dower[->0] is the property settled on the bride herself by the groom at the time of marriage and which remains under her ownership and control. The tensions between India's patriarchal traditions and modernism can be seen in the struggle against dowry violence.Marriage in India is steeped in traditions and deep-rooted cultural beliefs. Practices are passed down by word of mouth and in some cases, re-interpreted to align with the changing times. There is, however, one custom that stubbornly...
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...In my opinion, I don't believe anyone can ever truly understand someone's culture without living through it. Engulfing themselves in what most people will never understand. I cannot begin to fathom what everyone's culture may be in class, and I am certain of mine. All I can truly do, in my opinion, is observe. When we, as American's, hear the words “child marriage”, it brings a few emotions quickly to the surface. It could bring shock, amazement that it could ever happen, maybe even disgust and in a few extreme cases hatred. I am an American, and I can tell you that I jump to conclusions when I hear those words, or any word that may bring unpleasant thoughts. By doing this, however, I am unable to truly see the picture of someone else’s culture, or their day to day lives. What I know may be completely different than what others have to live through every day. I have decided to write about Romani gypisies and their culture and society. Mainly, about child marriage in their society. Now, there are several reasons I decided to write about this, the first and foremost being is that I would like to understand how a group of people could ever expect this to be okay, or for them a life style. The first thing I did was researched different backgrounds of Romani history, so I could get a better understanding of where they came from and where their culture originated. Romanis are believed to have lived, in their ancestors time, in a northern part of India. Their ancestors are also believed...
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...Child Brides of the Middle East Verses American Courtship Sadarodawn ANT101: Introduction to Cultural Anthropology Gregory Miller March 13, 3013 Child Brides of the Middle East Verses American Courtship When we begin to look at other cultures, we must try to see it from their perspective. By putting ourselves in someone else's shoes, or an emic perspective, although rarely ever easy, we are able to see things differently. One must put away their own beliefs, opinions, and emotions, along with the assumption that their own culture is the "right" or "better" culture. Today we are going to take a look at my own culture through an outsider's point of view know as an etic point of view while examining that culture from an insider's perspective. We will be covering the arranged child bride marriages of Middle Eastern countries, specifically Pakistan, compared to more complex love matches that are made here in the United States. In this, we will note that while courtship and marriage in United States may be more complex having less health and social risks, child marriage is still the preference in Pakistan. Part I In this part of the paper, we are looking at marriage and courtship in the United States. In the 1930s through the 1940s whirlwind courtships were common. After World War II couples were getting married in their 20s. Today the average age for a male is 28 years of age and 26 years of age for a female to get married. (USA Today 2010) " When I went to...
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...If something seems oddly familiar about the title of this paper, it could be because it is based off one of the most quotable films of all time, The Princess Bride. Let me explain, no let me summarize my love for this film. It is the perfect combination of fantasy and reality. Rob Reiner transforms William Goldman’s novel into a work of art on the big screen. Reiner makes some dramatic choices, which work well for such a dramatic tale. One of my favorite choices made in this film was the use of music throughout the film. The music supervisor does an amazing job using music to enhance the scenes of this film. My favorite example of this is when Inigo and Count Rugen are dueling near the end of the film. The music intensifies and seems to play along with the movement of their swords. Music is used throughout the film to enhance the mood of the viewer. If the scene calls for a frightened viewer, the music becomes intense and frightening, whereas scenes that call for a lighter reaction have less intense music. For example, at the beginning of the film when Westley and Buttercup are falling in love, the music is soft and romantic, thus...
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...other characters that give him his sense of humanity. However, in Vincenzo Natali’s Splice (2009), the victory does not lie with the most human characters, but rather with the dehumanizing corporation, which threatens to recreate all of humanity in its likeness. Natali argues that the creation of Dren (Delphine Chanéac) represents the future of humanity in the sense that humans are becoming creatures with equal parts human and technological – a shift that threatens to change society’s perception of what is “human”. Splice is in many ways a modern retelling of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein: The Modern Prometheus – a point highlighted by Natali’s choice to name the protagonists Clive and Elsa; a direct homage to the stars of James Whale’s The Bride of Frankenstein (1935), Colin Clive and Elsa Lanchester. In the...
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...The Princess Bride is an epic romance novel written by William Goldman. The Princess Bride began with a man telling his grandson a story about the love between a beautiful girl, Buttercup, and her family’s farm boy, Westley. One day, Buttercup fell deeply in love with Westley; she expressed her love forhim but, he left to go to America to find fortune. After he left, Buttercup heard the news that he was killed by Dread Pirate Roberts. She vowed to never love again, but Prince Humperdinck of Florin demanded Buttercup’s hand in marriage, so he could become the king. After they declared their engagement, Buttercup was kidnapped by a band of criminals. She was rescued by a mysterious man in black, who was actually Westley. Westley and Buttercup...
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...of her delivery and then suddenly she hears it’s a boy. The doctor takes her baby away because he noticed something was wrong. When he comes back he says “I’m sorry but your child has something seriously wrong with him.” Buttercup was in shock. Then she remembers last month she was sick and she had a feeling that he had what she had last month. Buttercup knew what she had to do to save her baby. Buttercup grabbed Westly and told him what the doctor said and what she thought was wrong with him. Westly was also in shock when he heard and told him what the doctor said and what she thought was wrong with him. Westly was also in shock when he heard the news. She told Westly that she thinks he has the same thing...
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...The arguments in favour of reserved representation can be simply delineated: Women represent half of the population of a country and therefore have the right to half of the Seats, since decisions made in parliament have a direct impact on their lives. - Women have different social and biological experiences which should be represented in Institution of governance. - Women and men have partly conflicting interests. - Women in positions of power can inspire more women to place themselves in influential and decision-making roles. Providing reservations to a particular section of community in government jobs and other institutions is generally the highlight of any political party’s agenda these days. Now there have been discussions about providing reservations to women in government jobs and democratic institutions like legislative assemblies and Parliament also. Sometimes one feels that basically the reservation issue is nothing but a populist policy of a government, but still it is necessary to discuss the rationale behind such a policy. Can reservations for women be an effective measure and do the women really require such special treatment? These are the points which need to be addressed. It is nothing but a truism to say that the present status of women in the Indian society vis-à-vis the status of men is far from satisfactory. For centuries, Indian society like most of the other societies has been a male-dominated one. Perhaps the degradation of the status of women...
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...Introduction Many literary critics consider Mary Shelley's Frankenstein as one of the most impressive and imaginative Gothic horror novels of all times. In the novel, Shelley managed to create one of the most phenomenal creatures in literary history: Frankenstein monster. The epistolary style that the author employs allows the reader to view the circumstances from varied viewpoints and draw conclusions from the plot and the characters. The book The plot has a variety of story-lines rolled into one. The main however is about a Doctor Victor Frankenstein who though born to a well-to-do and loving family, is over- ambitious and thirsts to prove himself. After achieving excelling academically, he designs a technique of creating life from a fusion of inanimate objects, dead bodies an animal parts. The doctor is not satisfied with achieving conventional feats but is determined to create a living being. It is this ambition that leads to the creation after years of painstaking work. It is this creation that leads to Victor's downfall. The creation is 8 feat tall and due to the use of human parts that do not march his massive size, is hideous. He is described as having watery yellow eyes, a withered, yellowish, translucent skin which barely conceals his muscular system and blood vessels. The only good aspects of his appearance are his perfect, white teeth, long black hair and his black lips. The doctor, who had hoped to create a beautiful being is shocked by his creation...
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...All hero’s follow a similar series of events or steps along their individual hero journey. Not all Hero’s follow all the same steps, or even in the same order. Westley’s Hero Journey in “The Princess Bride”, is a very good example of a Campbell’s Hero Journey outline (The Princess Bride) (“Hero’s Journey: Summary”). The Hero’s journey is divided into three sections; the departure, the initiation, and the return. The first section, the departure, starts off with the hero’s call to adventure. For Westley, his call to adventure was when he left the farm to travel on a ship and find his fortune. He wants to be a suitable husband for Buttercup. He wants be able to provide for her in the fashion that she is accustomed to and he thinks that she deserves to live in. Campbell’s second step is the refusal of the call to adventure. Westley wanting to marry Buttercup and provide everything her heart desires does not refuse his call to adventure. Once the hero has committed to his quest, his or her supernatural aid, guide, or magical helper in unveiled. Westley in a roundabout way completes this step by becoming the Dread Pirate Roberts. Becoming the Dread Pirate Roberts allowed him to create an alter ego raising him up from being a poor farm boy to a legendary feared Pirate and ultimately allowing him to amass a small fortune. Westley completes Campbell’s next step, the crossing of the first threshold, when he left the farm to set sail on the ship. Although this is out of order for Campbell’s...
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...perform chores for her. Westley's only answer is "As you wish". She eventually realizes that what he is really saying is, "I love you." After Buttercup realizes that she truly and strongly loves him as well and confesses her mutually strong romantic feelings, Westley leaves to seek his fortune so that they can marry. Buttercup later receives word that the Dread Pirate Roberts, who is notorious for killing all those whose vessels he boards, attacked his ship at sea. Believing Westley dead, Buttercup sinks into a period of abject despair, declaring "I will never love again". Some time later she reluctantly agrees to marry Prince Humperdinck, the heir to the throne of Florin, due to a law allowing the prince to choose any unmarried woman as his bride, though she makes it clear that she does not love him. Before the wedding, a trio of outlaws—the Sicilian criminal genius Vizzini, the Spanish fencing master Inigo Montoya, and the enormous and mighty Turkish wrestler Fezzik—kidnap Buttercup. A masked man in black follows them across the sea and up the Cliffs of Insanity, whereupon Vizzini orders Inigo to stop him. Before the man in black reaches the top of the cliff, there is a flashback of Inigo's past in which the novel reveals that he is seeking revenge on a six-fingered man who killed his father. When the man in black arrives, Inigo arranges a fair fight, allowing his opponent to rest before the duel. The man in black wins the duel, but out of respect he leaves the Spaniard alive. Stunned...
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...In the novel The Princess Bride there are many lessons that are to be learned as there are in many other fairy tales. The authors, such as William Goldman, put these lessons in the book so the readers can learn them and become better people. William Goldman’s novel The Princess Bride shows multiple life lessons that Nifty Lance covers in his writing about in 11 Content Lessons I Learned From The Princess Bride. There are five lessons from his eleven that I have found most applicable in life. A very powerful life lesson that appeared in Nifty Lance’s writing was just the fact about being yourself. In the whole book Fezzik tries to be himself at all times, especially after Vizzini is killed. Fezzik loves to rhyme and have fun while Vizzini...
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...Group in Nepal Takes Pride in Kidnapping Brides Analysis The content of this news article describe the forced marriage custom among an indigenous group in Nepal's western region which violate the human rights. In western Nepal, females do not have any choices in marrying. Kidnapping women as brides in that area is considered as a traditional way of marriage which does not respect women’s wishes or rights, while it is considered as a sign of honor to the males. From the article, refers to the Hofstede’s cultural dimension, Nepal is a country with high masculinity where males dominate a significant portion of the society and power structure. Females in Nepal have a low social position, with females being controlled by male domination. Females do not have their choice in choosing their husbands. After marrying, they have to stay with their husbands, regardless of their willingness. Nepal is also the country with high power distance. There is a strong hierarchy within people both in family and society. Based on the patriarchal family system, father in Nepal is regarded as the leader of the family. They have the power to dominate their family even the marriage of their daughters. People with different social status are also treated unequally in marriage. Depends on the family environment, people who are rich can marry the person they like, while males who are not rich can only get married by stealing girls. Marriage system is the other cross-cultural implication in this article...
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