...Positive couple agreement scale (PCA). The PCA gives the level of the relationship of marriage or premarital couples across nine score scale, these scales are communication, conflict resolution, parenting styles and habits, financial management, leisure activities, sexual expectation, family and friends and spiritual belief. The result helps in knowing the various types of marriage or premarital couples. Vitalized couple has the highest relationship satisfaction with high PCA, harmonized has moderate PCA, conventional has higher PCA in spiritual beliefs and roles while the conflicted as in the case of married have low levels of PCA. Any level of the scale that is less than 20 is considered as growth areas for the couple. Looking at this classification and explanation about couple relationship with Dr. Oslo, I can state that couples are different individuals that team up to fix their union by encouraging themselves to improve in areas having low scores. My view is that male and female differ physically and psychologically in many ways and the failure to appreciate these differences often brings couples into conflict (Hawkins, 1991). Marriage is the union of each unique person committed to the other unique person in a position to build intimacy (Hawkins, 1991) that will help them improve their growth areas and sustain their strength areas. Couples need not be alike to have a vitalized marriage, but complement each other, by building their personality, improve their growth area...
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...society. Due to this, marriage among upper class citizens was increasingly infrequent and those who did marry often failed to produce a child. Augustus realized this and addressed this issue with hast in hopes of a preventing the demise of family life. Augustus’ first move in regaining moral order within society was by “criminalizing adultery and passed several other laws to promote family life. Men between the ages of 20 and 60 and women between the ages of 20 and 50 were required to marry. A divorced woman was required to remarry within six months, a widow within a year. Childless adults were punished with high taxes or deprived of inheritance. The larger an aristocrat’s family, the greater his political advantage” (Sayre 81). Punishment for certain crimes could result in the perpetrator being exiled, property seizure, or possibly even death! As to be expected due to the laws and rules being so strict, they were not taken well by the people of Rome. Even though the laws were strict, they did help restore balance within society and brought morals back into life. Granted society back then was vastly different compared to today’s standards but let’s step back for a minute and actually look at these laws and see how they, in my opinion, impinge of a person’s freedom. Forcing someone to marry within a certain period of time is tricky. While it didn’t say you had to marry a specific person, forcing someone to marry could lead to unhappiness due to a hasty marriage. Not having enough...
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...Furthermore, the restriction of violent women lies in the traditional ideal of the woman as being weak. The trend of women being defenseless and in need of protection has been present in international culture and society for the majority of the human experience. A good example of this lies in the underlying culture of chivalry. Chivalry can be described as a double edged sword: on one hand it causes men to be more respectful of women and therefore less objectifying, but it also reinforces the narrative of female frailty, defenselessness, and required/desirable purity (Keitner 69-72). The representation of the “damsel in distress” and the chivalrous knight in classic myths and narratives follows into the standard Jungian archetype of The White Knight and the Princess (de Alvarenga 32-34)....
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...Marriage Marriage has been romanticized in the last century or so. Marriage is now thought of as a union between two people that love each other and want to be happy for the rest of their lives. When in actuality marriage is “the state of being united to a person of the opposite sex as husband and wife in a consensual and contractual relationship recognized by law” happiness’s relative and has nothing to do with having a long lasting marriage. It would be nice if all marriages could be happy long lasting affairs, but they aren’t. A lasting marriage depends on 5 things. The first is the significance the couple gives marriage, the second is love, the third is respect, the fourth is compatibility ,and the fifth is division of power and fear of being alone or losing security. Dissent on this topic and the qualities I have pointed out is normal but through my experience and different relationships I have seen these are the things that make a long lasting marriage. To have a lasting marriage the couple needs to feel that marriage is something sacred they also have to stop thinking of marriage as a temporary relationship status. Marriage is a contract between two people to unite assets; in some cultures marriage is for life and in others marriage will only last for as long as it is beneficial to both parties concerned. The seriousness of a marriage depends on how the married value the term, or status the term marriage brings them. The modern notion is that a marriage is...
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...Hershberger, Rusty Dwinell Period 1 3/9/12 Romeo and Juliet different love in a different time This essay is all about the different types of love mentioned In the book. The book Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare takes place in the late sixteenth century in the Italian city of Verona. In the book, Romeo and Juliet meet at a party and instantly fall in love, even though they are from feuding families. There love causes many deaths, including there own, but in the end the two families, the Capulets and Montagues, end their feud while mourning for the two lost teens. Shakespeare talks about many types of love but this essay will include platonic, Romantic,and familial even though there are many other types of love mentioned in the play. The first type of love is platonic. Platonic love is the love between friends and it can usually be a very good and helpful thing especially when some one is getting over a former girlfriend like Romeo is in the book. The first time you see Romeo's friends helping him is when Benvolio and Marcutio are trying to convince Romeo to go to the Capulets party (1.4). This was good for Romeo for a few reasons one is that his friends are trying to help him get over Rosalin who Romeo had been dating until they broke up just before the story starts. When the story starts and we first see Romeo he seems very sad about his "break up" with Rosalin (1.2 166-244). In this scene we found Romeo sitting alone and when Benvolio goes to talk to...
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...Kaycee Feb 11, 2013 Definition Paper Happiness There is much talk about happiness in life. Movies, lectures, books, and seminars have been written explaining what it is to be ‘happy’ and ‘how you get there.’ As stated in the United States Constitution we are given “unalienable rights among them life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.” Happiness is something we as humans are entitled to and guaranteed as a right. Something so fundamental should be easy to come by, yet everywhere you turn there are signs and tips on how to be ‘A Happier person.’ Happiness, by definition is a state of being, not a destination. It is an essence that many people work so hard to define, capture and achieve, all the while jeopardizing the true state of being happy. For some, happiness is the sunshine on their face as they curl up in their favorite chair on the beach sipping a cold drink. For others it is a baby’s smile, or their first paycheck. As people go through their different stages of life they have different definitions of happiness and different means of being happy and achieving happiness. Happy is a state of mind and a temporary place, not an end goal or destination as many people feel happiness is. So many times people feel like if they could only lose those last 10 pounds, or get promoted, or watch their team win the Superbowl then is when they will be happy. Once happiness is achieved, then what? Do people move on to the next ‘happiness’ or are they just satisfied...
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...------------------------------------------------- Poems of “Mumbai Mirror” Eunice De Souza Mrs.A MATHINI1, R.EZHILARASI2* 1 Assistant Professor, Dept. of English, SCSVMV University, Enathur, Kancheepuram (India). ------------------------------------------------- 2 Research Scholar, Dept. of English, SCSVMV University, Enathur, Kancheepuram (India). INTRODUCTION: Women’s Empowerment is a global issue in determining the status of women. The position and status of women all over the world has risen incredibly in the 20th century. It may be because of the awareness among women. We know that it has been very low in 18th & 19th centuries in India and other Countries. Women were treated like “objects”. In the name of marriage they can be bought and sold. Their dependence on men folk was total. But now women started to learn the possible ways to be independent in the society. Their monetary independence led them to the way to empowerment. Robert Blood (1965) observes, “Employment emancipates women from domination by their Husbands and secondarily, raises their Daughters from inferiority to their Brothers” (Blood and Wolfe, 1965). According to Dr. Nafi’s Sadik, the former Executive Director of UNFPA “Women are the heart of development”. Women are the agent to bring about better lives for billions of people in the developing countries as well as developed countries to bring sustainable development. The main aim of this research paper is to bring about the...
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...Introduction Khaled Hosseini (born march 4, 1965) is an Afghan –born American novelist and physician. After graduating college, he worked as a doctor in California, an occupation that he likens to "an arranged marriage" for him. Hosseini is a relatively new author. He has published three novels in ten years. His first novel The Kite Runner is considered as first novel written in English by Afghan writer. Hosseini's works reflect a wide range of important current events and contemporary issues about ethnic tension, women, family ties, Afghan immigrant, political and social transformation of Afghanistan from 1970s to 2013. Certainly, the war of Afghanistan are encompassing in all three novels. Hosseini had received many awards for his work, all of his novels became bestsellers and the first two novels The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns had been adapted into movies. In this thesis, I will analyze the abuse of power in Khaled Hosseini's novels. The first novel is The Kite Runner (2003). This novel presents a story of strained family relationships between a father and a son, and between two brothers. How they deal with the guilt and forgiveness. The novel sets the interpersonal drama of the characters against the backdrop of Afghanistan, sketching the political and economical toll of the instability of various regimes in Afghanistan from the end of monarchy to the Soviet –backed government of the 1980s to the fundamentalist Taliban government of the 1990s.it also...
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...It is not easy to act both generally and individually morally, when people are blinded by passion and flourish of romantic love. That is why someone calls romantic love is a moral issue. Morality differentiate actions into right and wrong, and right actions are constituted by permissible and obligatory (Halwani 2010, p.89). We should eschew wrong actions, however, can we summarise romantic love is morally prohibited? Sometimes love hurts people when love is selfish or attachment; while sometimes love also brings happiness and support from outside of us. Romantic love is beyond dualism, just like Halwani (2010, p.92) states ' romantic love is not a basic good...it is not morally suspect either.' Then, how romantic love connects with right actions? If romantic love is our obligation, morality is uncorrelated. Whereas if romantic love is permissible that people can choose may or may not to undertake it, morality would intervene in decision making. 'Romantic love is not under our command, which means it is not something we are able to do at will' (Halwani2010, p.90). Romantic love is accidental; people just can not control the time, the place and the person that they will fall in love with. As a result, we can conclude that romantic love is not obligatory. Therefore, romantic love is neither obligatory nor prohibited; the only probability of romantic love is to be permissible. This appears a question about whether people should undertake it in their lives. To answer the question,...
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...Globalization What is Globalization? Globalization is a system that turned the world into a small village where people can communicate with each other faster and easier than ever before. However, it is a double-edged sword such that it affects positively on some countries like the United States making it the only superpower that leads the rest of the world, and leaves others suffering from its negative impacts. (Muller, 2005). Although there are a few positive aspects to support globalization in the Arab region, the effects of this system on this part of the world are those that continue to both oppress and leave it behind in the growing world of communications and trade. Not only does globalization harm the region financially, it poses a great threat to the economy, culture and the identity of the Arab world. The impacts of globalization ultimately create negative effects on the Arab Region concerning all of the culture parts particularly religion. This cultural influence changes people’s thought, opinions, and views towards the world. As the values in the Arab Region hold strong to religion, people do not consider it as only a faith, but also as a source of laws and provisions that regulates all their life aspects including marriage and divorce, economic deals, and ruling systems in their countries. (Najjar, 2005) However, after the rise of globalization phenomenon, this belief has changes constantly because of what called secularization, which means “the separation...
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...Victoria Egan AP English IV Mrs. S. Johnson May 9, 2011 IRJ Characters Elizabeth Bennet - The main character. second daughter of Mr. Bennet, Elizabeth's most intelligent and reasonable for the Bennet sisters five years. She is well read and quick-witted in a language that can be too hot at their best. Implementation of the essential goodness of Darcy at the end the triumph of his initial prejudices against him. Fitzwilliam Darcy - a wealthy man, Mr Pemberley, and the nephew of Lady Catherine de Bourgh. Although Darcy is intelligent, honest look at its causes him more pride in his social inferior. While admiring the novel, the spirits, he learns to love and class consciousness and Elizabeth for their strong character. Jane Bennet- oldest and most beautiful Bennet sister. Jane's more sober and gentler than Elizabeth. Easy pleasure with which she and Bingley will deliver the opposite of the mutual hostility that the conflict between Darcy and Elizabeth Mark. Charles Bingley: Obviously wealthy friend Darcy. On purchase of Bingley Netherfield, ownership under the Bennetts, an incentive for the novel. He's brilliant, man of good will, which contrasts with the calm nature of the boorish behavior of the original Darcy. He is happy not to worry about class differences. Mr. Bennet - Bennet family patriarch, Sir modest income of five unmarried daughters. Mr. Bennett has a sarcastic, cynical humor that he used deliberately irritate his wife. Although he loves his daughters...
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...It has often been said that death is a new type of life. People have debated on whether there is life after death, the nature of death, human emotion towards death, and what death exactly is for centuries. Throughout all known history, individuals have used literature, art, philosophy, and media to portray and justify a true view and accurate representation of the nature of death and all that it entails. This is no less true in southern gothic writing and in the writings of William Faulkner. Published on April 30, 1930 in a major magazine at the time, Faulkner’s “A Rose for Emily” showcases the life of Ms. Emily Grierson, a local townswoman, and is captured in a mysterious and eventually horrific context that allows the reader to understand the sadness and morbid side of death. The story is a set in a southern context that Faulkner knew all too well and contains implications of contrasts between northern and southern society. Faulkner uses many different elements in this work to portray death in its entire grotesque and horrifying splendor. Particularly, Faulkner uses two certain elements to accomplish this task. Faulkner successfully conveys the theme of the power of death in “A Rose for Emily” by incorporating the use of the literary elements of foreshadowing and narrative voice. Faulkner’s use of foreshadowing works to reveal the theme of death in this work rather well. The story is divided into five different passages, each detailing a progression towards death – the...
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...How the co-branding affect company According to Srinivasan (2007), Co-branding is the marriage between two brands with different backgrounds, which focuses on combination of the partners’ resources and best capacities. In this competitive society, hundreds of forward-looking companies are trying to expand their business scale and impact by doing brand alliance and refresh themselves by lowering prices using new technologies. According to Mckinsey & Company Statistics: the number of joint enterprises in worldwide in 1994 - including co-branding company, involving millions of dollars assets with an annual rate of 40% growth.(1994) That is because consumers become more and more dependent on brands, and become more difficult for company if they want to keep the strong competitiveness and get more profits. Co-branding provides the chance for this situation. However, the co-branding does not fit for every company and does not bring the benefit for them. There are also exist some problems not only in culture but also between in partners. So I will talk about how co-branding affects the company in positive ways and negative ways. There are several reasons why some companies would want to pursue co-branding. The first one is that co-branding can attracts a wide range of consumers. Because once company adopts the co-branding, for consumers, it means that it provides more selection and more function of products. For example: Nike and Ipod, announced a partnership, which resulted...
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...set of social and cultural practices that both reflect and reinforce assumptions about differences between men and women Major sociological emphasis - 3 Points 1. Gender is a social institution. Like family and religion it affects the roles men and women play in society 2. Gender influences differences in “Power” – “Power to” (get jobs, earn, get education) – “Power over” (assert will against others) 3. Gender is a cultural construct, expectations for men and women vary widely II. Sex Role Expectations A. Men -Independent -Aggressive -Sex Initiators -Career Focus -Suppress Emotions -Success = Achievements B. Women -Nurturing/Friendly --Self-Conscious about Appearance -Social Poise -Passive -Submissive -Focus on Marriage and Children -Success = Relationships Athletic ability: • Men have greater upper body strength but, athletic ability, strength and endurance are largely of function of physical activity, training, genes and hormones Intelligence: • Recent studies contradict stereotypes. Differences in math, verbal and mechanical test scores are very small • Many studies show greater variation within sexes than between Stereotyping • Studies tend to emphasize the differences rather than the similarities When differences are found, people tend to assume that all men or women are superior in a given category • Cultures reinforce stereotyping Cultural Influences -All pre-industrial societies divide labor based on sex -What individual culture considers...
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...10/30/10 Assignment 1-Chapter 16, “Centuries of Turmoil & Grandeur in Asia” This paper will not be a chapter summary, but instead be my individual perspective gleaned from picking one relevant section from the reading of this chapter’s content. Firstly, one simple, yet deeply resonating point that was conveyed during today’s lecture was essentially that humans are a pretty young species. After listening and taking notes on ‘The Middle Ages’ history today, I postulated the following from the discussion of the two basic principles of history in regard to both change and continuity. What I seek to achieve as my terminal learning objective derived from this course will be to enable myself to better understand how the human race has evolved. Based on mastery of this information, I can potentially plan to possibly further enhance my own individual existence as well as offer input for the betterment of society as a whole, or merely gossip (go sip) about this material over a pint (or a few of the aforementioned). Now on with the show… After reading the above referenced chapter, it spells out very clearly with regard to the “who, what, when, where”, and a little less clear picture of the “why”. It begins with a high level summary, and then dives into the areas that are covered, broken out into geographies, and finally it compares and contrasts some of the key differences from a few perspectives, such as politics, religion, and economics. The big picture of-When: Middle Ages...
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