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  • Relationships Through My Parent's Marriage
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    "Logic: The art of thinking and reasoning in strict accordance with the limitations and incapacities of the human misunderstanding". Ambrose Bierce, American Writer, Journalist, Editor 1842-1914 The Epiphany of Divorce Through much evaluation and reflection I can identify one instance in my life when my perception of the situation was far from the true reality. The ending of my first marriage and the subsequent change in my thought process has allowed me to step out of a perpetual cycle of encul...
  • Undesirable Aspect In A Relationship
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    Throughout the past semester I have learned many aspects of marriage, family, and relationships. To narrow each topic down to the most important aspects was not an easy task, I thought long and hard before I came to my final decisions. I first and foremost believe that communication is the most important element in all three areas. I know this may sound repetitive but without communication I dont feel like you can have a working marriage, family or a relationship. The other two aspects I chose f...
  • Relationships Between Heathcliff And Edgar Linton
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    Vitiated Passion Throughout the world many people search for their perfect companion. In the pursuit of their soul mate, they face the possibility of choosing the wrong person. This can result in a destructive relationship not only for the couple, but for their offspring as well. In Emily Bronte's novel Wuthering Heights, readers follow the story of two families and the trials they faced as a result of calamitous relationships between children and their parents, spouses, and within themselves. P...
  • Better Quality Of Marriage
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    Marriage is less valued today than ever before. Marriage and the way we view it today, differs greatly from the past. We no longer have to be married to be a family. Our views and opinions on marriage and its meaning have changed considerably. Marriage isnt necessarily less valued, its just viewed differently. The fact that the divorce rate has doubled in the last twenty years could lead us to believe that marriage isnt important to us anymore. Instead of persevering and working at married life,...
  • Relationship Between Aeneas And Dido
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    In the book The Aeneid we have an example of a marriage that is full of danger leaving us with very little evidence of reward. There are rewards and dangers that come with marriage, it is unfortunate but a relationship involving a knight is not full of much reward. It is different then the rewards and dangers that a couple who are not of warrior or knight status would have. The relationship between Aeneas and Dido is an example of a marriage and can demonstrate many of the rewards and dangers th...
  • Pozdnyshev's Unsuccessful Marriage
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    Leo Tolstoy's The Kreutzer Sonata is a powerful example of the consequences of a strained marriage. In Kreutzer Sonata, Tolstoy explores the importance and relevance of love in relationships as seen through the eyes of an old man named Pozdnyshev living in the mid-nineteenth century. The disturbing experiences that Pozdnyshev goes through in his failed marriage gives him somewhat of a unique, if not warped, view of love. Pozdnyshev relates his tragic story to others not only to prevent them from...
  • Sexual Problems In Their Marriages
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    Overcoming Marital Conflict Marriages are made, not in heaven, but by wonderfully fallible human beings who hope for the best, but who often do precious little to make this most challenging and complicated relationship work. From the very first couple and their differing view point over the apple to modern times, men and women have always disagreed. Both sexes are born with inherently different personality traits. Although mankind knows they will never see eye to eye with the opposite; they stil...
  • Interracial Relationships
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    Is love blind? That is the question! In today's society there is a lot of controversies over interracial marriages and dating. Interracial couples may have recently become very popular. An interracial marriage is defined as the marriage or unity of two heterosexual people, each of different races. In today's world it is happening more and more despite that many people do in fact disapprove of it and it does have an effect on the children and other family members. As a starting point, let us make...
  • Kinship For Social Integrating
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    Kinship as a Mechanism for Social Integrating Joey Rahim iIt is often demonstrated in many anthropological studies that kinship acts as an important means for social integrating in a given society. But is it a fair generalization to say that kinship always functions as a mechanism for social integration? Kinship refers to the relationships established through marriage or descent groups that has been proven in some societies to lead to social integrating, or the process of interaction with other ...
  • Legal Definition Of Marriage
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    In the United States, there are certain inalienable rights granted to all. As the Declaration of Independence of the original thirteen colonies states, 'among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. ' (Jefferson, 1787, Declaration of Ind., Pg. 1) These rights are not 'special rights. ' While the U.S. government cannot hold back upon these rights, it does have the power to ratify and enforce laws that will enable or restrict its citizens' use of them. As a realistic part of the righ...
  • Radical Change In Marriage
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    Abstract The marriage revolution has been a controversial issue since the dawn of time, and all that are and have been involved with "matrimony" are aware of the issues of the future. There can be no denying that the culture of marriage has changed. This very course is itself a great example of this fact. Much like any other sociological subject of any real concern, there are many "opinions" related to this issue. This paper will attempt to highlight marriage seen as the sociological transformat...
  • Choosing Of A Marriage Partner
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    A famous quote by John Lennon saying that "love is the answer and only you know that for sure" was not entirely truthful the fact not realised was that, for the many people in today's contemporary "dating" grouping, truly knowing what the answer actually is in regards to dating is often easier said than done. Therefore, the answer certainly is not love. According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary (1974), love is defined as a "strong affection, a warm attachment, attraction based on sexual desire...
  • Divorce And Marriage
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    As with most life transitions, divorce can be liberating, depressing, frustrating, or traumatic to any person who experiences it. Perhaps the most painful part on the process of divorce is when the children get involved and when they all get trapped in the situation. These children may suffer significant losses in their lives and unless the situation can be handled in a civil manner, they will become prone to the psychological torment that could affect them for the rest of their lives. The issue...
  • Conflict In Different Types Of Marriages
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    Why marriages succeed or fail was an interesting book. This book would be a great help if you had problems with your marriage. There are a lot of facts and different tests to take to see where you are. I thought that our text was more helpful in guiding to a good relationship. I felt that are text had more information and seemed to have more points about marriages. John Gottman talked about fixing marriages and our text talked more about preventing a situation. If I had a problem I would probabl...
  • Men 4 Peer Marriage
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    Throughout the past generations, including my parent's the family was defined as a traditional (patriarchal) relationship, where the male was the breadwinner and the female was the caretaker of the home and family. My generation has seen the materialization of what Pepper Schwartz describes a "peer marriage". Peer marriage is different from the traditional marriage in four key ways: men and women regard each other as full social equals, they both have careers, the partners share equal rights in ...
  • Blame And Guild Of His Failed Marriage
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    Major Essay #3 Analysis of Fiction Societal tradition and stereotyping suggests that in marriage the man will enjoy more power in the relationship than the woman; moreover, that the man will be in control of the relationship and his wife. That in Aleppo Once, by Vladimir Nabokov, within its theme of loss and love, explores this concept. In a letter written during the opening days of WWII, Nabokov uses the character of the narrator to present his ideas of control and power in relationships. Throu...
  • Perrin's Concept Of A Part Time Marriage
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    First published September 9, 1984 in the New York Times magazine, Noel Perrin's "A Part Time Marriage", identifies the problems with modern marriages, as well as discusses the post-divorce behaviors of many middle class couples. He proposes his own resolution to these problems. Perrin feels that levels of intimacy can help in establishing the success of a relationship or marriage. I agree with him that elevated levels of intimacy and closeness will make for a longer and better relationship, even...
  • Husband And Wife
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    Since the 19th century, the conception of male-female relationships and marriage has evolved, but not necessarily, as many would consider, in the right direction. The divorce rate has soared in this day and age, and continues to climb at an alarming rate. In previous centuries, the term "divorce" was practically unheard of. Strong morals and religious beliefs preserved marriages, despite the couple's disagreements. Kate Chopin, born in 1851, was a women's rights activist who expresses her view o...
  • Cohabitating Relationship Turns Into A Happy Marriage
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    In the 1950's, people married for better or for worse. In the 1960's, people broke free from that society attempting to assert themselves as free sprits engaging in premarital sex and premarital cohabitation. Today premarital cohabitation is no longer considered a form of rebellion but is a step in a relationship towards marriage. Everyone knows how it is: first you date, fall in love, then move in together, and if that goes well get married. Right? Wrong. "Only about one-sixth of live-ins last ...
  • Legal Definition Of De Facto Relationships
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    A de-facto relationship is a relationship in which two people are co-ha biting without being legally married and must be heterosexual to be recognised by the courts. This type of relationship increased greatly from 1971 to 1082 as people were not economically and physically willing to enter into a marriage. In 1984, a statutory basis was given to de-facto relationships with the passing of the De Facto Relationships Act 1984 NSW. This act provided a legal definition of De Facto relationships, eli...

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