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What makes everyone unique? This is a difficult question due to the many similarities that can be identified between people. Nevertheless we are all different due to many different influences each of us is exposed to. Through the study of psychology we are able to identify different influences that result in phenotypes or personality traits. These influences are divided into three groups; biological, psychological and socio-cultural influences. This is the basis of the nature and nurture model…

Additionally, domestic violence happens very often and most of people consider it—not as a crime—but a norm of marriage. And the reasons for it? The reporters of DHS Program give us some instances: disrespecting in-laws, neglecting the house or children, arguing with husband, going out without husband’s consent, etc. and even not cooking properly—putting less or more salt—is enough to be beaten (Hindin, Kishor, and Ansara, 27). Similarly to the case of rape victims, these women cannot run to…

Since the beginning of time, both genders have had predetermined characteristics that have separated men from women. Certain behaviors, characteristics, or assumptions are tied with each gender as a symbol of their biological nature. In recent times, these lines have become less prominent, but the same cannot be said for the Shakespearian era as gender roles were key in societal acceptance. Most likely influenced by his times, William Shakespeare wrote many comical and witty plays that bent…

rights regardless of gender and age by saying explicit, detailed facts. Another fact Clinton brings up is that “It is a violation of human rights when women are doused with gasoline, set on fire, and burned to death” just because “their marriage dowries [were] too small”. This fact has strong ethical and emotional appeals, making Clinton’s argument even stronger. After each of these statements are made, Clinton receives applause showing that the audience supports her fully and want to make a…

Romance Indian vs American Societies Marriage is a very important part of the social fabric. It is an affair that is recognized among vase majority of cultures around the world. However, the marriage even though is a universal phenomena it’s different in every culture with it’s positives and negatives. The process of getting marry is also not common in all cultures as…

Women of India has faced the discrimination for an era and this still continue to exist in numerous forms.According to the web definition “Any denial of opportunity or equality on the gender basis is a discrimination”. Nature never discriminate women from men. But the world has made the women victims of inequality.India has lately become outrageous for its continuous sexual abuse and discrimination against women. Sexual violence and harassment there is so widespread that it even has a tagged…

As a male I strongly am against gender discrimination because I believe that everyone is equal, we’re all humans. Gender inequality would not be considered such a bad issue if it did not create such a huge impact on women. Jobs, discrimination at the workplace, financial issues, lack of rights in some countries, domestic violence, limited access to education and a small window of opportunities in building a career are all the results of gender inequality.Women may quit work due to gender…

The present research paper deals with Sheridan famous comedy “The School for Scandal” as a comedy of manners or a typical Restoration comedy. The comedy of manners is a phrase often used in literary history and eroticism. It is particularly applied to the Restoration dramatists in England, and especially to Congreve and Wycherley; but it is a type of comedy which can flourish in any civilized urban society, and we see it again in Sheridan (1751-1816). This kind of comedy makes fun not so much of…

Women who came from families of high statuses came with large dowries and inheritances. The man who married the woman would have instant access to anything she inherited from her family – money, land, and other commodities. Othello’s marriage to Desdemona was not traditional, but it was a property transaction none-the-less…

was known to be legally independent of her husband with particular legal and social significances. In her book Women in Roman Law and Society, Gardner states that “a wife had no legal claim to maintenance by her husband.” Usually in a marriage, a dowry was given by the wife’s family, but nothing was written that that money had to be spent on the wife. In a free marriage, the only choice for a wife that was not being “maintained” by her husband was a divorce. Another implication of marriage for…