Polygamy

Reality television is an emerging source of entertainment. We live in an age where society watches reality television more than the news. But is reality television rewarding bad behavior? Are people compromising their morals to become reality stars? Tom Green believes so. In the article, “Reality TV- Rewarding Bad Behavior,” author, Tom Green argument that reality television is promoting practices that conflict morals. His argument has some merit however, his accusatory tone towards reality…

has many wives. His harem is already full with his number of wives from Sadiku to latest favourite wife, Ailatu. The desire for more girls has not left him even at the age of sixty two. The play is a Nigerian bedroom farce, for its convention of polygamy. After seeing Sidi’s beautiful pictures in a glossy magazine, he desires to have her on that night and he expresses his wish to his first wife Sadiku to woo that young girl for him. It is the custom of the village that the first wife has to…

of the female medical students in Pakistan become housewives and abandon their career. Only a small fraction of women in Pakistan take the opportunity to develop any professional skills beyond the walls of educational institutions. Honor killings, polygamy, and mass oppression plague the life of women back home. From the beginning, I refused to follow the norm, and I became determined to pursue the medical field as a profession and not to become marriage fodder. When I began my medical career,…

there are constant reminders of the same (Dellaire 112). Men were the main targets in the killings. Therefore, the massacre altered the demographic pattern of Rwanda, leaving more widows and many women without suitors for marriage. For this reason, polygamy is widely accepted in the Rwandese culture. This also contributed to the high rates of HIV transmission in the country. (Human Rights Watch 59). The Rwandan Genocide of 1994 is an occurrence that will never leave the hearts and minds of…

Should Cheating Be More Tolerated? Cheating has grown to be more and more prevalent as the years go by. According to Glass-Castle, cheating among high schoolers has increased dramatically over the last 50 years. To put this into perspective, here’s a statistic: in the 1940’s about 20 percent of all college students admitted to cheating in high school. Today, that percentage comes in somewhere between 80 and 90 percent. The million dollar question is, why has cheating all of a sudden exploded in…

The experience that kambili has at ifeoma’s Nsukka leads her towards self –realization. She understands clearly that how her aunty sets goals for her children and how she encourages them to jump higher. She realizes the fate that she excels only because she is terrified of being punished by her father if she fails. For kambili Nsukka does not represent a town where her aunty lives but a symbol of freedom, courage and power. At Nsukka only” her mouth which is always closed seems to be performing…

There are different cultures, ethnicity, and background with the people around us each day. In health care, cultural diversity is very important. Nurses experience and encounter different types of people each day. Many of them have different values and beliefs, which we normally see or encounter. Purnell’s Model for Cultural Competence give health care professionals insights on adapting the concepts needed to give care for the patients. The 12 elements of Purnell’s model include heritage,…

It’s actually pretty simple, if somebody doesn’t agree with gay people and them getting married, then they don’t have to involve themselves with anyone who’s gay. But, some people just don’t seem to want to leave people alone and since they think it is morally wrong, they will try to keep it banned. According to Matt Slick at CARM, “Murder is morally wrong, and when any moral law is broken we are all ultimately affected and we know that if such actions were to increase, society would be affected…

King Ferdinand and Queen Elizabeth of Spain established had the intention to initiate an Inquisition, meaning a period of time to question or investigate, to prolong Catholicism and beliefs in the Spaniard kingdom. It’s purpose was to manage Catholic faith within any Spaniard kingdom. A number of reasons have been indicted for creating the movement. Some include: “To establish political and religious unity”, “To weaken local political opposition to the Catholic Monarchs”, “To do away with…

Are there circumstances where it is acceptable to tell a lie? Lying is often viewed as an act without virtue, and armed with vice. This is due to a lie’s potential use in deceitful, immoral, and harmful manners. This has lead numerous people, such as followers of virtue ethics or Immanuel Kant, to conclude that under any circumstances, lying is morally wrong (Mazur) However, there are also cases where lying is neither deceitful, immoral, nor harmful, and as a result, lies can cause more…