Essays on Spouse

Introduction

We all know how difficult it can be to express you and ensure that we are understood by those, who surround us in our professional environment. Business environment demands respect and high level of tolerance from all of us, outlined by the corporate rules, strategies, culture and the expectations, which are we as peers and our superiors have in this situation. Such expectations make communication process in a way, more structured and easier to adjust to the existing norms and formal rules, set out by organizational hierarchy and cognitive and emotional behavior regulations. Politics and diplomatic tone in our ...

1 a. According to the Women’s Charter, Chapter 353, Section 95, either party to a marriage may file for divorce on the grounds that the marriage is irretrievably broken (The Law Commission, Women’s Charter, 2013). The Charter sets forth certain situations that may constitute a finding of an irretrievably broken marriage. The following facts, according to the Charter, would result in a finding of an irretrievability broken marriage by the court:

Adultery has been committed by the defendant and plaintiff find it intolerable to live with defendant

Defendant behaves in a way that plaintiff cannot reasonably be expected to live with defendant Defendant has deserted the plaintiff for a continuous period of at ...

Intimacy

We regularly witness affecting intimacy and profound association at the very initial stages of affiliations, prior to the differences begins. Can we hold that marvelous intimacy in a long-standing association? Reflect back to an occasion when we sensed truly close and linked with our associate — a moment when we sensed psychologically intimate with him/her. Feel about an instant when we sensed good-humored with our spouse, or a moment when humor surged without any hassle, or a time when we believed we could share with our colleague our innermost secret and it would be well received. We all crave for ...

In the early times, when ancient Greece was the dominant power in military, economic, and cultural influence, the male gender was the dominating voice. Women were not allowed to vote, hold public office or work in court as juries as these positions were persevered for men. The city state of Greece that was a bit more advance in matters of public life was Athens, though the legal status of Athenian women was that of minorities. Moreover, management of the family property or money was bestowed in men. Other issues affecting women involved discussions relating to marriage, their status in ...

Introduction

How does the factor of gender impact the concept of violent offending? One of the most commonly held notions is that males have a higher propensity to commit violent crimes compared to women. This holding is one of the most widely held concepts in the area of criminology. However, there is a growing debate as to the scope of the “gender gap” in terms of violent offending has shifted in recent years. A number of commentators hold that the gap is described in terms of its stability; others proffer that there is an observable closing of the gap, particularly ...

Response to Antony’s Note

Part 1: Money problems remain one of the leading contributors to divorce in the modern society. When the two marriage partners have different styles of managing money, the problem can ruin their marriage. A diligent financial planner is better off unmarried than staying married to a person who is reckless with their money.

Part 2:

Divorce has a significant impact on the lives of children both in the short-term and in the long term. It is psychologically troubling and very difficult for children to deal with the loss of love between their parents or witness their parents break up their marriage ...

Marital Satisfaction and Work-Family Conflict

The purpose of this paper is to present a proposal for a study on the topic of marital satisfaction and work-family balance. The paper presents the proposal under the subsections objective, subjects for the study, ethical considerations, measurement, data collection methods, and data analysis. 1. Objective The concept of work-family balance refers to the assessment of the whether or not family and work resources are sufficient to satisfy both work and family demands (Voydanoff, 2005). Family and work are central social institutions in an individual’s life and both absorb considerable amounts of an individual’s time. Balancing the ...

Introduction

Family is one of the interesting sociological phenomenon. Studied by many sociologists and psychologists, this concept persists to be one of the most dynamically evolving issues on the contemporary societal landscapes. In particular, traditional conceptions regarding this form of social organizations are being gradually replaced by the modern approaches to understanding a family, delineating the scopes of roles and responsibilities of the family members, as well as determining the family membership criteria (Shepard & Greene 82). As far as a dogmatic conception of a family is concerned, under this term the one should understand a group of people, which is ...

The ritual of marriage is a very important milestone in the life of an individual and, more so, in the life of an individual who is also a devout Christian. The Scripture often mentions the sanctity of marriage as well as the permanency of it in one’s life. Such descriptions have resulted in a dilemma for particular individuals who, for some unfortunate reason, have had to divorce and remarry. At present, Catholicism does not permit divorced individuals to remarry unless and until they have had their marriage annulled by the Church. While the Orthodox Catholic views on remarriage ...

Marriage is a tradition that is practiced and honored all over the world. It signifies the birth of a relationship that grants couples the privilege to build families and an enduring kinship ties. Studies show that people who are happily married have more desirable benefits and experiences than those who are unmarried, cohabiting, widowed, or separated (Shariff 557). Specifically, married individuals have better parenting styles, stronger support systems, greater economic security, greater financial resources, healthier psychological status, more desirable emotional wellbeing, greater physical health, and longer life. Marriage practices in Western countries are different from those of other societies. ...

Thesis

Improved Detection and Characterization of Obscured Central Gland Tumors of the Prostate:

requirementsRequirements for the degree of

2016

©2016 by All rights reserved Approved by First Reader Boris Nicolas Bloch, M.D.

Associate Professor of Radiology and

Director of Bioimaging Science Second Reader Kevin Thomas, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Bioimaging and Health Emergency

DEDICATION I would like to dedicate this work to my patient spouse Landry, my wonderful children Charlie and Phoenix, and my dog Armani. (Delete this page if you don't need it. Be sure to delete all the text on the page, and the page break after it, not the section break before it. To see the section and page breaks, ...

The key issues arising from this case report all seem to be tied to the CEO Anat’s decisions and relationships in regards to the firm, especially in the context of her duties as a director of the firm. As such, three issues emerge from Anat including the decision to hire her cousins Ellen and David to work for the firm by managing office building without informing or consulting the Board. The second issue is the where the liability of the damage suffered by Liav, who fell due to a cost-cutting decision by Ellen and David, on the company ...

Abstract

Notably, interracial couples and their families have faced various challenges including rejection and being stereotyped. These challenges have resulted in increased trauma and developmental delays among interracial people. The most common misperception about interracial couples is that one partner is black while the other one is white. The rate at which interracial marriages are growing in the US has increased steadily. Considering that the United States legalized interracial marriages, a high growth rate in interracial marriage is a significant move. The demand for interracial counseling is expected to rise as the number of multicultural couples increase. Education of counselors ...

Abstract

The article “Divorce Trends and Patterns in the Western World: A socio-legal overview”, written by Tony Fahey, contains a profound overview of all the patterns and trends in divorce in the modern world in developed countries of the Western World. It regards the definition of the world “divorce” and its meaning, the causes and reasons of divorce, the legal process, and usual consequences thereof. Tony Fahey has made a deep investigation of marital breakdown in the modern society over half of a century. The author indicates that though the number of divorces has radically increased recently, the reasons of ...

Analysis of Ethical Dilemma

Analysis of Ethical Dilemma The healthcare system encounters a variety of ethical dilemmas, which sometimes have an impact on the social, legal, and professional world. An ethical dilemma is a situation that doesn’t have a right or wrong solution, but is rather determined by the outcome or the rationale behind the actions taken. While some ethical dilemmas resolve quietly, others arouse much conflict among the stakeholders. Voluntary/assisted euthanasia is one of the controversial issues in healthcare that affects various aspects of the profession. This paper will discuss the ethical dilemma of euthanasia and assisted suicide with reference to ...

Summary of Assumptions

Jessica Scott, Colleen Pyle, and Narissra Maria focus on an area that has not been penetrated by previous researchers. Past work addresses the utilization of nonverbal behaviors as a mechanism of formulating and sustaining stable relationships. In the authors’ study, they develop a new ideology that seeks to examine the correlations between long-lasting relationships and positive nonverbal behaviors. The researchers assess the overall satisfactions of partners in a relationship based on the availability of positive nonverbal cues. Scott et.al (2010) tests two essential variables, that is, overall satisfaction and relationship longevity, with respect to the use of the positive ...

Mannella v. Commissioner, 132T.C, No 10 (April 13, 2009). In this case, Mrs. Manella found out that her husband had filed for tax returns but hide the mail from her. In so doing, the applicant was denied the right to receive what she rightfully deserved in the tax return process (Copeland). People v north 29 Cal.3d 509. The Defendant, Mr. North broke into the house of his girlfriend during the weekend as she was at her parents. When he was arraigned at the Califonia Supreme Court, the Defendant pleaded guilty to the charge of Second Degree Burglary. Loss of ...

The Courts’ Discretion under Section 25 Of The Matrimonial Causes Act

Introduction The Matrimonial Causes Act empowers Courts to make a wide range of orders pertaining financial provision related to divorce proceedings. One of the most instrumental segments that make this possible is Section 25 of the Act. This paper intends to evaluate the stipulations of the section thoroughly and make a critical evaluation of whether the provision gives room for Judicial discretion which is unfettered. The paper will seek to account for the discretion given to Courts by dint of this Section in light of decided cases and commentary that has been made on the same by highly qualified ...

Executive Summary

International growth of a company is strictly defined by the expertise of its managers in training and developing human resources abroad that can work with the organizational structure of the parent company. But training employees abroad is considerably a demanding task. This is especially because of the cross-cultural differences that will hinder most of the usual training and incentive programs that are based out of the ethics of parent corporation. It is essential that the parent corporation understand the cultural practices as well as sensitivities of the target country before venturing into business with it. This is where the ...

In my emergency binder, I would include a copy of my birth certificate and driver’s license. In addition to that, I would include my health insurance coverage card, and organ donor card and healthcare proxy. After I graduate, I will include social security card in my emergency binder. This is mainly for tax purposes. After getting married, it is important to have my marriage certificate in my binder. I will also place credit cards with account passwords for my next of kin. I would include the mortgage records in my binder in case my spouse and I bought ...

Executive Summary

Over one million children in Australia are victims of domestic and household violence. Children become victims of family violence both directly and indirectly. Family violence is worse among the minority groups such as the Aboriginal community and the Torres Strait Islander societies. Culture plays a major role in breeding or tolerating domestic violence to continue taking place in the society. The government of Queensland does not have adequate policies and legislations to ensure the safety of children in the society. Accessibility to resource centers is limited for children victims of domestic violence. Functional institutions, employers, media and the government ...

Why Married Couples have Divorces

Marriage is not an easy task. Most of the couples even having good intentions end up their relation in divorce. There are many reasons married people get divorces. In this paper, major reasons are explained in detail. Married couples have divorce because of extramarital affairs. AARP published report in 2004, in which it is mentioned that infidelity plays an important role in explaining the reason of filing for divorce. Spouse begins to cheat each other because of many reasons, such as emotional abuse, physical and verbal abuse, differences in interests, anger, unequal appetite for sexual relations (AARP). Physical, emotional, ...

Introduction

Human life is characterized by the existence of certain values that guide their daily practices. Religious values occur as one of the most pertinent values held closely by various human populations. A reflection on the world depicts the existence of various religions including Christianity, Islam, Hinduism and others. Nonetheless, it is of the essence to realize Christianity remains the most worshiped religion across various contexts all around the globe.

Roles and Responsibilities of Christian Families and Christian Parents

Various religions have certain colossal values that are clearly espoused by their believers. Family occurs as one of the most fundamental dynamics that are highly valued by Christians. Christianity is ...

Section

A commercial flight or a common carrier one is expected to exercise the highest degree of care in its undertaking, in contrast to contract carrier operators who are only expected to perform their duties with the care expected from an average person. Thus, to prove that it is not liable, it has to show that indeed it exercised extraordinary diligence. Is the assumption of risk defense available to an airline to defend against lawsuits brought by injured passengers or the survivors of passengers killed in an airline crash? Why? No. the reason behind this is anchored on statistical evidence. ...

Personal finance plan

I am a college student pursuing my first degree in a public university. I live off-campus with a friend where we pay 100 dollars per month for rent. The rent is split between both of us. Therefore, I pay 50 dollars per month. One of the major short term goals I have is to graduate. I plan to graduate in the next one year. My other short term goal is to enroll in a master’s program within a year of graduating. Enrolling in a master’s program will require me to work as I study since I will ...

Abstract

The Biblical teachings on love has in the Old Testament, Song of Songs are misinterpreted and applied wrongly in the Western culture. The Song of Songs asks that we should love our families and not do anything that threatens their happiness. However, the Western Culture does not follow that, people do things that hurt their families. That is the reason divorces and happiness are common in that culture. This paper discusses familial and spouse love as applied in the Culture of the West and in the Old testament. Furthermore, from the old testament we find that familes that obey ...

Gender inequality is a predicament of all women, especially the Muslim women, but musawah, an Islamic movement, is on the right path of rescuing Muslim women from this bondage via encouraging them to make their own interpretation of the Quran- will the movement succeed in bringing gender equality? The musawah movement was coined with the intention of enlightening Muslim women in order to achieve gender equality. The movement has adopted several, relevant, mechanisms that will aid in the achievement of its goal; for example, providing education programs that are intended to enlighten the Muslim women as well as encouraging ...

Literary works have always been the mirrors of the society, and many of them have come to critique the subjugation of women. One can take into consideration the literary works, The Awakening, by Kate Chopin and Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House that delve into the influences of the society and the family in oppressing women. The respective narratives would lead to a better comprehension of the intricate influences and experiences that finally pave the way of the emancipation of the characters of Edna and Nora from the shackles of patriarchy and subjugation. A comparative analysis of the ...

Medical health insurance in the American society is an issue that requires continued reforms and improvements. The majority of Americans are confused with the many private insurance plans available that are not standard for ease of understanding (Austin, 2010). Despite the fact that we have the private and government-funded insurance plans, most Americans believe that the private insurance plans take good care of their medicals needs in a much better way than the government plans. With the increasing medical costs and the many ailments that are in the society today, every person requires having insurance that will cater for ...

Family is an important social institution of society. Family`s activities (relationships between parents, parents and children, methods of upbringing and others) are determined by the system of legal and social norms. The original foundation of family relations is marriage. Marriage in human society is considered to be the only acceptable, socially approved and fixed by law form of allowed and also mandatory sex relations of spouses (Strong & Cohen 142). Marriage is a set of formal regulations defining the rights, duties and privileges of a husband to his wife, and two of them in relation to their children, relatives ...

It is estimated that one out of every five deaths in America is thought to be associated with the use of tobacco and smoking is believed to be the leading cause of premature death in this country (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2014). Aside from the emotional trauma, the monetary cost for the years between 2009 and 2012 are believed to be between $289 billion and $332.5 billion which include figures for lost productivity of workers in addition to expenses for medical care. Smoking, drinking alcohol, and the inappropriate use of legal and illegal drugs impacts society ...

Introduction

The subjected interviewed is Anna, a 32 year old woman in the early adulthood stage of life. She is of medium build, approximately 5 feet tall, and weighs 50 kilograms. The fair-skinned and round-faced Anna is proud of her long auburn tresses. Her brown round eyes sparkle with vitality and happiness, her smile is bright and vivacious, and her gestures and body language as she speaks show that she is an expressive person. Anna hails from a middle-class family that values a disciplined lifestyle and traditions. Studious that she is, Anna has completed her doctoral program in chemistry and ...

Dealing with Infertility and its Emotional Struggles

Infertility is defined as the inability to conceive or bear children after an extended period of one year after engaging in male to female intimacy. Several medical statistics show that, around one in every six couples go through this experience at a certain point in their lives. This issue is very common around the world, but it is often misunderstood and judged in religious and mythical ways. However, the issue is a medical disorder thus with the aid of medical interference, it can be dealt with. Infertility is often not expected by most couples who experience it except for ...

Many games are played for fun. Sometimes game are played for more than that. They are played for bragging rights, to prove a point, to achieve personal best records, or beat another’s best record. Within these modern times, individuals who reside in industrialized countries play games for amusement, entertainment, or money. Rarely are games played as a matter of life or death. However, there are games that are played as matters of life or death. Depending on the prize, the winner chooses his or her spouse, where they will live, the car they will drive, the clothes they ...

During the initial visit the registered nurse from the Community Nursing Service will elicit information concerning the seizure history from Jessica. While seeking information concerning the history the nurse will seek to know when the client had her first fit, whether there has been any improvement after initial diagnosis and treatment. The nurse will also seek to know whether the client would wish to have her medication changed due to their ineffectiveness. The patient is then asked concerning the factors that may trigger the seizure. While doing so, the nurse will document on alcohol intake. Other factors that trigger ...

Marriage in the Catholic Church has for a long time been considered a holy and sacred covenant that is made between two people in the presence of the Lord. This covenant establishes a partnership between a man and a woman, which is supposed to last for a lifetime. To mark the covenant, a sacrament of matrimony is given to the married couple to indicate their engagement and to seal their partnership in matrimonial living (Lawler 245). The couple will then together continue receiving the holy sacraments of the catholic community while in marriage. According to the bishops’ council, marriage ...

The advancements in modern medicine in the last few decades are responsible for new treatment methodologies in treating deadly diseases. However, there are some areas of the human body that still remain a mystery. The human brain is one of the more complex organs and there is no forseeable outcome irrespective of the infirmity. The medical community faces hard choices whenever they encounter a difficult situation involving brain damage. The chances for recovery from a severe brain damage are slim. Hence, during such times, a hospital staff will request the family for consent to withdraw specific medical treatment or ...

Introduction

Domestic violence has adverse impacts on the development of a child. In fact, the emotional turmoil created by growing up in such an environment heightens the chances of the infant engaging in rebellious activities such as drug abuse and other denial behaviors in their youth. With this in mind, it is worth appreciating the fact that Susie’s exposure to childhood molestation at an early age contributed to her drug problems and overall response to his abusive marriage. Since she witnessed her mother withstand the abuse she received from his father, she felt obliged to keep up with his ...

[Monti Cleaning]

Business Plan

Business Plan template 1 Business Plan Summary 3 The Business 3 The Market 3 The Future 4 The Finances 4 The Business 5 Business details 5 Registration details 5 Business premises 5 Organisation chart 5 Management & ownership 6 Key personnel 6 Products/services 7 Unique Selling point.7 Anticipated demand8 Risk management 8 Operations 8 The Market 9 Market research 9 Market targets 9 Environmental/industry analysis 10 S.W.O.T. analysis 11

Advertising & sales 12

The Future 13 Vision statement 13 Mission statement 13 Goals/objectives 13 Action plan 14 The Finances 14 Key objectives & financial review 14 Start-up costs for [YEAR] 15 Balance sheet ...

Human resource management (HRM) is tasked with the challenging undertaking of hiring and assigning individuals to roles that they can perform efficiently. In this context, having high knowledge on the effective strategies and policies for recruiting and training employees becomes mandatory. This is practical with the recruitment and management of expatriate managers due to the sophisticated nature of their work. Recruitment entails searching and getting potential job candidates in adequate numbers and quality to appoint the most suitable individuals to fill the desired positions. The selection includes the procedure for collecting information to inform the decision of deciding the ...

Introduction

Arranged marriage is a marriage where families or parents choose marital partners for their children. Asia, Africa and India are considered to be areas where arranged marriage is a cultural norm, while Western part of the world is characterized by non-arranged marriages. Thus, two types of marriages co-exist in the modern world. Arranged marriages may be extremely significant in South Asia because their prevalence results in decrease of divorce rates. Nevertheless, modern attitude to gender roles makes changes in society, for example in 2013 Kunz wrote that "a recent report indicated that divorce rates in India are soaring among ...

Prisoners when in jail fall ill regularly and have to be tended to in the prison. The prisoners cannot be taken out of jail so that they can receive the medical attention required for their illness. However, they may at times get terminal illness when in jail. The terminal illnesses may at times restrict their movement to their cells or in the wards of the prison where they do not get any type of moral support (FAMM 53). Every patient in the world needs some form of moral support in his or her bid to get better and overcome ...

Abstract

Society often finds itself constructing a structural model it uses to determine whether people are best suited for marriage. Culture plays a central role in the construction of that model and through it, people get to see the perfections and imperfections they can live or without in marriage. Before making a choice for a marriage partner, many people always want to be sure whether their partners are the best choices and how their cultures interplay with theirs. If the two cultures are way different, and no one is willing to compromise, then that marriage is bound to fail or ...

Sexual relationship is seen as one of the key concepts of the healthy relationship between husband and wife. However, do they need to have sex on the regular basis. Many questions and thoughts arise when we think about this subject. Marriage includes physical relationship with each other. People who married each other should also be physically attracted to each other. It is important to have a healthy relationship and for many couples sex is an inalienable part of it. There are many reasons why couples are not having sex. According to WebMD: “Familiarity, advancing age, work pressures, the challenges ...

Within India, a large number of people marry through the arrangement made by their parents. An arranged marriage is done when the family makes choices about the spouse of a family member. These choices are normally done by the father or the male head of the family. A couple gets together “according to their family’s wishes, and the focus is on accepting and adjusting to partners after marriage,” (Myers, Madathil, and Tingle, 187). In other words, in an arranged marriage, romantic love and affection are not prerequisites for a couple to marry – love and affection are instead expected ...

The Removalist was composed in 1971 by the Australian dramatist, David Williamson. At the end of 1960s-mid 1970s, Australia was bringing all the extra openly articulate, there were many ladies’ benefits, domestic benefits, and the challenging against the Vietnam War. The Removalist is an investigation of the Australian Society amid a to a great degree glamorous time. David Williamson's point when thinking of this play was to make and Australian character in a global show, and doing this he additionally utilized well-known issues as a part of his general public, for example, the debasement and viciousness. In The Removalist, ...

Gender inequality has become a major issue in the society today with countries, governments, organizations, and gender activists, both men and women, joining the fight against gender inequality. Gendering starts early in childhood and is embedded in our institutions and family set ups. Role models in the society treat boys and girls differently from infancy and this becomes the onset of gender inequality which then proceeds on to maturity. Gender inequality is more prevalent in some societies than it is in others. The Muslim community has been on the frontline of gender inequality with most women being subjected to ...

There are many people in our society today who live with different types of disabilities. One particular type of disability happens to be Asperger’s Syndrome. The big problem for people who live with Asperger’s syndrome is that they lack the ability to show emotion most of the time, or they find it very hard to be socially acceptable. For this reason, having a great adulthood experience for people living with Asperger’s syndrome seems impossible. People diagnosed with Asperger’s syndrome can still lead productive, well-meaning lives, and have a great adulthood experience because there is a ...

Effects of Fictional Violence On Aggressive Behavior

Introduction Media violence has been a topic of controversy because many researchers propose that violent media will encourage people to act aggressively and violently as a result of learning that behavior from watching others. Many of the earlier studies focus on short- term effects of watching violent media and measuring the effects by observing the outcome of aggressive behavior. One of the earliest studies to bring up the topic of the influence of viewing aggressive models on aggressive behavior was that of Albert Bandura in the 1960s. According to Bandura’s study, when children were presented with an aggressive ...

Introduction

The increasing convergence of global businesses across geographies has made human capital and service exchanges commonplace. By moving across physical and virtual (i.e. web) boundaries, cross-cultural encounters become increasingly a necessary requirement for effective work experiences locally and globally. This emphasis on cross-cultural competence in current business ecosystem is made more necessary in financial service industry. Indeed, of all cross-border services, financial activities are probably one most sensitive to global influence. Notably, by exchanging services via banking-based and non-banking financial systems, influence of not only provided services but also of people offering such services is well embedded in day-to-day ...

Learning from Chapter1 - Most Surprising Discovery about “Millionaires”

It is learned that millionaires spend quality time with their families and enjoy life while refraining from being a workaholic person. They can achieve work and personal life balance as they do not borrow money/credit to finance their consumptions. Instead, millionaires borrow a little and earn more money through business activities. They live normal but comfortable lifestyle and in fine homes. They wake up early (at 3:00 A.M.) as well as play sports like tennis and Golf. Millionaires love their work/profession and become expert professionals in their fields. All millionaires never do work by themselves and assign tasks to ...

'Work-family balance', or WFB, is the topic that has garnered the interests of academicians, management Tsars, and researchers. With growing competition and stress in the business environment, family life is likely to get affected thereby putting a negative impact on the work productivity. Thus, making a balance between work schedule and family life is of utmost importance if one wishes to have an overall satisfied life. However, identifying related family-specific variables and studying their impact on work-family conflict ( WFC) are some of the pre-requisites to boil down to the balancing part. This paper aims to review the available literature ...

Part A

The three basic categories of burglars are: (1) low-level, (2) mid-range, and (3) high-level. Categorizations were made according to the age and manner of committing burglary. Low-level burglars are usually amateurs and belong to the younger age group. Burglaries are committed based on opportunity alone or without planning. Once the opportunity to commit burglary presents itself, there is little time gap between the discovery of the opportunity and actual commission of the crime. Mid-range burglars are older than the low-level burglars. They usually have legitimate jobs and commit burglaries on occasion. They are not necessarily professional burglars. They are ...

Family violence also identified as domestic violence has been around since the beginning of time in the western culture. Family violence involves the infliction of pain either physical, psychological or emotional on a spouse, partner of children. It is mostly seen in homes where men inflict pain on their wives. In the past women and children were seen as being the property of the man who was free to do as they wish (Gracia, 2006). The men used violence as a method of controlling their behavior. Violence was both a punishment but also as a way of conditioning desired ...

Across the cultures, rites of passage are held to mark transition between different phases of life. Although the practices are unique, the rites of passage are common across all cultures. Similarly, anthropological studies have revealed that despite differences between cultures, rites of passage follow a three-stage process. The three stages are separation, liminality and incorporation. Separation is the first stage in any rite of passage. It involves divorce of an individual from his or her familiar environment. In the liminality stage, the individual’s old identity is destroyed and a new one created. In the last stage, the individual ...

Living out of the benefits accruing from the social security after the retirement is an ill-advice as uttered by many financial planners, but here is the reality on the ground (it is a source of income for the retirees). Chances that exist denotes that social security will never cover the majority of the 80 percentile of the pre-retiring income serving as a guide to the maintenance of one's current levity while in retire. It is from these utterances; there are ways through which to live more comfortably on social security with no other plans and budgetary (Solman 250). Since ...

Alcoholism is a medical condition in which an individual drinks large quantities of alcohol over a long period. Primarily, most of the alcoholics have problems in controlling the consumption of alcohol even if they are conscious of the inherent effects of excessive use of alcohol.Roger notes that overconsumption of alcohol over a long period leads to addiction. Besides, alcoholism has immense effects on both the lives of alcoholic and the members of the family. A study by Carlson reiterates that people who abuse alcohol are at risk of many health issues some which are characterized enhanced tolerance to drinking. ...

Effects of Deployment to Military Families

The impact of military deployment ranges from physical to mental health issues that have psychological consequences for the service members as well as their close and extended families. Following massive deployment after September 11, 2001, many researchers have examined the effects of military deployment on military personnel and veterans. About 30% of deployed soldiers have been diagnosed with psychological symptoms such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), anxiety, sleeping disorders, hyper-vigilance, and depression (Everson and Figley, 2011). Exposure to combat and traumatic events, e.g. bombing, torture, murder and other extreme events that occur in a war result in high stress ...

Introduction

If one member of a family has an addiction, his/her lifestyle, outcomes of a substance use disorder, etc. influence the whole family. Children of parents who have some addiction can suffer the more because of their parents` addiction. A child personality, identity, self-conception, self-esteem are in the process of intensive development. That is why children of addictive parents can be the most vulnerable to negative influences of their parents` substance use disorder (Lander, Howsare & Byrne, 2013). Representatives of family approaches point out that it is not enough to treat only a person who has an addiction. Professionals must provide ...

Different societies share contrasting perspectives about marriage. In fact, there are multiple factors contributing to the establishment or dismissal of a marriage union in any community. In the title, Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen provides a compelling argument about the different courtship and marriage perspectives shared by members of a society. She describes the marriage tales of numerous characters and explains the impacts of social class, pride, prejudice, arranged marriages and reputation in the advancement of courtships into marriage. Fitzwilliam Darcy, Charlotte and Lydia’s courtship advancements give a detailed overview of the predicaments encountered by individuals in comprehending ...