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greatly emphasized within the Puritan family. The fathers had patriarchal rights and could decide whether their daughters would marry or divorce. The elites could pass their land down to their sons and tangible goods to their daughters in the form of a dowry.

are inferior to men. The characters Kate and Bianca are two sisters who are the main focus of the suitors. Women were showed like they are objects and not loved by having to be tamed and paid. For example, Petruchio tells Katherine " and for that dowry, I'll assure her

man's proposal to marriage regardless of the situation (). Ultimately, Claudius, Hamlet's uncle, took advantage of his brother's death, and allowed him to gain power he otherwise would not have gained. The assets gained by Claudius proved the dowries, commonly apart of Elizabethan marriages, exclusively benefited

the Duke is meeting with a representative of the Count is to discuss wedding arrangements. This is first shown in the quote “The Count your master’s known munificence / Is ample warrant that no just pretense / Of mine for dowry will be disallowed” (133.) It makes mention of a dowry, which is a gift that a bride gives to her husband when they are married, suggesting

The Personal is Political: Women in Tourism To examine Cynthia Enloe 's argument that the "personal is political", we must first define what "personal is political" means in regards to feminist international politics. In order to demonstrate how the personal is political, or the political is personal, we look at the obstacles women encounter in their everyday lives and how they are actually a part of a larger social construction of male dominance. Women need to see their personal struggles in

women family only the other hand has more pressure in finding a husband for their daughter due to the responsible of having to give gifts to marry her off, similar practice to an illegal system call the dowry. They will most likely be responsible for taking care of the wedding cost. Marriage dowry is where the wife family pays the husband family sometimes in land or money for her marrying and living with his family. Women often do not have an objection to whom they will marry be are subject to whoever

Catholicism is a staple in many Latin American countries. The religion has been a mainstay in the area ever since the first conquistadors from Spain set foot in the new world and started sprawling conquests. As the conquistadors spread across Latin America and began to establish systems of influence, nuns, women who were spiritual brides of Christ, started to set up their influence in Latin America, as well. Their relationship with power was turbulent. The nuns of Cuzco highly involved themselves

The Indian History and the Status of Women : Women’s security is closely connected to global security still they suffer simply because they differ in gender. According to the UN Commission on Human Security, ‘the security of one person, one community, one nation rests on the decisions of many others, sometimes fortuitously, sometimes precariously’’. However, in the interrelated world everyone is influenced either positively or negatively by the decisions of individuals or states (UNIFEM 2003).

Cross Cultural Differences in Domestic Violence: Malawi and South Asia The definition of domestic violence is highly dependent on the setting that it is applied too. Let us go a step farther and add, the definition is contingent on the culture in which it is referred to. The US Department of Justice defines domestic violence as “abusive behavior in any relationship, it can be physical, sexual, emotional, economic, or psychological actions or threats of actions designed to intimidate, manipulate,

Adolescence • Dating and courtship violence • Economically coerced sex • Sexual abuse in the workplace, rape, sexual harassment • Forced prostitution, trafficking, psychological abuse • Forced marriage, dowry abuse, retribution for the crimes of others • Reproductive Intimate partner abuse, marital rape • Dowry abuse, honour killings, partner homicide, • Psychological abuse, sexual abuse in the workplace • Abuse of women with disabilities, forced prostitution, trafficking 4. Old Age • Widow Abuse • Elderly