Dowry

bridal payment, the woman's parents were responsible for a dowry to the husband. Dowries were carefully monitored and governed by regulations. Mesopotamian society was a patriarchal society, and so women possessed far fewer privileges and rights in their marriage. A woman's place was at home and failure to fulfill her duties was grounds for divorce. If she was not able to bear children, her husband could divorce her but he had to repay the dowry. If his wife tried to leave the home in order to engage

Her husband legally owns all her assets such as her dowry, her property, and wedding finery (Suite101 1). Once married the wife is obliged to carry the line of her husband by producing children. A woman must give birth to several children because during that time only a few children would survive into adulthood

In Ancient Greece it was the father’s obligation to arrange a traditional marriage for their daughter. This would first involve the search and the selection of a groom. A father was not only picking his daughter’s husband but, more importantly, his own son-in-law, and in traditional marriages in Ancient Athens they were arranged in a meeting between the fathers of the potential groom and bride based on the needs and best interests of the fathers, with not much concerned thoughts about the groom and

Virtually every country in the world has been touched in some way by family violence. A vast number of women and children are subjected each day to violence within their family homes, the setting where they should feel the safest. Family violence crosses the boundaries of sex, age, social class, education, and race (1). Statistics show that approximately 1 in 3 women worldwide will be affected by family violence within her lifetime (1). Violence has a major impact on one's physical, social and

Giovanni and Lusanna is a micro-history of high born Giovani being taken to court by lower born Lusanna as she claimed that he married her in secret. She believed that her future security and honor was at risk as Giovanni married a younger high born woman after his father and brother died. This micro-history shows that social standing, honor, and marriage during Renaissance Florence. It is shown early during the trial that honor strongly influence both Giovanni’s and Lusanna’s actions. It is stated

she refused him breaking her mother’s heart in the process. The concept of a dowry also expresses the large extent to which marriage was consumed by thoughts of money. “A dowry is the property that a wife brings to her husband on marriage. In Europe, The dowry has a long history, frequently serving only to enhance the desirability of a woman for marriage but also to build the power and wealth of great families…” (Dowry 205). The Bennet family’s lack of fortune ensures that the girls would have

Gender Inequality in the Workplace Why is it still so difficult to shatter the glass ceiling? "Why is it still so difficult to shatter the glass ceiling? Small Business Connecttelegraph.co.uk/connect/small-business." Daily Telegraph [London, England], 7 Mar. 2017, p. 8. Global Issues in Context, link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/A484308575/GIC?u=midd34407&xid=333727f8. Accessed 13 Nov. 2017. More than two million enterprises have women in management positions, but gender inequality in the workplace at

Annu Palakunnathu Matthew Annu born in 1964 in Stourport, England. She is an famous professor of Art in Photography and Director of the Center for the Humanities at the University of Rhode Island. She received a BSc in Mathematics from India and MFA from University of Delaware. She has started photographing since 1986. Her photography is based on her life experience living in various cultures. She born in England on the other hand, she moved to India with her parents when she was ten years old

1. Feminine divine traits – Buddhism/Christianity Whether it is in a polytheistic or a monotheistic religion, the gender of divinity is always a topic given great attention. Although Buddhism doesn’t put much focus on gods in the teaching, it does include certain religious aspects such as praying to the higher beings. The feminine divine traits in Buddhism can be found with a closer examination on the feminine metaphors in the Buddhist scriptures. While Buddhas are predominantly in male form, divine

The upper class was very small and numbered out to have about 300 families . To be considered a part of the upper class, they had to be a citizen, but they could not have a job . They had to have free from economic tasks, for example-trading. The men had to have slaves or others to tend to their land and fortune; only with that can he have time for things such as government , war, literature, and philosophy. The upper class was quite full of themselves, which lead to them using all the classes lower