‘Athenian marriages were based on usefulness rather than affection’ How far do you agree with this statement? Give the reasons for your views and support them with details from the Athenian sources you have studied. Marriage was one of the key elements of an Athenian society‚ alongside the importance of children; the importance of marriage was just as valued and necessary for Athenians. The purpose of marriage in Athens was to represent a business arrangement between the fathers of the women and
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Human behaviour is learned rather than based on instinct This argument can be discussed also using the nature vs. nurture theory‚ it has been studied widely and there is evidence to support both sides of the argument. The nurture theory argues that human behaviour is the way is it because they were taught that way or grew up in that type of environment. *[1] ’Children raised in healthy‚ positive environments are more likely to grow into productive successful adults than children raised in negative
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But women in Sparta were way more influential and useful than Athenian women. Women all throughout history have been the lesser of the two sexes. Sparta was known as a high military power having all men from 7 years old to 65 years old in the military. After the city-state of Messenia got overruled by the Spartans‚ Sparta had
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Education divides rather than unites. “True education makes for inequality; the inequality of individuality‚ the inequality of success‚ the glorious inequality of talent‚ of genius‚” the famous educator‚ Felix Schelling stated. Individuals of our society unintentionally receive different degrees of education indicates the class disparities amongst the public. Hence‚ education divides the society. Education divides the society rather than unites. This can be seen in developing
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V.S. [Arranged Marriage is Securer than Romantic Marriage] Name: Yuzhong SHI StudentNr.: 0810990 Group: IBMS205 Table of Content Introduction………………………………………………………………………………………….1 Overview of Arrange Marriages……………………………………………………………….2 Overview of Romantic Marriages……………………………………………………………..2 Supportive articles………………………………………………………………………………….3 Summary of Research…………………………………………………………………………….4 Discuss assumptive statement…………………………………………………………………4 Conclusion……………………………………………………………………………………………
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Love Marriage is Better Than Arrange Marriage. Just as we all know‚ life is not a bed of roses. Things do not work as smoothly as we expect them to. Sometime‚ we often change ways‚ make compromises‚ stand stubbornly and let things fall apart. Marriage is the most beautiful relationship that happens to everyone at some point of time. Life is the way we make it to be. Peoples get married because they love each other. They want each of them close for the rest of their life. Due to this statement
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In the 1990 article “I’d Rather Kiss than Smoke” in the National Review‚ Florence King tries to persuade her readers to look through a smoker’s eyes in a smokist world. King has been around people smoking even before she was born. Her mother started smoking when she was twelve and she started this habit when she was twenty-six. Since she started smoking‚ she has been analyzing how non-smokers discriminate against them. Florence King expects everyone to be okay with smoking because it is what
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for having multiple sexual encounters. In the past‚ moral principles were frequently instilled by calling attention to the penalty involved if the moral code were violated. In Herskovits’s view‚ whatever a society accepts or rejects at a certain point in time becomes the standard for morality. He believes then‚ that cultural relativism is a necessary moral stance in light of the evidence. Cultural relativism claims to be based on scientific views of morals. Concerning the basis of moals‚ we noted
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Athenian Women‚ More than Just Wall Flowers Introduction Ancient Athens can be best described as a patriarchy‚ where women and children were under the authority and guardianship of a male (Blundell 66). A dichotomy exists between ancient sources surrounding the life led by Athenian women. On one side there is Xenophon‚ who portrayed Athenian women to be limited to a domestic role where household duties such as cleaning‚ cooking‚ and supervising slaves were primary activities of Athenian
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time in other cultures were treated like their father’s/husband’s property. That was the case all around the world‚ from China to Medieval Europe‚ to Rome. Women had no rights other than to maintain the house hold and bear children. Greece was a sight exception in this regard. Women who held higher positions in the society had quite independent lives‚ along with sixth century Spartan women; however‚ Athenian women did not share the same liberties as their neighbors. Athenian women rarely left their
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