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    are focusing on how husbands should treat their wives in the marriage relationship. The apostle Paul gives us God’s description of marriage in Ephesians 5:22-33: Wives‚ submit to your own husbands‚ as to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife even as Christ is the head of the church‚ his body‚ and is himself its Savior. Now as the church submits to Christ‚ so also wives should submit in everything to their husbands. Husbands‚ love your wives‚ as Christ loved the church and gave himself up

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    structure includes nuclear and extended family settings‚ how the men of the tribe practiced polygamy‚ and the roles of the mother‚ father‚ and the children. In the story Things Fall Apart Okonkwo had a nuclear family structure this included himself‚ three wives‚ and their children. The extended family structure includes a variety of family members such as grandparents‚ uncles‚ aunts‚ nephews‚ nieces‚ in-laws‚ and the immediate family. This family structure was common in the Igbo village‚ in this setting‚

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    wouldn’t be fair to say that The Wives‚ Imperitor Furiosa‚ and The Many Mothers are all at different parts of some feminist spectrum (no one female character in the movie is the “most feminist” out of all of them)‚ it could be argued that they do all represent the different stages women have been faced with and are striving for on their quest for gender equality. So‚ with that being said‚ even though their portrayal was controversial and criticized‚ having the Wives dressed the way they were was important

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    African culture in the late 1800s by the illustration of the mothers‚ daughters and wives. Chinua Achebe uses the role

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    Magi and The Necklace writing assignment 5th period In these stories‚ the relationship between the Young’s and the Loisel’s are very different. The treatment in the relationships are different‚ also how each other feels about one another. The wives values are also different and husbands also. Although they have many differences‚ the two stories are also alike in many ways. In Della and Jim’s relationship‚ each of them value each other the same. Both care for one another and gave up things they

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    masculinity is prominent in the film as Songlian is thrown into the Chen family compound‚ fully governed in Confucian tradition‚ and the capitalist democratic competition between the wives and Songlian’s rebellion to tradition causes many problems in the compound as well as showing the how society is very male dominated. The wives‚ or sisters as they call each other‚ are always in competition with each other as they all try to fit into their roles as the wife to the master Whoever the master decides to sleep

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    man marries more than one woman‚ and the other is polyandry‚ where a woman marries more than one man. In Islam‚ limited polygyny (up till four wives) is permitted; whereas polyandry is completely prohibited. RESPONSE: I agree with your definitions. ARGUMENTS: ”Qur’an is the only religion on the face of the earth that allows men having up till four wives‚ Allah says in the Holy Qur’an: "Marry women of your choice‚ two‚ or three‚ or four; but if you fear that you shall not be able to deal

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    tradition was discussed. The story of Muhammad and his various wives as well as Allah having three daughters show the influence of women and also the development of polygamy in Islamic beliefs. Muhammad had many wives due to him taking in women whom were unable to return to their homes and were in need of help due to their conversion to Islam and the lack of support that they had at home. He set various rules when it came to the wives that he had in order to conserve their place as the "Mothers of

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    exemplary wives in the 1970’s. The overall purpose of this article is to show the reader how the husband truly thought of how wives should act. Although Brady declared that she is a wife‚ she switched the roles where she is the husband for the article. She listed countless expectations that what a husband wants from a typical wife. These expectations were listed out in several paragraph. Brady claimed that wives should not be classified as a tool but a person to their husbands‚ and wives should get

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    Polygamy‚ also called plural marriage‚ is the practice of having more than one spouse at one time. Mormon Fundamentalist believe and practice polygamy. In FLDS communities it is the male that has many wives and from these wives comes many children. Most people look down upon Polygamy‚ because they believe it to be degrading of the women. However‚ within Mormon Fundamentalism‚ polygamy serves a great part of their religion and helps with family dynamics. Mormon Fundamentalist believe and practice

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