...2) Topic: Kissing Cousins First, of all I believe becoming romantically involved with an family member or first cousin is no differently from same sex romantic relationship. Due to the fact most people have grew up differently then the next person or individual. I grew up in a world where there was slavery, and a lot of our family members back in the 1960’s were forced to be with an cousin, or an brother and sister. Due to the fact most of them were separated from one another as a child. Of course it has been a cousin or two that I may have had an crush on. But, I know we couldn’t crossed those boundaries , so eventually the emotions or feeling would go away. Again , I would say due to the jealous of our parents who raised us or bought us into the world causes a lot of kissing cousins relationships. Because so many family are stuck on greed, and never want to have family gatherings or functions that way we are able to meet one another’s side of the family, so if we don’t communicate as a family it’s almost impossible to know who are your family members are. When families don’t want to get together. So it’s not our fault, if you are in a ‘’not knowing situation.’’ Personally I couldn’t imagine myself falling in love with my first cousin, especially if I know that’s my cousin. I would feel a certain type of way. I mean it’s wrong, just like same sex marriages. People are actually parading around like dating family members and same sex marriages are okay. Due, to certain...
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...They don’t really care about other people like uncle, cousin,nephew etc. for example I recently went to my friend from Chicago wedding ceremony i sat on the same table with his cousin ( born and raised in Chicago) I was surprised when she told me that “i am on my cousin wedding but i have never met him before” then i went to my friend who was getting marriage and told him let me introduce you to your own cousin then we all started laughing. Oppositely in Cameroon, the family is very large (that is may be one of the reason we have a lot of problems) in additional of the usa family; uncle, cousin, niece, nephew are part of the family. Even further, when you get married you familly in law is considered as your family too. There is saying stating that ‘if your marriage someone you marriage his or her entire family too” .sometime your friend is considered as part of family depending on your relationship. Also polygamy (the fact that a man can get marriage with many women) is allow in my Cameroon therefore in some family only one man can even have 5 wives and 20 children. some people even say “the more wives you have the more powerful you are” and that is not the case in the united states where some children are raised by the single parent or homosexuel...
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...Jane Eyre The orphaned protagonist of the story. When the novel begins, she is an isolated, powerless ten-year-old living with an aunt and cousins who dislike her. As the novel progresses, she grows in strength. She distinguishes herself at Lowood School because of her hard work and strong intellectual abilities. As a governess at Thornfield, she learns of the pleasures and pains of love through her relationship with Edward Rochester. After being deceived by him, she goes to Marsh End, where she regains her spiritual focus and discovers her own strength when she rejects St. John River's marriage proposal. By novel's end she has become a powerful, independent woman, blissfully married to the man she loves, Rochester. Edward Fairfax Rochester Jane's lover; a dark, passionate, brooding man. A traditional romantic hero, Rochester has lived a troubled wife. Married to an insane Creole woman, Bertha Mason, Rochester sought solace for several years in the arms of mistresses. Finally, he seeks to purify his life and wants Jane Eyre, the innocent governess he has hired to teach his foster daughter, Adèle Varens, to become his wife. The wedding falls through when she learns of the existence of his wife. As penance for his transgressions, he is punished by the loss of an eye and a hand when Bertha sets fire to Thornfield. He finally gains happiness at the novel's end when he is reunited with Jane. Sarah Reed Jane's unpleasant aunt, who raises her until she is ten years old. Despite Jane's...
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...Gay Marriage is it Socially Correct La’Sonya Clark SOC120: Introduction to Ethics & Social Responsibility Instructor: Peter Conis September 3, 2012 Gay Marriage is it Socially Correct? What is gay? What does that word mean to you? Well, “gay” or “gay people” are very common expressions used for “homosexuals”, or “lesbians” used to describe females. This type of behavior is all in the society and it exists in all classes, social groups, races, positions, countries, regardless of age or origin. Homosexuality has been around for some time now. For some gayness is considered by opponents of a voluntary “act” and “behavior”, which a person can act on. Just because an emotion is deep or powerful does not justify acting upon it. Like drugs, like adultery, like the abuse of alcohol or the love of money, or the power rush of human ego trips, there are emotions which are powerful and addictive and ultimately terribly destructive. Same sex marriages must satisfy criteria other than emotion. A marriage is more than a sexual pleasure center. A marriage is a social unit that is interwoven with dozens of other lives. We refer to basic human rights like the freedom of speech and association, liberty, and equal treatment in court as civil rights, because they are fundamental rights that each and every citizen should not be denied on the basis of their sex, race, or religious belief. Though it has been proven that homosexuality -- the sexual desire for...
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...having a secret marriage to Anne Boleyn.When Elizabeth was born her father was not really happy. 1"And so Elizabeth’s birth was one of the most exciting political...
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...Script Analysis Dominque Montesano 2.1.1-70 Beatrice Beatrice is the niece of Leonato and cousin of Hero. She is a women with a quick witt and is very opinionated. She is a generous-kind woman but she can at times tease other people, like her rival Benedick. In this passage, Beatrice tells her uncle and cousin that she is basically denouncing marriage. They hope that she changes her mind in hopes of seeing her married someday but Beatrice sees otherwise. From 2.1.27-39 Beatrice is telling them what her ideal man were to be and bashes the particular flaws that men have, such as beards that she compares to wool. After reading this passage I am confused whether or not she is totally against marriage or just hasn't found the right man yet. She is targeting all the men that aren’t her ideal image of a man but why is...
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...Anthropology Unit 1 – online Anthropology is the study of humans, past and present. There are 4 areas of Anthropology- 1. sociocultural - examine social patterns and practices across cultures, with a special interest in how people live in particular places and how they organize, govern, and create meaning 2. , biological/physical - seek to understand how humans adapt to diverse environments, how biological and cultural processes work together to shape growth, development and behavior, and what causes disease and early death 3. archaeology - study past peoples and cultures, from the deepest prehistory to the recent past, through the analysis of material remains, ranging from artifacts and evidence of past environments to architecture and landscapes 4. linguistics- is the comparative study of ways in which language reflects and influences social life Unit 1 – Book Anthropology – the study of humankind in all times and places Colonialism – when one nation dominates another through occupation, admin (military) and control of resource’s. Cultural imperialism – refers to the promotion of one nation’s values, beliefs, and behavior above those of all others. Most famous empiricist – Franz Boas (1858-1942) he rejected racism and saw everyone as equal Radcliffe Brown – focused on how culture worked as a whole to maintain itself Malinowski – paid attention to his key informants’ point of view (groundbreaking methodology) Influences on Canadian Anthro – museums, academic...
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...My family is very non-traditional where only three couples were ever married. My grandmother wasn’t born in America, but was brought here by her parents. They abandoned both my maternal grandmother and her brother once they arrived here. Marriage in my family never seemed to be an important factor. Most of the members of my family never actually got married, they would just cohabitate. The three couple that were or married in my family are myself, my mother and my aunt. My mother and I both got married in 2015. My aunt was married in 2011 but divorced in 2016. Beside my aunt divorced my mother’s marriage is monogamous. My marriage is same-sex. I am also the only person in my family that has ever been with a person of the same gender. All the...
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...Muslims have no problem to accept micro-evolution. The problem comes in macro-evolution where it says one species changes to another kind. There is not a single observational evidence to support this. The most common evidence given by atheists for this is Darwin's finches where the size of beaks changes over time to adapt to a different environment. Again, this is not macro-evolution because they still remain to be birds but rather it is adaptation. There is no involvement of a species changing to another kind. Again, bacteria still remains bacteria in spite of its change in the genetic-make up. In general, we Muslims can accept micro-evolution but NOT macro-evolution because still there is no evidence for this. The Glorious Qur'an states the first human pair was Adam and Eve but we as Muslims can't...
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...Rossetti's ballad, 'Cousin Kate', presents the narrator who has become a fallen woman through a pre-marital relationship with a Lord. Furthermore the narrator's cousin, Kate, then marries the Lord due to her refusal to have a pre-marital relationship with him. However the narrator has not lost everything as she has had a child with the lord and it seems to be unlikely that Kate will be able to provide this for him. Rossetti’s choice of scenes and places is a key aspect of her narrative method as it helps to shape characters in the text. The two key settings in the text are the ‘cottage’ and the ‘palace’. Rossetti uses these two settings in juxtaposition within the first two stanzas of the poem; which emphasises the social difference between the narrator, ‘the cottage maiden’, and the ‘great Lord.’ Rossetti uses the word ‘cottage’ to inform the reader of the narrator’s working class background and that the narrator perhaps lives in poverty; whereas Rossetti presents the ‘Lord ’to live in the ‘palace’ surrounded by ‘gold.’ This is supported in stanza three when Rossetti uses the phrase ‘He lifted you from mean estate’, showing that when Kate left the ‘cottage’ with the Lord he raised her social status, this could explain the two women’s attraction for the ‘Great Lord.’ Within the setting of the ‘palace’ Rossetti uses an avian motif to depict the two women. Rossetti refers to Kate as being ‘bound’ in a bird cage though her marriage to the Lord: ‘you sit in gold and sing.’ Rossetti...
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...with a brief first- person account of the funeral of Emily Grierson , an elderly Southern spinster. It then proceeds in a nonlinear fashion to the narrator's recollections of Emily's archaic and increasingly insane behavior throughout the years. Emily is a member of a family in the antebellum Southern aristocracy; after the Civil War, the family has fallen on hard times. She and her father, the last two of the clan, continue to live as if in the past; neither will consent to a marriage for Emily to a man below their perceived status. Her father dies when Emily is about thirty; she refuses to accept that he has been dead for three days, behavior written off by the community as part of her grieving process. After her acceptance of her father's death, Emily revives somewhat; she becomes friendly with Homer Barron, a Northern laborer who comes to the town as a contractor to pave the sidewalks. The connection surprises the rest of the community: the match would have been far below her earlier standards, and Homer had himself claimed that he was "not a marrying man." The town appeals to Emily's distant cousins; they are her closest remaining relatives, but they have been on bad terms with Emily and her father, and had not even been present at her father's funeral. The cousins arrive at Emily's house, but quickly gain a reputation even worse than that of Emily; the sentiment of the town rallies behind Emily in opposition to the cousins. Indeed,...
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...Mary Shelley’s horror story, Frankenstein, is about the entanglement between a young and talented scientist, Victor Frankenstein and his creature. Victor Frankenstein rebuilds a human body and uses thunder to activate it. He is worried because of the creature’s ugly face that he abandons him. As soon as the creature realizes he is rejected by the society, he starts to revenge. Mary Shelly used Victor Frankenstein and his creation to reveal the monstrous spirit of human, including sexism, incest and abandonment. The creature tolerates all unfair treatments at first. He chooses to surrender until his fury reforms his personality. He says, “All men hate the wretched; how, then, must I be hated, who am miserable beyond all living things” (Mary...
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...Marriage Marriage has been romanticized in the last century or so. Marriage is now thought of as a union between two people that love each other and want to be happy for the rest of their lives. When in actuality marriage is “the state of being united to a person of the opposite sex as husband and wife in a consensual and contractual relationship recognized by law” happiness’s relative and has nothing to do with having a long lasting marriage. It would be nice if all marriages could be happy long lasting affairs, but they aren’t. A lasting marriage depends on 5 things. The first is the significance the couple gives marriage, the second is love, the third is respect, the fourth is compatibility ,and the fifth is division of power and fear of being alone or losing security. Dissent on this topic and the qualities I have pointed out is normal but through my experience and different relationships I have seen these are the things that make a long lasting marriage. To have a lasting marriage the couple needs to feel that marriage is something sacred they also have to stop thinking of marriage as a temporary relationship status. Marriage is a contract between two people to unite assets; in some cultures marriage is for life and in others marriage will only last for as long as it is beneficial to both parties concerned. The seriousness of a marriage depends on how the married value the term, or status the term marriage brings them. The modern notion is that a marriage is...
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...SOC 1. Marriage and family is best defined as a diverse relationship between two or more people. The words marriage and family for me are similar and can be describe simply as relationships between multiple people. For marriage it could be legal relationship which binds them together for eternity and should just be as family is. The start of a marriage is the beginning of a family. Where a marriage is a choice and family is a commitment with existing and new members. When the legal union of a marriage begins, traditionally it has to happen between man and woman. But with same sex marriages being more socially accepted civil unions are being recognized and carry the same benefits as a married couple. Marriage is the most important step any person will take in life. The most important objective in someone’s marriage should not be financial success but should be the building of a life together with someone you are physically and emotionally married to. Marriage is a covenant and should not be viewed as a contract which can be thrown away and a new one written. Today social media plays a very big but also negative role in the way one choses their spouses. They do not chose someone who is perfect for someone but focus too much on one’s wealth and social status. Families today have more titles but the root to a family is still the same it has always been. Families today either traditional, Binuclear or stepfamily they still carry the same function and framework. Families are in...
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...The story opens with a brief first-person account of the funeral of Emily Grierson, an elderly Southern spinster. It then proceeds in a nonlinear fashion to the narrator's recollections of Emily's archaic and increasingly insane behavior throughout the years. Emily is a member of a family in the antebellum Southern aristocracy; after the Civil War, the family has fallen on hard times. She and her father, the last two of the clan, continue to live as if in the past; neither will consent to a marriage for Emily to a man below their perceived status. Her father dies when Emily is about thirty; she refuses to accept that he has been dead for three days, behavior written off by the community as part of her grieving process. After her acceptance of her father's death, Emily revives somewhat; she becomes friendly with Homer Barron, a Northern laborer who comes to the town as a contractor to pave the sidewalks. The connection surprises the rest of the community: the match would have been far below her earlier standards, and Homer had himself claimed that he was "not a marrying man." The town appeals to Emily's distant cousins; they are her closest remaining relatives, but they have been on bad terms with Emily and her father, and had not even been present at her father's funeral. The cousins arrive at Emily's house, but quickly gain a reputation even worse than that of Emily; the sentiment of the town rallies behind Emily in opposition to the cousins. Indeed, during this time, Emily...
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