diseases) and has become the single largest cause of death in Africa (Matlin & Spence‚ 2000). It has become a social catastrophe in Africa‚ especially in sub-Saharan Africa. HIV/AIDS turns children into orphans‚ women to widows and weakens the breadwinner. In addition to its appalling human consequences‚ it weakens societies‚ destroys productive forces‚ reduces life expectancy‚ and demolishes social structures (UNAIDS‚ 2002). HIV/AIDS is not only a terrifying illness; it is also a major challenge
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Outline and assess that males underachieve in education than girls Throughout time there has been a switch in gender success throughout education in the late 1980s underachievement by girls was common they were less likely to obtain one or more A-level than boys or even go into higher education. However coming up to the late 1990s there was a sudden setback that now girls are doing better than boys who are now underachieving. The reason into why males underachieve in education than females can be
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synagogues (Malloy‚ M‚ 2010). Often time’s women sit in upstairs galleries away from men and away from their family (Malloy‚ M‚ 2010). This thought process carries over to the social roles that men and women hold within Orthodox Judaism‚ men are the “breadwinners” of the family while women have the responsibilities associated with running the household (Malloy‚ M‚ 2010). Orthodox Judaism only allows men to celebrate the coming-of-age ceremony (bar mitzvah) (Malloy‚ M‚ 2010). Some Orthodox Judaism married
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these are geared toward boys‚ and endorse fighting‚ and battling In retrospect‚ guns and swords can help children in developing healthy resolution to conflicts. Some toys geared toward boys promote behaviors that indicates that one is a breadwinner‚ protectors‚ and strong. An example would be the G.I. Joe and superhero toys‚ such as Superman‚ these toys support boys rescuing damsels in distress‚ and saving the day. Pro-social behavior is an added benefit that can be influenced by
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together‚ usually a woman and a man‚ without children Example: Newly-married couples Live-in couples Cohabitation Family - are composed of heterosexual couples‚ and perhaps children‚ who live together but remained unmarried Types of Families Breadwinner Family - two parents‚ one works‚ one stays at home Dual-income Family - two parents‚ both work Blended Family - a remarriage‚ or reconstituted family‚ a divorced or widowed person with children marries someone who also has children Extended Family
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Outline and evaluate functionalist views of the role of the family in society. (33 Marks) Functionalists stress the positive aspect of family. In particular‚ they force on the positive role of one particular family type: the nuclear family. Murdoch (1949) claimed the family was a universal institution. He studied 250 societies and found the family‚ in some form‚ was present in all of them. This suggests that families are necessary in some way‚ whether it be for societies to survive‚ for individual
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In modern day society‚ family’s face unique challenges as the world shifts towards a non-traditional way of life that people have stood by for decades. Such changes include a difference in roles within a marriage‚ who is considered family‚ childhood in a nontraditional family‚ and the ways in which we conceive a child. These diverges from the norm are discussed in the articles New Families: Modern Couples as New Pioneers by Philip Cowan and Carolyn Pape Cowan‚ Beyond Sentimentality: American Childhood
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what she did not own” may have signified Amanda as the persona. Amanda acts as a supposed symbolism of detachment. First of all‚ she was a mother‚ a housewife; such were not considered integral parts of society during those times. She was not the breadwinner; she did not experience the foremost effects of the decline of the Philippines economy back then. She was a member of the middle class; her family did not take money‚ like the rich‚ nor did her family suffer the worst of the
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In today’s developing world‚ it is common for people to desire more than one spouse. It is difficult to commit to just one person; therefore the divorce rate is increasing every day. Polygamy is when a person marries more than one spouse. Polygyny applies to a man having multiple wives and polyandry is when a woman has more than one husband at a time. In most cases it is the men who have multiple spouses rather than women. The question remains whether this should be legalized or not. Having more
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very easily‚ but that is not true. It is number one problem that faces every intercultural marriage. There are a lot of things that we do that are normal to us‚ which are not normal to others. For example‚ in my community a man is known as the breadwinner while a woman is caretaker of the children and has nothing else to do‚ so she cannot ask her husband to change diaper‚ or help her clean the house. In America something like this is normal. Another example of culture difference that leads to a lot
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