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    single by choice. For decades‚ the norm for Japanese woman was to get married in their twenties‚ have children and take care of them. Recently‚ there has been a shift from the « full-time professional housewife » (sengyoshufu) that Kazumi Ishii and Nerida Jarkey describe in their book The housewife is Born: The Establishment of the Notion and Identity of the Shufu in Modern Japan as being popularized to all classes since the Taisho era‚ to « double income » (tomobataraki) families. Women have fewer

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    AN ACCIDENT Accidents are very common in big cities as there are many modes of transport and roads are narrow and crowded. Every day we come across news about such accidents that claim lives and cause casualties. Sadly‚ driver error remains the most common cause of road accidents; such as Speeding‚ Drink Driving‚ Seat Belt Wearing‚ Careless Driving‚ At-work‚ Inexperience‚ Failed to Look Properly‚ Loss of Control‚ Failed to Judge Other Person ’s Path/Speed.  I was a witness to one. Once‚ I and my

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    women are told to believe—and often do believe—that “the problem” doesn’t exist. The problem‚ as Friedan describes it‚ is that women are increasingly taught to believe that their existence and happiness is limited to the roles of spouse‚ mother‚ and housewife. Because so few women are able to recognize that these roles are limited or that they might be unhappy with them‚ the problem has “no name.” She notes that by 1950‚ the media no longer showed images of women doing anything other than trying to attract

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    time. She then discusses the struggles her mother experienced as she was forced into being a housewife. Her father worked constantly and her mother was the chauffer‚ maid‚ and cook.”When I was growing up in suburban New York‚ my mother seemed to do everything. Everything Carpooling‚ haircuts‚ vet appointments‚ ice cream cakes‚ dinners in the Crock-Pot‚ book-report dioramas—the whole roll call for a housewife of the 1960s and 1970s” (52).  As a result‚ Edelman barely knew her father. With this in mind

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    WORKING WOMAN vs. HOUSEWIFE I watched a debate on the television on this topic. There were two groups who discussed this.  Surprisingly‚ each group had a husband/wife whose spouse was in the other group.  This opportunity was too good to be missed‚ I guess!  The debate was lively‚ did not reduce to a wrangling match because of the mediator. He was able to conduct the whole debate very smoothly. Those who do not want their wives to work have no problems if their daughters or sisters work.  Why these

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    Working wives and mothers : what happens to family life? The changing work role of women has caused much concern about the survival of the family; most women can mix work with marriage and motherhood and handle or better share the resulting household responsibilities SAR A. LEVITAN AND RICHARD S . BELOUS American families seem to be besieged from all sides . Divorce rates are climbing ; marriage is being postponed‚ if not rejected ; fertility rates are falling ; increasing numbers of

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    loving nature of a housewife who adores her husband and eagerly anticipates this arrival from a long day at work. Mary Maloney was a housewife who was married to Patrick Maloney‚ a detective. At the beginning of the story‚ Mary appears to be a submissive wife and mother who wants to please her husband in any way that she can. It’s not until the plot unfolds that we see that Mary is actually a devious murderer. Mary ‘s image through much of the story is that of a domestic housewife while Patrick comes

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    and the man wishes it to be so too. Thus‚science has catered for the looks of the female. Today‚women want to be more and more gorgeous to prove that no one can compete with them. Science has created a variety of cosmetics product to boost the housewife to improve her usual make up. Those beauty products‚cream and lotions fabricated for their use. Those products are not only cheap but will make the women resplendids. Also‚due to science there is aesthetic surgery which is innovative. Some housewives

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    The Housewives – Reality TV Show The Real Housewives of Miami features some of the most sizzling cities most prominent socialites. It stars Alexia Echevarria‚ the executive director of Venue magazine‚ former Texas native and prominent community activist Lea Black‚ Public Relations exec Marysol Patton‚ and Brazilian art curator Adriana De Moura-Sidi. Rounding out the group is Larsa Pippen‚ wife of retired basketball champ Scottie Pippen‚ and former NBA wife Cristy Rice. When they are not working

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    Week 4 Day 1 Domestic Worlds and Public Worlds Readings: GCC Part III CR Berkowitz‚ Can a Gay Man Be a Housewife? First Response Paper Due Wednesday February 2 Summary of Previous Week If we are looking to the primate for a record of Hunter and Gatherer behaviors then we must be very careful indeed not to anthropomorphize characteristics in either direction. This is an oversimplification but it is the essence. As I said‚ the research changes weekly‚ when new fossil evidence

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