Dowry system in India From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation‚ search This article may require cleanup to meet Wikipedia ’s quality standards. The specific problem is: reference formatting. Please help improve this article if you can. (March 2013) In India‚ dowry (Hindi: दहेज‚ Dahēja in Hindi)[1] is the payment in cash or some kind of gifts given to bridegroom ’s family along with the bride. Generally they include cash‚ jewellery‚[2] electrical appliances‚ furniture‚ bedding
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African-Americans who oppose gay marriage will become the new Ku Klux Klan?” (Forman‚ 2011) I disagree with this‚ there is no such thing as traditional marriage. Given the prevalence of modern and ancient examples of family arrangements based on polygamy‚ communal child-rearing‚ the use of concubines and mistresses and the commonality of prostitution‚ heterosexual monogamy can be considered "unnatural” in evolutionary terms. (Pro & Con Arguments: "Should gay marriage be legal?" 2011) The second
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Afghan Woman Prisoner Ethnocentrism is the practice of judging another culture by the standards of ones own culture (pg. 54). Ethnocentrism is also the belief in the inherent superiority of one’s own ethnic group or culture. There are different levels of ethnocentrism such as: equality‚ sensitivity‚ indifference‚ avoidance and disparagement. Ethnocentrism leads to conflict‚ cultural shock‚ stereotyping‚ discrimination‚ and prejudice that lead negative attitude towards a person because of a group
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Joan of Arc The Inquisitor speech towards Saint Joan is one of persuasion that uses rhetorical appeals such as ethos‚ logos and pathos to create the image of a damned vile creature in place of Joan‚ while convincing the clerics themselves to “feel” it is acceptable to condemn her soul. Knowing that the jury might look upon Joan with sympathy‚ he finds a way to create a pre-emptive attack to manipulate the way in which jury members will first look upon Joan.
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[This article is part of a longer article. Download the whole article in its original format.] George Murdock advanced the thesis in Social Structure that the family was a universal social institution found in all societies. His claim was based on his study of 250 societies of all kinds - from small hunting communities to industrial societies. He definition of a family indicates that it is a social group that lives together‚ shares resources‚ works as a unit and rears children. In a family there
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T. S. Simey and his team in the 1940s described Afro-Caribbean families as dysfunctional. Drawing on the work of Caribbean theorists‚ evaluate this statement in light of contemporary Caribbean family forms. Define family George Peter Murdock (1949) defined family as “a social group characterized by common residence‚ economic co-operation and reproduction.” According to Murdock‚ the family includes adults of both sexes‚ at least two of whom maintain a socially approved sexual relationship and
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between the matrifocal families and the Caribbean Society than any of the other mentioned family patterns‚ This family form prevailed according to Herskovits (1958)- Consequences of African Retention. Africans brought their cultural practice of polygamy
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country with a large Hindu majority Due to the influence and the conquest of foreign force like the Mughals or the British‚ who had brought their own culture with them‚ the conditions of women were greatly affected and changed. The Muslims practiced polygamy as part of their religion and pushed it on the Hindus. To protect the women‚ “Purdah” system was introduced. But because of the establishment of this system‚ in which the women had to cover their body‚ their freedom was narrowed‚ which “lead to the
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INTRODUCTION Over the years‚ there has been increasing concerns among Anthropologists about how their fieldwork has been impacting the lives of the people they are studying. This has led the American Association of Anthropologists (AAA) to develop what is known as a Code of Ethics which involves guidelines that should be observed by Anthropologists when doing their fieldwork. Cassell & Jacobs (n.d.) stated that ‘Anthropologist’s perceive ethics as an abstract and‚ on occasion‚ intimidating set
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questions wolf arise such as how they live and in particularly why do they only have intercourse for up to 10 seconds. One interesting finding in the video was how it stated that bonobos have more that one sex partners which is similar to humans and polygamy‚ for example the television show Sister Wives. However‚ the consequences are different in both bonobo and Human world and
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