According to Messerli in the “Should Same-Sex Marriages be Legalized?” he observes in support to Stoddard’s argument that: One of the main arguments against gay marriage is that it would further erode family values; however, the opposite is true. The problems related to sexuality in our society such as STD's stem from carefree, frivolous lifestyles; in other words, having frequent, unprotected sex with many partners. Marriage encourages people to settle down and to give up that type of lifestyle. Married people commit themselves to one partner and work to build a life together. Isn't that the type of behavior we want to encourage?
| | Instructor Explanation: | RULE: In order to file a joint return, the parties must be MARRIED at the end of the year. Exception: If the parties are married but are LEGALLY SEPARATED under the laws of the state in which they reside, they cannot file a joint return (they will file either under the single or head of household filing status). Choice "a" is incorrect. Per the above rule, taxpayers who are married but lived under a legal separation agreement at the end of the year may not file a joint return. They will generally file either under the single or head of household filing status.
Speaker: Margaret Talbot, a women living in the twenty first century, believes that students are stressed and feel a lot of pressure to become valedictorian. This implicit presumption about what the audience accepts is illustrated by, “In 2002, Audrey Lin, one of Missions San Jose;s many valedictorians, admitted that she had cheated to get to the top in high school, and gave back her valedictorian plaque.” This shows that Lin felt the pressure of staying on top that she cheated. The author would not have put this in her essay if she didn’t believe that’s what Lin was feeling in high
Students who tried running away from school were also severely punished, and were often whipped or bound and left out in the hall for the rest of the students to see them (Ketteringham, 2007). Generally, there were three main types of schools: off reservation boarding schools, day schools and reservation boarding schools. The Federal Indian Policy ordered the removal of Indian children from their families and required them to go to government schooling (Ketteringham, 2007). At the time, the most frequent type of school used was the off reservation boarding school because it was thought that the children could be subjected to a complete transformation to become “Americanized.” However, it was expensive to maintain off reservation schooling,
Sanger took the initiative and tried to educated women everywhere. Sanger adds “Most women who belong to the workers’ families have no accurate or reliable knowledge of contraceptives, and are, therefore, bringing children into the world so rapidly that they, their families and their class are overwhelmed in numbers.” Women are being overwhelmed, households are becoming so large that living conditions are unbearable and women are the first to
Because fertilisation in humans is internal, the female is always certain that she is the mother of her child. The male, on the other hand, must always have some degree of parental uncertainty; this is known as cuckoldry. Males are under pressure to protect themselves from investing in a child who is not genetically their own, and thus may be more reluctant to invest heavily in the child. The possibility of sexual infidelity posed different adaptive problems for males and females. A man whose mate was unfaithful risked investing in offspring who were not his own, while a woman with an unfaithful mate risked the diversion of resources away from her & her children.
During her early teens she was forced to go to boarding school not only by her mothers will but by state law all Indian children were forced away from their parents and sent to Christian boarding schools to acculturate these children through these cultural modification policies, (Bodley, 1999, p. 93). Despite the aims of the laws passed to send Indian children to Christian boarding schools, this actually caused resistance in many cases, as is the case with Mary Crow Dog. The pressures and punishments delivered by these Christian caregivers exacerbated the situation which pushed her to embrace her Indian roots and learn her peoples culture, language and
The practice of polygamy distorts the meaning of marriage. Goodman says that "defenders argue that polygamous marriages are freely entered, freely left, well protected by law or custom" (pg 90). I believe this type of marriage is wrong for the women involved and it breaks down the institution of marriage. The women are denied the intended bond they are to have with a husband. Not being able to have this bond disables her trust and intimacy with her husband, these are meant to strengthen a relationship and marriage.
“What Marriage is For,” by Maggie Gallagher is in essence the conservative view and Natural Law Theory of Gay Marriage. She states dozens of times that the fundamental purpose of marriage is for a man and woman to procreate, and that a child can only be happy if brought up by his/her biological parents. Otherwise, the child would grow up in an unstable household and develop mental instability. Divorce is on the rise and motherless children are being brought up in an unhealthy environments, so, why make matters worse by permitting gay marriage? “Marriage is the fundamental, cross-cultural institution for bridging the male-female divide so that children have loving, committed mothers and fathers.” She explains that this is absolutely necessary for a child to be happy, and grow up in a normal environment.
Even in the play she tells Ana, “At this age young girls should try to make themselves as attractive as possible” and when Ana questions why she does not do the same, Carmen replies because she is “already married” (López 58). Therefore, in Carmen’s eyes the only purpose to look good is to attract a man, an idea that Ana deeply rejects, but an idea that is adopted by many Latina women. Just like how Carmen is trying to instill a certain way of thinking into Ana, perhaps Carmen’s mother or older relatives did the same and taught her to be submissive men. This is very common among Latino families where the thoughts and traditions implanted with one generation are carried over to the next and it becomes a never-ending cycle, until someone like Ana comes in and challenges that way of