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    Chinese society. Chinese women who had natural feet were able to walk easily than women who were with less mobility. Servants would bound Chinese women’s feet so tightly that walking was difficult. By the early Qing Dynasty (1644-1911 AD), widow chastity gained a tremendously strong reputation, especially in the educated class. Childless widows committed suicide because of their despair and

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    Abortion kills millions, Needless to say, If everyone waited till marriage, Those numbers would go away. Choosing chastity saves lives, that deserve to live just like you and I. You are truly holy when you make the promise to stay chaste, It will lead to forever happiness and you will live in God’s grace. There will be no health problems, You will live life with no disgrace, If everyone waited till marriage, Abortion numbers would go away. If everyone stopped to consider, That choosing life would

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    Some westerners believe that Chinese women’s role in society mirrors that of western women’s. This especially the result of westerners understanding of Confucian beliefs. While the beliefs of society at the time do play a role, the role of women in ancient and imperial China changed throughout the centuries. Some dynasties saw women controlling empires and having immense power while others saw women confined to the home. This change is mirrored in late-imperial China. Late-imperial China (960-1911)

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    Through Margaret Fuller’s transcendentalist views, she was able to leave a deep and lasting impact on feminism, from her emphasis on virginity as a means of self-reliance, to her criticism of marriage, and her reinventing of the Madonna or Mary figure. Due to her father’s want of an intellectual heir, Margaret Fuller, born in Cambridge in 1810, had the rare opportunity few girls had during her time- she was properly educated. Influenced momentously by Romanticism and New England Transcendentalism

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    People fake it. In the era we live in today relationships do not represent true feelings. Many people do not look for love but simply to live in the moment. Some outcomes of these fake romances include unfaithful marriage and divorce. Similarly, In the Elizabethan Romantic Comedy, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, William Shakespeare uses the moon and the night to develop the importance of a faithful marriage as a true outcome of romantic love worth fighting for. Faithful marriages define the importance

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    Sexual Ideology In the early 1900s in Mississippi, chastity was a symbol for “purity.” Even though sex is a natural human act, humans have labeled it as “sinful” and “impure” if done outside of marriage. In The Sound and the Fury, Caddy’s promiscuity at a young age causes a great deal of hardship for those around her, especially for her brother Quentin. When Caddy becomes pregnant, Quentin becomes obsessive about it. He cannot accept the fact that Caddy simply lost her virginity. Quentin’s love

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    Lady Bertilak and the Changes to Power The fourteenth century placed social and economic changes in the government. The founding of chivalric orders kept aristocratic ideals alive, and because of this, there were major changes in chivalry. Chivalry is the religious, moral, and social code of a medieval knight. In Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Gawain is characterized as being one of the most loyal knights that followed chivalric orders. Not only is he deemed loyal, but he has a reputation of being

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    The first chapter of the Men and Women are from eden is about divorce and all of its rulings in the church. It teaches us that Marriage is the coming together of man and woman after they have left their mother and father to be with each other. Man and woman are drawn together to be united as one flesh. Which means that their should be barely any reason for divorce since they are meant to be together and will continue to be drawn toward each other This chapter change my view on relationships in

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    related to being respected by others, having a sense of worth or rank, having a respectable status, suitable statements or promises made in one’s honour and having a fine sense of what is due, or right. Women embrace their honour to themselves, with chastity as a virtue of high consideration and having a reputation for such virtue, and maintaining a good name. Honour is shown as the primary reason for many of the actions taken by several different characters. Honour is protected and gained between characters

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    his daughter for committing such acts because he knows of the dishonorable reputation he will receive as a result. In the time of Shakespeare, men and women were held to different standards and honored and dishonored for different reasons. Chastity is one of those reasons. For a

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