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    “ideal” male and female gender roles in traditional Latino culture. These Latino cultural traditions are two-sided; machismo and marianismo can be viewed as positive qualities, however, they can also allow for an unfair balance of power between partners. Stevens defines machismo as, “exaggerated aggressiveness and intransigence in male-to-male relationship and arrogance and sexual aggression in male-to-female relationships.” Conversely, the traditional marianista role is characterized by submissiveness

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    Traditional marriage is a marriage between one man and one woman. Also, it is a form of marriage recognized in a given country or religious group. Traditional marriage has been in jeopardy since the traditional concept of marriage has changed over the centuries. One reason why traditional marriage is in jeopardy is because same-sex marriage has increased, especially because it’s legal in the USA. Another reason traditional marriage is in jeopardy is the acceptance of high divorce rate. Traditional

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    Gender roles are deeply entrenched in literature. Without fault, authors fall prey to stereotyping both the masculine and feminine. The feminine is often subjected to oppression and domination by the patriarchy. The masculine become hyper-masculine, villainous, stoic, and heroic in presentation – emphasizing the concept of virility. In Evelina by Frances Burney and Persuasion by Jane Austen both authors reinforce stereotyping in their attempts to question gender roles. This creates a critique of

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    How do the traditional gender roles we put on people in the 20th century affect how women and men see themselves now and during the 1940’s through the 1950’s. During World War Two tend to think of only men serving when that was actually not the case in World War Two ” some 350,00 women served in the armed forces.” In City of Thieves by David Benioff Vika,Kolya, and Lev all serve in non traditional roles. In City of Thieves the theme of masculinity and femininity plays a prevalent role in Levs feelings

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    2018). Family ties are a deep source of satisfaction and meaning, yet the traditional family model is changing drastically. Traditionally, the model of the family is recognized with the husband being the steady source of income for the family, and the wife working and raising children at home, until they reach the age of 18. American family life is focused on continuity and change. Only 7% of American families fit the traditional family model, demonstrating that family structure has changed over the

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    family hold antithetical views on gender roles. While the Wilcox family is very traditional in the behavior and beliefs of the sexes, the Schlegel family holds a very contemporary ideology. Ross Murkin argues that gender roles are, “. . . not innate but, rather, constructed, which is to say that they are the result of long-standing assumptions about what constitutes feminine versus masculine behavior” (325). The Schlegel and Wilcox families’ views on gender roles are a direct reflection of the social

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    integrative medicine, conventional medicine role, CAMs philosophy, five domains of therapies, and research a treatment. Definition of Alternative, Complementary, and Integrative Medicine Alternative is a non-mainstream approach in place of conventional medicine. A system of healing or treating disease, such as homeopathy, Ayurveda, faith healing, and chiropractic that is not included in the traditional curricula in medical schools. Complementary medicine is a non-mainstream approach together with conventional

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    successful family and work life. Although she speaks highly of it, she fails to realize that polygamy is not as feminist as she believes. Polygamy strongly enforces traditional gender roles and allows men to be lazy. Throughout her speech, Joseph speaks of, what she believes are, the positives of polygamy without realizing how non-feminist it is. She talks a lot about having a happy husband and children while still working, “My eight-year-old has never seen the inside of a day-care center, and

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    eating disorders in non-Western cultures in general is scarce. Very few studies address disordered eating in cultures outside of the Western and Westernized world. This could be because of the perceived lack of eating disorders in non-industrialized countries or even because there is an overwhelming amount of concern over eating disorders in Western society. However, there have been several studies done on binge eating and dietary restraint in non-western citizens and in non-Caucasian women in the

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    Astor Pazzolla

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    created the new genre of tango. Traditional tango was for dance, not for listening. Furthermore, it was listened and played by poor people or lower-middle class people. In 1950s, Tango started losing it’s creativity and popularity. Since then, tango became things that were listened and studied. In fact, new tango music was not allowed to be melodic since tango was used for protestant and expression which means that the music has power. Piazzolla developed the traditional tango in 1955 and it has gained

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