Marriage And Family Analysis

The family preforms essential tasks that contribute to societies basic needs and helps to maintain social order (Giddens, 2009). Different societies have rules regarding who can marry who but the majority apply the incest taboo (a cultural norm forbidding sexual relations or marriage between particular relatives). Reproduction between close relatives could have negative effects of mental and physical health of offspring but Macionis and Plummer highlight the social reasons for the existence of this taboo. It minimises sexual rivalry within families by confining sexual relations to spouses. It forces people to form broader alliances by forcing people to marry outside their immediate families.

In her essay, “Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions,” Elizabeth Cady Stanton argues that although men and women were created equally, men have oppressed woman's inalienable rights. Stanton supports her argument by giving examples on how women are seen as their husband’s property in society with the goal of convincing women that they must fight the government in order to gain the rights that should have been given to them at birth, allowing them to vote, divorce and liberty. Her purpose is to show how women have been repeatedly usurped by men in order to make the audience aware of how far Americans have gone to oppress women in society and to show that America is not as great as it seems to be. Stanton establishes a contemplative tone with

Hotspur more than anything else, has a code of honor that is mostly tied up with his family and what he believes is just. In one of the first scenes that we see him in, King Henry IV confronts him, and more or less orders him to cut off contact with a family member, who has married the daughter of Glendower, one of his enemies. Henry IV feels that loyalty to the King, and the state should come above loyalty to family, a thought which Hotspur ultimately disagrees with.

It’s likely that he thought the world was full of abusive people, like his mother, so he found it essential to state his dominance therefore, supporting the dangerousness of world theory. His mother also could of given him the idea that woman only serve to meet sexual needs of men which is another and men’s sex drive is uncontrollable and exacerbated by women when she told him the stories of men at work. The last theory is entitlement or the idea that some individuals are superior and more deserving. With Ridgway being treated badly by his mother he might look at himself as deserving to hurt women because one hurt him.

(Sophocles Scene 3, 137-39). During this quarrel, Haimon stays calm while on the other hand, Creon angrily disputes with him due to his arrogance. Additionally, Creon argues that an adolescence, like his son, does not have as much experience as an adult, like himself. Not aware of his power, Creon only sees this as discipline towards his son, as some parents would do. Without his excessive pride and arrogance, Haimon would have considered changing his mind.

Lois Tyson’s review of The Great Gatsby through a feminist lens describes how F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel promotes patriarchal gender roles for many different reasons. First, Tom Buchanan strongly believes in patriarchal gender roles because he has double standards for men and women. Tom believes that he should be able to cheat on Daisy, but when Daisy cheats on him it represents that the traditional form of marriage will be ruined. Tom also assumes that society depends on the stability of the patriarchal family and that the stability of the patriarchal family rests on the conformity of women to patriarchal gender roles. Next, Tyson suggests that because Nick is the narrator his views and beliefs represent the novel’s ideological bases, and

Power has a negative effect because it causes people to be stubborn and argue in such a competitive manner. First of all, when people in power feel challenged or questioned, they allow stubbornness to over take their reasoning. For example, when Creon makes his edict he did not realize that someone close to him would have such an issue with it, to the point where nothing was accomplished about Antigone and her trying to bury her brother. The only thing other than that was just arguing within the family, only tearing their family farther apart than it already was.

A patriarchy is defined by Merriam-Webster a “social organization marked by the supremacy of the father in the clan or family, the legal dependence of wives and children, and the reckoning of descent and inheritance in the male line” or “a society or institution organized according to the principles or practices of patriarchy”. However, these definitions do not fit the society we currently live in, so why do feminists always claim that the patriarchy is oppressing all women? The fact of the matter is that the standard definition of a patriarchy does not apply to the first world so feminists have adapted the term. Alda Facio says “Patriarchy is a form of mental, social, spiritual, economic and political organization/structuring of society produced by the gradual institutionalization of sexbased political relations created, maintained and reinforced by different institutions linked closely together to achieve consensus on the lesser value of women and their roles.

patriarchal ideology refers to the belief that woman are inferior to men, hence men are superior to women. That is why men have the right to control their wives and tell them how to dress and act. In Their Eyes Were Watching God, Janie faces the harsh reality of a dominant husband. This marriage, which is her second, starts passionately, but later on she becomes aware of psychological oppression he has over her. Her husband demises Janie´s presence among others “..mah wife don´t know nothin´´bout no speech-makin´.

The social stigma that women are housekeepers and should be confined to the four walls of the house is perhaps a viable cause of gender disparity. They should not raise their voice regarding their fortune for the sake of the prestige of the family. In patriarchal society a lot of weightage is given to men.” The root cause of gender inequality in Indian society lies in its patriarchy system.

Since the rights and duties of women and men were clearly distinguished in the past. Wives depended on husbands and did wifey duties like households, which was the long believed role for women. Husbands had the power to control over all property like money and family including what wives brought in after the marriage. Husbands could not even give their rights to wives because the court said, “this will presuppose her separate existence.” Furthermore, in the early 19th century, the common belief about women was “women needed to be under male authority because they were more prone to sexual passion and religious error than men” which Coontz found.

Veronica Tochenor’s article "Thinking About Gender and Power in Marriage," discusses the idea of gendered power in marriages and how this can affect the family dynamic. she conveys about men being viewed as the breadwinners and providers for the family through working, which takes power way from the woman and puts her in a submissive position. Throughout the reading Tichenor conveys about the outdated idea of how power often times rests with he partner that makes greater contribution to the relationship. However, she states “if this conceptualization of power within marriage were accurate, we would expect to see a shift in the balance of power between spouses over the last several decades as women have moved into the paid labor force in great

He reflects upon this when he mentions his father, “he would pull our ears and smack us, and then we would have to kneel in the corner for a few hours.” (p.134) In many instances one would say that Yunior sees women as an object, only for his uses and desires. However, this is the only way he was taught to look at women. Yet, Yunior’s masculinity is perceived as the need to behave in same matter as his father and brother have towards women.

The first reason being, that the only psychological or physical stress Goneril and Regan had to endure from King Lear, that we know of, was knowing that they weren’t loved by their father as much as their youngest sister Cordeilia; along with some humiliation caused by Lear’s constant need of an ego boost. For Ginny and Rose, they also had to deal with knowing that Caroline was their father’s favorite daughter and some public humiliation based on the claims of mistreatment of their father; however, the mental and physical stress they had gone through because of their father 's actions far exceed anything we know Goneril and Regan had to endure. For Rose specifically, when her father raped her she felt obligated to play along with his sick game. She grew up knowing that it was wrong but suppressed those emotions to protect Caroline. Then with Ginny acting like nothing was wrong, because she buried the memories away for good, Rose thought it was okay to just act like it was okay.

Being raised in an environment where family is the core value, the Buckeye family has given me an opportunity to learn and extend that principle beyond my immediate family. Family, not only is it be happy zone, it should also be the first place a person looks for help. Ever since my family immigrated to the United Stated, I have served as an intermediate between English and Vietnamese for my parents. Regardless of whether the conversations are lengthy or easy to understand, I still translate the information to the best of my ability. Sometimes it is hard for them to remember the translation of a word due to their old age, but I am always there when needed.