This paper discusses ideal romantic love as it appears in Western literature and how women are portrayed in works containing idealistic romantic plots. It also explores how Canadian author Margaret Atwood rejects the traditional love plot in her novel, The Handmaid’s Tale, as well as in her book of poetry Power Politics and the poem “A Woman’s Issue.” The first section of this paper gives a bri...

This study examined gender differences in marital satisfaction using the multidimensional marital inventory ENRICH. Contrary to previous research, the results indicated that men are somewhat more satisfied with their marriages than women. The findings also suggest that religion is a more important part o f the marriage for men, whereas women esposed egalitarian roles to a greater extent. A sign...

It is appropriate that this lecture is being given in Cambridge because Marjory Stephenson spent most of her life here and indeed was born only ten miles away in Bunvell. However, she taught for a while in London at Unix ersity College and King’s College of Household Science. Her connection with the latter College is of particular interest to me because King’s College of Household Science event...

as mutually agreed upon by the two major sects (shī‘a and sunnī), divorce is effected only by the husband; and to explain the evidence for this matter, the jurists commonly resort to the prophet’s tradition, “divorce is in the hands of the one who has touched the leg [i.e. in the hands of the husband]” although this tradition is mainly related in the sunnī tradition sources, it is claimed in im...

Lady Bertram . . . had been a beauty . . . all her life; and beauty and wealth were all that excited her respect. To know Fanny to be sought in marriage by a man of fortune raised her. . . very much in her opinion. . . . ‘‘Well, Fanny, I have had a very agreeable surprise this morning. I must just speak of it once. . . . I give you joy [i.e., congratulations], my dear niece.’’ . . . Fanny colou...