Hz. Hüseyin’in eşlerinden olan ve çoğunlukla Şehri Bânû ismiyle anılan karakter hakkında kaynaklarda sınırlı ihtilaflı bilgiye yer verilmektedir. Başta alakalı olmak üzere, onun kimliği hayatı konusunda çok farklı aktarımlar bulunmaktadır. Sünnî Şiî müelliflerin Bânû’ya perspektiften bakmaları, hakkındaki aktarımları çeşitlendiren şüpheli kılan etkenlerin başında gelmektedir. Öyle ki, Hüseyin b...

We examine causes and consequences of relative income within households. We establish that gender identity – in particular, an aversion to the wife earning more than the husband impacts marriage formation, the wife’s labor force participation, the wife’s income conditional on working, marriage satisfaction, likelihood of divorce, and the division of home production. The distribution of the shar...

This study examined the prevalence and characteristics of wife abuse as reported by nearly 6,700 married men living in five districts of northern India during 1995-1996. In addition, associations between wife abuse and sociodemographic factors were investigated to enable two theoretical/conceptual perspectives regarding abuse to be evaluated: that abuse is more common among families under stres...

Feeling more than usually like the proverbial plodding policeman, I received inspiration as the second large drop of water exploded on the aforementioned pate. Naiis, floor-boards, water-pipes, burst. Don't panic, do something, keep cool, ask wife, Where's wife? Shopping who knows where, for who knows how long. Alright, don't panic, any doctor can cope with emergencies. Turn the water off. Simple.