Maternal grandmothers invest more in childcare than paternal grandmothers. This bias is large where the expression of preferences is unconstrained by residential and lineage norms, and is detectable even where marriage removes women from their natal families. We maintain that the standard evolutionary explanation, paternity uncertainty, is incomplete, and present an expanded model incorporating...

The purpose of the study was to analyze the changing pattern of marriage system of Adivasi Garo community. For the study, Modhupur upazila of Tangail district for Plain Garos and Haluaghat upazila of Mymensingh district for Hill Garos were chosen as the research areas. From these two upazila, six villages were selected randomly for collecting sample population. The sample consisted of 100, taki...

Marriage is a social institution that adopts patriarchal ideology to regulate the relationship between husband and wife. As result, conflicts based on gender inequality can arise as ideologies in marriage reinforce dominance of men over women. A married woman’s life often portrayed feminist literature, such short story Qaisra Shahraz, Zemindar’s This study analyzes Noor by applying theory Simon...

The article aims to examine the initial phase of marriage Jan Zamoyski with Griseldis Báthory, issue change bride’s name, and problems caused by newlyweds’ difference faith. Despite plans king Stephen hetman Zamoyski, young bride did not become a Catholic. Her upbringing her Protestant mother grandmother overrode political interests Catholic male relatives.

An Ashkenazi Jewish woman had a child with Niemann-Pick disease in her first marriage. She subsequently remarried a man who was also heterozygous for the condition and conceived twins. Prenatal diagnostic tests were performed and one twin was shown to be homozygous and the other heterozygous for Niemann-Pick disease. The problems of prenatal diagnosis and counselling in twin pregnancies are dis...

This girl from a village in the Indian state of Gujarat was 16 when her son was born. She delivered at a hospital thanks to an innovative government programme that offers free childbirth and obstetric care for women living below the poverty line. In the primary health care centre in the Kheda district she now receives advice on breastfeeding, family planning and other health issues. Ayana (name...

The aim of this study is to assess fertility determinants among Saudi women. A cross sectional descriptive study design was used. All data was collected through distribution via online questionnaire (twitter, facebook). Target populations were Saudi ever married females living in Riyadh city, KSA. Respondents were 305 ever married females responding to online communication. Self administered qu...