Introduction The aim of this work is to present how men and women have been unequal in sexual freedom, unequal in sexual self-identity and unequal in moral value in the Middle Ages and the Victorian Age times in Western Europe. I will talk about how the non-sexuality of the "good woman," (i.e. her c...

The most exciting event in contemporary Chinese cinema was the emergence of the Fifth Generation filmmakers in the early 1980s. These young filmmakers, who graduated from Beijing Film Academy when it reopened after the Cultural Revolution, were given the opportunity to make films at minor studios in...

Mr. M. was referred to the outpatient psychiatric clinic where I am employed as a social worker by the therapist who had been treating his former common-law wife at another psychiatric facility. Bio-psycho-social Assessment 1. Identifying Data Mr. M. is 49 years old, the second oldest in a fami...

All societies possess social standards that control the sequence and the tempo of important life occurrences. Frank Furstenberg in, Unplanned Parenthood introduces this notion of social standards through what he terms the normative schedule. According to Furstenberg normative schedules are, "prescr...

DIVORCE: A BROKEN DREAM Divorce is now part of everyday American life. The effects of divorce are embedded in our laws and institutions, our manners and mores, our novels and children’s storybooks, and our closest and most important relationships. Indeed, divorce has become so pervasive ...

On Human Humor and Irony: Analysis of "The Kugelmass Episode" by Woody Allen Sidney Kugelmass' first wife was Flo with whom he had two dull sons. Their marriage was a failure ending with a divorce. He had to give alimony and support to his children and this eventually burdened h...