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Álvaro Márquez Fernández, a renowned Venezuelan philosopher, is the main focus of the article written by Gloria Comesaña Santalices. The text highlights Márquez's worth in philosophical reflection and his dedication to study. Although he had to abandon his doctoral thesis due to political events in Russia, Álvaro decided to write a new thesis on anti-hegemonic philosophy, which was approved with an excellent grade. After obtaining his doctorate, he continued developing his anti-hegemonic thinking from Latin America, especially from Venezuela. The article also mentions the editorial work of Justo Márquez and the creation of the Utopía y Praxis Latinoamericana Magazine. Additionally, it highlights Álvaro's dedication to Philosophy for children and his creation of the Center for Philosophy for children at the Cecilio Acosta Catholic University. The text mentions the publication of a posthumous book titled "Subaltern Democracy and Hegemonic State. Political Critique from Latin America" written by Álvaro B. Márquez Fernández, which addresses the reality of democracy in Latin America and proposes a subaltern mobility democracy as a way to end populist governments. [Extracted from the article]

This study tested dyadic processes of relational turbulence theory (RTT) in heterosexual marriages. We tested propositions 1, 2, and 5 of RTT, which propose that uncertainty about the marriage biases cognitive appraisals, and that interference from a partner heightens negative emotions, both of which culminate in relational turbulence for spouses. Guided by these propositions, husbands' and wives' (N = 510; 255 marital dyads) dyadic cognitive and emotional processes were estimated using the actor‐partner interdependence mediation model. Consistent with theoretical propositions, we found evidence for actor‐actor indirect effects; for both husbands and wives (a) the effect of spouses' relationship uncertainty on their own relational turbulence was mediated by their own biased cognitive appraisals, and (b) the effect of spouses' experienced interference on their own relational turbulence was mediated by their own anger from communicating in the marriage. However, controlling for actor‐actor indirect effects, partner‐defined processes (i.e., actor‐partner and partner‐actor indirect effects) uniquely explained husbands' and wives' relational turbulence. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In terms of the comprehension of modern order and values, understanding individuals and their relationship with the community has always been an important perspective. Scholars have noticed that traditional Confucian thought in China contains a profound understanding of individuals and their relationship with the community. In the Confucian perspective, an individual's significance lies in human relations, with the "family" constituting the foundation and core of these. This study presents the unique structure of the "family" in Confucian ethics and its generative significance. A literature analysis of Confucianism reveals that it places significant importance on the husband–wife relationship. The husband–wife relationship is a unity (heti) in the order of human relations, where spouses enjoy equal status and respect. The union of husband and wife propels the generational progression of the entire human relation system, making the husband–wife relationship a core node in the continuity of human ethical order. In this generative structure woven by human relations, the individuals are always subordinate to the human relationships they are involved in. The primary significance of the individual lies in the roles and corresponding responsibilities assumed within various human relations. Previous discussions on Confucian ethics have failed to clearly unveil the generative structure inherent in the concept of the family. The Confucian understanding of the individual and their relationship with the community can only be accurately grasped by clarifying this aspect. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Background and Objective: Most Fathers-to-be within Indian setting find it difficult to cooperate with their spouse's labour and encounter a great deal of stress during the journey of Childbirth. The study objective is to assess the impact of Childbirth preparation sessions (CPS) in a private maternity centre at Chennai towards shaping the willingness and attitudes of fathers-to be regarding their willingness and ability to accompany their wives during childbirth in the delivery room and to compare the attitudes with those fathers who did not attend the Childbirth preparation sessions. Materials and methods: A pilot study was conducted between October 2022 to January 2023 at a tertiary maternity hospital in a metropolitan city (Chennai) with a convenient sample of fathers-to-be who attended (Group 1, n=30) CPS and those who did not attend (Group 2, n =30). A questionnaire was given to fathers who had less than 2 year old child to analyze the difference in willingness and ability to go to the labour room among those who attended child birth preparation sessions and those who did not. Results: All men were well educated Indians and the mean age of men who attended childbirth preparation sessions were 33 years and most of them were fathers-to-be for the first time. The results showed that fathers-to-be who attended the childbirth preparation sessions were more likely to express willingness to attend labour room. Though majority of men (51 men out of 60) were willing to go to the labour room, only 47 men were able to go to the labour room out of which 28 had attended the CPS. There was a high significance in their ability to go to the labour room among those who attended the CPS (P-value - 0.010). Conclusions: The preliminary results of this pilot study indicated that a well-structured and delivered CPS could not only enhance the shared role of fathers-to-be in the critical childbirth journey but also provide them with adequate psychosocial support. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This research is related to interpersonal communication patterns of married couples in maintaining a household which is needed to find out how married couples maintain a household.This study discusses the characteristics of interpersonal communication from openness, empathy, support, positive attitude, equality of married couples in everyday life and uses social penetration theory to determine the level of communication patterns of married couples in maintaining the household. The method used in this research is qualitative with case studies.The results of this study show that the interpersonal communication patterns of husband and wife couples who have been married for more than five years and are able to maintain their household have carried out the five characteristics of interpersonal communication as communication patterns in maintaining the household.As for the stages or depth of communication carried out by this husband and wife, they have communicated in depth and openly so that they are able to maintain their household. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Karl Marx's family education and tradition is lofty, profound, resolute and noble . It's distinctively characterized by diligence, curiousness, and assiduous seeking; unyielding to adversity and grittiness; modesty, simpleness, and low-key behaviors; harmony between husband and wife, and equality of men and women . Marx's family style has a long history and has remained fresh . It can enlighten wisdom and elevate the realm, and has important enlightenment significance for people how to be good parents, manage families well and educate their children, for college students how to seek knowledge and study, respect their parents, plan their own life path, and for party-member leading cadres how to perform official duties honestly and establish correct concepts of power, clean government and political achievements [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A matrimonial proceeding on its own is complex and can have far‐reaching implications. Add in a spouse filing for bankruptcy in the midst of the proceeding, and the process becomes even further complicated and quite possibly hostile. This Note analyzes the bad‐faith tactics of debtor spouses filing for bankruptcy in the middle of a divorce proceeding and proposes an amendment to the Bankruptcy Code that permits bankruptcy courts to dismiss bad faith petitions before they negatively impact divorce proceedings. Key points for the family court community: Spouses filing for bankruptcy can file either jointly or separately.When bankruptcy proceedings commence, an automatic stay on the distribution of assets is created.A party may file a motion to the Bankruptcy Court to terminate or modify the automatic stay if the court finds sufficient reasons.The Non‐Debtor spouse takes on the position of an unsecured credit holder.Divorce proceedings begin with a preliminary injunction that precludes spouses from selling off assets or spending marital funds. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The purpose of this study is to ascertain the opinions of Shaykh Arsyad al-Banjary regarding the significance of sexual morality as the foundation of kafa’ah, both before and after marriage, the trend inclination of sexual orientation of household residents in Banjar, South Kalimantan. The al-Banjari Kitabun Nikah chapter on domestic sex morals, which was composed in the 17th century in Malay-Jawi was studied. Complementary information from three married participants was used in determining the ethical restrictions on sex in marriage as part of kafa’ah (eligibility at marriage). Having healthy children is one of the objectives of a marriage. The husband and wife must engage in sexual activity for this to happen. This study shows that having sexual ability is a key component of marriage, and that if one wants to get married, one should find out about one’s sexual ability from a medical professional. Many people, however, believe that sex is always about having fun. To ensure that neither partner feels disadvantaged, sexual encounters must be carried out on the basis of mutual needs and liking. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Khula in exchange for property is a form of redemption, for which women must accept. Khula cannot occur without her acceptance, and its words are fixed, and other words cannot be said. There is nothing wrong with divorcing if there is a difference of opinion between husband and wife, and there is a worry that they will not be able to follow Shariah rules. The divorce becomes obligatory, and it is obligatory to follow it and give the rest of the property to the woman. It depends on the acceptance of the woman that if the woman accepts giving the property, then divorce will be mandatory. Therefore, if the husband utters the words of divorce and the woman has not yet accepted them, then the husband does not have the right to appeal, nor does the husband have any condition. The change in the husband's assembly invalidated the khilafah. The husband said that I have divorced you and did not mention the property, so it is not divorced but Talaq-eBayin, and there is no restriction on the acceptance of the woman. The aim of this research paper is to explain the increasing trend of Khula (Redemption) in modern times and Its solution in the light of Shariah. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The article challenges the notion that married women are in a better position than men in establishing undue influence under English law, arguing that judicial expectations of women's role in heterosexual relationships, combined with the law's deference to men's interests, result in a substantive barrier to granting married women remedies. The paper also questions whether the equitable doctrine of undue influence ensures full and informed consent of parties to a contract.

Under current law, bequests to beneficiaries who predecease the testator "lapse" to the beneficiary of the residuary, unless they are preserved for the descendants of predeceased beneficiaries under an "antilapse" statute. The beneficiaries covered by antilapse statutes vary from state to state, but in most states today the statutes apply only to blood relatives of the testator as distant as first cousins. This Article examines the public policy of antilapse statutes, assessing them by undertaking the first-ever survey of popular preferences concerning the matter. Harvesting evidence for five types of beneficiaries, the study finds that the prevailing structure of antilapse statutes is both over- and under-inclusive. On one hand, among beneficiaries who comprise blood relatives, most respondents prefer to create substitute bequests only for descendants of predeceased children. Lawmakers should strike other relatives from the statutes' coverage. On the other hand, most respondents would create substitute bequests for their descendants if their spouse predeceased them. Lawmakers should extend the range of the statutes accordingly. Finally, this Article advocates enhancing courts' power to deviate from mechanical rules of lapse in situations where testamentary intent is less predictable. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this article we will study about restitution of conjugal rights. Conjugal Rights refer to those rights which are accrued upon the persons by status of being married. There has been a constant debate relating to constitutionality of restitution of conjugal rights, for this it is necessary to understand the topic in detail. There are certain elements which need to be proved that the rights of the person have been truly violated; these are that there should be actual withdrawal by either the husband or the wife, from the society of other partner; it should be without a reasonable cause. This decree ensures that the person can force his partner to live with him or her against that partners will. Thus, this act of forcing the person to live with the person against the will was challenged in the court of law. It was first observed in the case of T. Sareetha Vs T Subbaiha, in which the court held that the decree was unconstitutional as it is violative of certain rights of the person guaranteed under the Indian constitution, and it was immoral to force any person to live with a person against will. It was after some time that the High Court of Delhi in case of Harjinder Singh Vs Harvinder Kaur held that the decree was constitutional as it is a positive relief which aims to protect the marriage rather than end it on a small matter. This view of the High court was supported by the Supreme Court in the case of Saroj Rani vs Sudarshan Kumar Chadha, and it also declared the decree as constitutional and overruling judgement of the lower court given in the case of T. Sareetha Vs T. Subbaiha. In this article we will also study about decree for restitution of conjugal rights from an international perspective and also try to analyse the same from judicial as well as societal point of view to finally decide whether the same is still relevant in today's time or not. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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We investigate how the relative education and earnings of husbands and wives are associated with self-reported decision-making within the family. Using European Union Statistics on Income and Living Conditions 2010 data for 27 European countries (n  = 72,638), we find that women who earn more than their partner are more likely to report that they alone make the major financial and other important decisions. Men are more likely than women to be reported as financial decision makers if women contribute less than a quarter to joint earnings. However, in line with predictions based on traditional gender display, the association with relative earnings is not linear: among couples in which wives earn almost all of the income, we find that husbands are reported to have more say in financial decision-making than among couples in which both contribute a substantial part of the joint income. This non-linear pattern does not hold similarly for general decision-making. The discrepancy suggests that major financial issues, which were traditionally within the male realm, may be more susceptible to gender display than other family decisions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article highlights the severe deterioration of marital relations as laid down for the first time in the Yugoslav Basic Law on Marriage in 1946 thanks to Professor Mihailo Konstantinović. Over time, different interpretations of some controversial issues related to the application of this provision have appeared in legal literature and judicial practice; in the first place, whether the spouse who is responsible for the disruption has the right to initiate divorce proceedings, as well as how the exclusive responsibility for severe deterioration can be determined. On the other hand, the insufficiently precise provision on the consensual request for divorce opened the way for discussions about whether the Basic Law recognized consensual petition, which was resolved by judicial practice by interpreting that the joint petition was recognized and given the significance of divorce on the basis of an agreement between the husband and the wife. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper focuses on the role of Multicultural Family Support Centers (MFSCs) to explain the gender, race and cultural hierarchies inherent in South Korea's system of multiculturalism. Since the 1990s the South Korean state has played an active role in facilitating marriage migration and influencing the reproductive and caregiving decisions of female marriage immigrants. This is reflected in immigration and welfare policies that incentivize migrant wives to have children and provide disproportionate power to Korean husbands. Over the past decade the Korean government has invested heavily in MFSCs. These centers cater exclusively to migrant wives with courses focused on the acquisition of the Korean language and culture. The teachers are generally older Korean women while students are migrant wives from developing countries. The version of Korean culture taught to migrant wives emphasizes traditional Confucian family roles and that a wives' role is to focus on managing the home and supporting her husband and children. I present two case studies of cultural and cooking classes provided by a MFSC where I volunteered. The classes illustrate that multiculturalism in South Korea is focused on assimilation with limited expectation that Korean husbands and in-law families should adapt to migrant wives. Instead, migrant wives are expected to acquire a strong understanding of how to behave and understand their place in a traditional Korean family structure. I provide migrant wives' perspectives on these classes and explain why they have limited opportunity to influence or respond to the expectations of the Korean state and in-law families. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Chrétien de Troyes's Erec et Enide is about a husband's appalling and disturbing mistreatment of his wife. Yet, this article contends, it can also be understood as a (perhaps surprisingly) critical reflection on sexual consent, which overlaps with key concerns of both medieval canon law and modern consent theory. In dialogue with each of these domains, this essay studies, first, how particular episodes not only call attention to the importance of sexual consent but also to factors that mitigate it—as well as to the more general limitations of the concept. Second, the article explores how the larger adventure series, which makes up the core of the romance, is persistently engaging with some of the knottiest issues in both medieval and modern thinking on sexual consent, such as its relation to equality, silence, volition, and the active/passive binary. Finally, the article reflects on the implications of considering this courtly romance alongside modern consent theory. On the one hand, modern theory pushes the medievalist to confront what is at stake in deeming Enide unable meaningfully to consent to the terms of her union with Erec. On the other, this medieval romance responds with crucial insights on, in particular, the history of the relationship between patriarchy and the concept of sexual consent. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

FAMILY IS THE MOST IMPORTANT FACTOR IN THE CONFIGURATION OF LAW. FAMILY WAS AND IS ONE OF THE SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS OF GREAT INTEREST TO THE LEGISLATOR, IN ALL HISTORICAL PERIODS, REGARDLESS OF THE CULTURE OF THE PEOPLE. THAT IS WHY THE FAMILY STRUCTURE HAS BEEN SHAPED BY LEGISLATION, AS IN SOME COUNTRIES THE FAMILY IS COMPOSED OF A MAN AND SEVERAL WIVES, CHILDREN AND THEIR RELATIVES, WHILE IN OTHER COUNTRIES THE FAMILY IS MONOGAMOUS, BEING COMPOSED OF ONLY ONE MAN AND WOMAN, CHILDREN AND OTHER RELATIVES. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Literary criticism on Wuthering Heights (1847) has long been notable for its references to Catherine and Heathcliff as supreme fictional lovers. Yet a careful reading of the novel would suggest that this standpoint is something of an exaggeration. Whereas there can be no doubt whatsoever that Heathcliff remains consistently in love with Catherine from his boyhood until his death, it is not quite so certain that Catherine's love for Heathcliff is of a similarly amorous nature. Indeed, there is much to suggest that her love for Heathcliff is essentially the same as the affection she felt for him during their childhood. In this connection, it is noteworthy that amid her relationship with Heathcliff after his return from abroad, and despite those occasions when she gives the impression of being more on Heathcliff's side than on her husband's, Catherine nonetheless remains dependent on Edgar for her security and well-being. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In the aspect of Islamic law, mut'ah marriage was allowed by Rasulullah SAW only during the war. But the permission has been abolished or the law of mut'ah marriage is forbidden and sinful for those who do it. In the aspect of national law, contract marriage is considered a legal defect because it is contrary to Article 2 paragraph (1) of Law Number 1 of 1974 on Marriage, Article 1337 and Article 1332 of the Civil Law, the principle of marriage and the purpose of marriage. Based on these provisions, a legal marriage is conducted in accordance with the teachings of religion and beliefs and is not contrary to the values of morality. Marriages that are registered or registered in accordance with applicable laws and regulations will receive protection from the State. The practice of contract marriage actually positions the position of women is very weak in the eyes of the law because the marriage is considered never happened, so the wife is not considered a legitimate wife, the wife is not entitled to alimony and inheritance from the husband if he dies and the wife is not entitled to gono gini property if it occurs. separation, because legally the marriage, the contractual marriage is considered to have never occurred. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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This Article is the sixth in a series of primers on Louisiana Family Law. The Louisiana Civil Code of 1870, as amended to date, operates as the primary source of law, with other ancillary statutes and codes on particular subject matters. The law of claims of spouses appears in three different parts of the Code. First, claims of spouses for support during the marriage are found in Chapter 3 in Title IV on Husband and Wife. Second, claims of spouses for support pending divorce or thereafter are found in Section 1 of Chapter 2 in Title V on Divorce. Finally, claims of spouses for contributions to education or training are found in Section 2 of Chapter 2 in Title V on Divorce. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

THE MAIN PURPOSE OF THE PRESENT RESEARCH IS TO ANALYSE THE WAY IN WHICH THE LAW REGULATES THE SURVIVING SPOUSE'S RIGHT OF SUCCESSION FOLLOWING THE ENTRY INTO FORCE OF THE NEW CIVIL CODE. ATTENTION WILL ALSO BE PAID TO THE SITUATION IN WHICH THE SPOUSES HAVE OPTED FOR THE CLASSIC LEGAL FRAMEWORK, AS WELL AS TO THE SITUATION IN WHICH THE SPOUSES HAVE OPTED FOR A MATRIMONIAL REGIME OTHER THAN THE LEGAL ONE, I.E. THAT OF CONVENTIONAL COMMUNITY OR THAT SUBJECT TO SEPARATION OF PROPERTY, BEFORE THE DEATH OF ONE OF THEM. THE BASIC IDEA OF THE RESEARCH IS THAT THE INHERITANCE RIGHTS OF THE SURVIVING SPOUSE HAVE A NUMBER OF SPECIFIC FEATURES IN COMPARISON WITH THE RULES OF PREVIOUS LEGISLATION REFLECTED IN LAW NO 319/1944. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Liquidation is that certain legal operation which ends the community of goods that arises by marriage through the separation of the spouses’ goods. During this operation, the parties agree upon the mass of common goods, determine the common debt and establish each parties’ contribution to the purchase of common goods and contracting common debt. This operation is mandatory and can be achieved through the courts of law or by the public notary. The advantages of liquidation by mutual agreement are obvious and pertain to saving time, money and effort. This material represents an extensive study on the character, means of operation of liquidation, by discussing both theoretical aspects, as well as practical aspects which pertain to the act of liquidation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Although not all couples achieve high levels of sexual satisfaction during pregnancy, evidence of variability in couple sexual satisfaction during pregnancy indicates that sexual dissatisfaction in pregnancy does not apply to all. Subsequently, the current study examined whether a nationally representative U.S. sample of wives and husbands (N = 523 couples) fell into subgroups in terms of their sexual satisfaction during pregnancy and to what degree biopsychosocial factors distinguish potential subgroups. Latent profile analyses, adjusted for pregnancy-related biological factors, indicated that couples could be classified into two subsets – a larger subset of couples where wives and husbands were satisfied with sex overall (79%) and a smaller subset where wives and husbands were neutral about satisfaction with sex (21%). Lower depressive symptoms among wives was associated with a greater likelihood of being in the more satisfied subset over the less satisfied subset – the only significant group membership predictor among a variety of other factors. Implications include notions that couples and practitioners should consider women's depressive symptoms throughout pregnancy in addition to the perinatal period, and that most U.S. newly married pregnant couples do well navigating sexual satisfaction challenges during pregnancy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Existing research on assortative mating has examined marriage between people with different levels of education, yet heterogeneity in educational assortative mating outcomes of college graduates has been mostly ignored. Using data from the 2010 Chinese Family Panel Study and log-multiplicative models, this study examines the changing structure and association of husbands' and wives' educational attainment between 1980 and 2010, a period in which Chinese higher education experienced rapid expansion and stratification. Results show that the graduates of first-tier institutions are less likely than graduates of lower-ranked colleges to marry someone without a college degree. Moreover, from 1980 to 2010, female first-tier-college graduates were increasingly more likely to marry people who graduated from similarly prestigious colleges, although there is insufficient evidence to draw the same conclusion about their male counterparts. This study thus demonstrates the extent of heterogeneity in educational assortative mating patterns among college graduates and the tendency for elite college graduates to marry within the educational elite. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The author examines philosopher Thomas Aquinas' argument on marriage as the greatest friendship with the use of philosopher Aristotle's division of friendship, namely friendship of utility, of virtue and of pleasure. Topics discussed include an excellence specific to the cooperative and coordinated work of the household, an analysis of this mutual work in philosopher Homer's "Odyssey," and the reason for the friendship between husband and wife.

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Cross-border private life is under the rule of legislative changes occurred in the European law and in the national private international law. The property regimes of the international couples benefit from parallel regulations - the Regulation „matrimonial regimes" and the Regulation „registered partnerships", for the states participating in enhanced judicial cooperation, the national law respectively, for the other Member States. Although they have different sources (the marriage, the registered partnership), the matrimonial regime and the partnership regime have multiple areas of convergence (the role of the will of the parties in determining the law of the patrimonial regime and in designating the competent court of law, the objective location of regimes, the most connecting factors). At the same time, the elements that differentiate the property regime of the spouses and of the partners configurate the specifics of the couples' unions and the instruments of achieving the predictability and security of the civil circuit with an element of extraneity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective: This study examines the extent to which homogamy and heterogamy in husband–wife religious denomination are associated with initial levels of marital satisfaction and slopes of marital satisfaction over 17 years examining whether those associations are moderated by husbands' and wives' religious intensity. Background: Longitudinal studies on religion and marital outcomes that incorporate a dyadic component are relatively rare, and few studies have examined couple‐level religiosity with respect to long‐term marital outcomes. Method: On the basis of six waves of the Longitudinal Study of Generations data between 1988 and 2005, we selected 173 married couples in the baby boom generation and analyzed their musing dyadic growth curve modeling. Results: Husbands' and wives' religious denomination homogamy was significantly associated with initial levels and slopes of both husbands' and wives' marital satisfaction. In addition, husbands with highly religious wives of the same denomination exhibited greater initial levels of marital satisfaction than those who had wives of weaker religious intensity with a different denomination. Conclusion: In this research, denominational similarity between spouses was not only beneficial to marital satisfaction but was also paired with the degree of religious intensity. Implication: Family researchers and practitioners are encouraged to acknowledge the characteristics of couples' religious contexts and their influences on marital outcomes over the family life course. Because the LSOG couples represent mostly White and underrepresented families from other ethnicities, there should be caution in generalizing these findings to the general population. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Introduction: Polygamy is a trend of marriage characterized by having two and more wives or husbands at the same time. In low and middle-income countries including Ethiopia, polygamy has a significant negative effect on the social, economic, physical, and mental well-being of women. Therefore, this study aimed to assess the prevalence and associated factors of suicidal behavior among wives with polygamy marriage living in the Gedeo zone, Southern Ethiopia, 2020. Methods: A community-based study employing cross-sectional design and systematic sampling technique was used to select wives with polygamy marriage who are residents of Gedeo Zone from November to December 2020. The World Health Organization Suicidal Behavior Questions (SBQ-5) was adapted to explore the outcome variable. The Logistic regression at 95% CI, p<0.05 was used to identify factors associated with suicidal behavior. Results: This study enrolled 423 respondents. The study revealed that, the overall prevalence of suicidal behavior was 157(37%). Illiteracy, being a wife of a husband with three and more other wives, current history of depression, intimate partner violence, and poor social support were significantly associated with suicidal behavior at 95% confidence interval, p < 0.05. Conclusion: This study found that one-third of the respondents had suicidal behavior. Different significant socio-demographic and psychosocial variables were identified. Thus, due attention should be given to minimize the practice and its effect on the mental wellbeing of a mother and their children. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article explores the lives of African American poet Phillis Wheatley Peters and her husband John Peters in Middleton, Massachusetts. Topics discussed include the enslavement of Phillis by merchant John Wheatley in 1761, the marriage between Phillis and John and their relocation to Essex County, and the reputation and debt incurred by John which led to prolonged legal disputes that reportedly affected the dealings of the couple in Middleton.

This survey contains materials reflecting the practice of Chinese private international law in 2020. First, regarding changes in the statutory framework of private international law in China, three legislative acts, one administrative regulation on the Unreliable Entity List and ten judicial interpretations of the Supreme People's Court were adopted or amended in 2020 on a wide range of matters, including conflict of laws, punitive damages, international civil procedure, etc. Second, 11 typical cases involving Chinse courts' jurisdiction are selected to highlight the development in Chinese private international law, involving standard essential patents, abuse of market dominance, declaration of non-infringement of patent, asymmetric choice of court agreement and other matters. Third, nine cases on choice of law questions relating, in particular, to habitual residence, rights in rem , matrimonial property regimes and ascertainment of foreign law, are examined. Fourth, five cases involving anti-suit injunction or anti-enforcement injunction are reported and one introduced in detail. Fifth, the first occasion for on international judicial assistance of extracting DNA, as well as three representative cases on the recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments, are discussed. The Statistics of international judicial assistance cases in China is first released in this survey. Finally, this survey also covers five recent decisions illustrating Chinese courts' pro-arbitration attitude towards the uncertainty brought about by contractual clauses referring to both litigation and arbitration. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Wives are usually younger than their husbands. Although this has been replicated across time and culture, there is no previous evidence of the likely evolutionary underpinnings of this age gap. Study Set 1 replicated the marriage age gap—and its moderators—in 6.4 million American marriages that led to U.S. births between 2016 and 2018. This effect also replicated in three million unmarried unions. Study 2 directly examined the life history tradeoff that connects the marriage age gap to selective fitness. When husbands are somewhat older than wives (but neither much older nor much younger), selective fitness is high, as operationalized by rates of short-term infant survival and neonatal breastfeeding. This pattern held independent of the robust effects of maternal age. Eight cross-cultural replications involving more than 225,000 mothers in low- to moderate-income nations examined lifetime selective fitness (total number of living children) rather than single birth outcomes. In all eight nations, analyses revealed both a husband-older age gap and a life history tradeoff in lifetime selective fitness. Life history tradeoffs account well for the husband-older age gap in marriage. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]