Jonathan Howells's Alain is a sweet, daffy mooncalf, clearly terrified by Lise's insistent femininity, and visibly relieved when Colas assumes the marital responsibilities that might have been his.
The rise of single-parent households headed by women may reflect the fact that women do not want to get married or stay married to such men or that men with weak earning prospects would rather drop out of the labor force altogether and avoid marital responsibilities.
John Stuart Mill compared wives' condition under coverture to slavery (see section 1); while the late 20th century U.S. saw gender-neutrality in legal marital responsibilities and an end to the marital rape exemption, criticisms of marriage as oppressive persist.
Same-sex couples will split marital responsibilities and roles differently based solely on circumstance, desire and skill.
Concern about marital responsibilities also prevented mothers from taking the affected child to the clinic, especially when they perceive that the child will be admitted at the hospital.
However, this difference may be due to different cultural and social expectations and responsibilities faced by females in our setting in contrast to males: like household and marital responsibilities.
Thus social security may provide cash benefits to persons faced with sickness and disability, unemployment, crop failure, loss of the marital partner, maternity, responsibility for the care of young children, or retirement from work.
Women described the importance of having children in order to meet marital or other responsibilities to a partner or his family, to avoid abandonment by a spouse, to fulfill responsibilities to her own family, for emotional gratification, and as an important manifestation of womanhood.
His first known romance, Erec et Enide (Erec and Enide), is a serious study of marital and social responsibilities and contains elements of Celtic enchantment.
Some local civil rights statutes even cover marital status, family responsibilities, matriculation, political affiliation, source of income, or place of residence or business.
