Sentences with phrase «defined as a woman»

That is, John Paul never limited motherhood to the physical but rather defined it as a woman's «readiness to be poured out for the sake of those who come within [her] range of activity.

Women in Iceland benefit from the country's «it takes a village to raise a child» attitude, as well as how motherhood is perceived — it doesn't define you as a woman.

U.N. member states pledged in 2000 to reduce maternal mortality, defined as a woman's death during pregnancy, childbirth or within 6 weeks after birth, by three quarters by 2015 as part of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGS).

«Suffering should not define you as a woman, and just because you're a man it doesn't mean that it doesn't affect you!

Currently menopause is defined as a woman's last menstrual period — confirmed after a full year without periods.

They're defined as women's cropped trousers, with very full cut legs to resemble a skirt.

Being defined as a woman is «Mother» they were not the worker in the male's ideology.

Consistent condom use was defined as women who reported using condoms every time they had intercourse both at enrollment and at follow - up.

I have a particular interest in pregnancy, miscarriage, infertility, prenatal / postpartum anxiety / depression, relationship issues, life transitions including student - related concerns, mother / daughter dynamics, and the challenge of defining yourself as a woman in the 21st century.

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The term has made it to Merriam - Webster's «Words we're watching,» which defines it as «when a man talks condescendingly to someone (especially a woman) about something he has incomplete knowledge of,» while mistakenly assuming he has superior knowledge.

A study published in March in the journal Neurology suggested that women who were physically fit in middle age were roughly 88 % less likely to develop dementia — defined as a decline in memory severe enough to interfere with daily life — than their peers who were only moderately fit.

After 100 years, there likely won't be a whole lot of change to the ratio of people defined as working age in Canada (and certainly there will be more working women than there were in 1950).

Disrupters shows what different women in business have done to reach success as they define it.

Women entrepreneurs are just as likely as their male counterparts to own a middle market enterprise: Less than 1 % (0.7 %) of commercially - active businesses are in the middle market (defined as firms with between $ 10 million and $ 1 billion in revenues).

He helped draft the «Defense of Marriage Act,» the 1996 law in which the federal government defines marriage as a legal union between one man and one woman, and is the author of «Fighting for America's Soul: How Sweeping Change Threatens Our Nation and What We Must Do.»

= > The Unborn Victims of Violence Act is a United States law introduced into congress in 1999 which defines violent as sault committed against pregnant women as being a crime against two victims: the woman and the fetus she carries.

Feminist religions define women as being in some sense fundamentally different from males.

He was proved to be absolutely prophetic when, just ten years later, the court ruled in United States v. Windsor that the Defense of Marriage Act was unconstitutional — thus striking down the federal statute defining marriage exclusively as the union of a man and a woman.

Of the total comments, as defined by the above parameters, 243 were made by women.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Survey of Family Growth, 1 million married women in the United States struggle with infertility (defined as the inability to become pregnant after 12 consecutive months of unprotected sex) and 7.5 million women experience an impaired difficulty to conceive and carry a baby to term.

This strikes me as an important and refreshing message to send to girls, who are bombarded with stories and images that reinforce the notion that a woman's identity is defined by her appearance and her ability to snag a man.

Yet Dolan did not pull any punches in voicing his objection to the Obama Administration declaring that DOMA is unjust because it defines marriage as the union of a man and a woman.

By defining a woman's self worth as somehow tied to her sexual choices, we are of course objectifying women.

For most feminists, this means no strict gender roles or a hierarchy that demands a man be the authority over a woman just because he's a man and that a woman be submissive and quiet just because she's a woman.Feminism means allowing both women and men to be themselves as God created them to be — as individuals, not defined by their reproductive system but rather by their personalities, their relationships, their definitions of themselves.

From Kim: As an egalitarian, how do you define the characteristics of woman - femininity and men - masculinity and what does this look like in a Christian marriage.

Of course we don't «idolize» the state... and how could Christians» efforts to define marriage as between one man and one woman be called «misguided» or «sinful»??

We are called to be light and salt, and one way to do this is to stand up and speak out FOR BIBLICAL VALUES and against sin... yes, of course we should be preaching / teaching / living God's «theology of marriage» in our own marriages...... but God has clearly defined marriage as between one man and one woman, and therefore, when our government says it's otherwise, we should be light and salt and speak up, and vote accordingly.

Marriage is defined as one man and one woman being bound as one person under God and state.

More subtle but nonetheless powerful social change also occurs as women and men begin to define themselves differently.

Matthew 19 defines marriage as the union of one man and one woman.

This ordinance defined pornography as anything that presents women as sexual objects, as enjoying pain, humiliation or rape, or as being physically harmed.

I think differing is a good thing and that some attempts at equality that have defined it as being the same have been well intentioned but contrived to the detriment of both men and women.

The boy midwife on his knees, engaged by his own life of feeling, was, as Webster defines the midwife, «the woman with.»

But Jesus said it was not as GOD defined in the beginning in Genesis, a man would leave his parents, one man and one woman would cleave to each other, they would become one and never the twin part, only death ends the marriage and allows the remaining spouse to marry again, But only in the Lord.

You will see an amendment defining marriage as between a man and woman.

«I would support a Mormon or a Jew who supported the defense of marriage defined as being between a man and a woman over a Southern Baptist or Presbyterian who did not,» he said.

She had already learned how to forge a conservative alliance between traditionalist Catholic and evangelical Christian women, and she deftly enlarged the coalition to include Mormon and Orthodox Jewish women in a decade - long battle in which the stakes, as she defined them, were the home, the family, and traditional faith and culture.

By excising the requirement that Christian marriage be a «a lifelong union between a man and a woman,» along with the Augustinian tradition's second good of marriage, offspring, from the list of «purposes for which it was instituted by God,» marriage would be defined as open to same - sex couples whose sexual unions are not biologically fruitful.

The view that it is sinful for women to teach a man becomes even more difficult when church is defined biblically, rather than as a building where people gather on Sunday morning.

One blog so aptly defines the swimsuit issue as the «literal fragmenting of women into parts of women.»

When we take the entire Bible to define marriage (instead of just a few obscure passages, marriage is defined as «The union between a man and a woman for their entire life, with absolutely no sexual activity or thoughts outside of this union forever.»

After both Vice President Joe Biden and Secretary of Education Arne Duncan pushed for acceptance of same - sex marriage over the weekend, North Carolina became the 30th state to amend its constitution to define marriage as an act between one man and one woman.

The first case, United States v. Windsor, challenged the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) of 1996, which defines marriage as» only a legal union between one man and one woman as husband and wife.»

And I feel it is the responsibility of us gay people not to want to have «marriage» because we feel we need this to be equal but to really imagine how a gay relationship can become a blessing not only to the partners but also to the greater society and define it as something new and leave marriage as what it is — a holy union between a man and a woman.

The so - called «powerlessness» of women developed as the agricultural way of life evolved into a more industrialized model wherein gender roles became more defined.

For women, choosing Islam means gaining new power in their communities and in their lives, They are attracted to the movement because Islam gives them clearly defined rights, respect as women and the prospect of a family unit headed by a dependable male.

This fall in Washington, Maryland and Maine, voters will decide whether same - sex marriage should be legal, and in Minnesota, voters will weigh in on a ballot measure amending the state's constitution to define marriage as a union between a man and a woman.

The clarity with which Islam defines the economic rights and responsibilities of women is appealing to African - American Muslim women, in contrast to what they see as the ambiguities of American society.

There is one more myth regarding «biblical womanhood» that we really need to address as part of our series — and that is the myth that a true woman of God is defined by her roles as a wife, mother, and homemaker.

It is «defined» as the changeable social roles of men and women, as opposed to their unchangeable reproductive functions.