Sentences with phrase «role of wife»

Barnett and Grace (1987, p. 103) note that the role of wife is «often associated with psychological distress.»

Thus, it is frequently concluded that the loss of the role of a wife is traumatic.

Third, women tend to have a stronger identification with the role of wife than men have with the role of husband.

This contradiction, that the role of wife does not create well - being, and that the loss of this role is profoundly upsetting, has significant consequences for divorcing women.

if i am playing the role of his wife, i want to be his real wife.

One thing however is clear: for a woman to opt for a career at all, much less for a career in art, has required a certain amount of unconventionality, both in the past and at present; whether or not the woman artist rebels against or finds strength in the attitude of her family, she must in any case have a good strong streak of rebellion in her to make her way in the world of art at all, rather than submitting to the socially approved role of wife and mother, the only role to which every social institution consigns her automatically.

She fills the role of a wife, but isn't a friend, as Constance becomes.

Cornish has been offered the role of his wife, who thinks she is a widow.

James Corden, famous for being the Doctor's best friend Craig on Doctor Who, will play The Baker, with Emily Blunt taking on the role of his wife.

The writing was so strong, and everybody was focused and dedicated to what they were doing, and I was so fortunate that Felicity Huffman was playing the role of my wife.

In economically backward nations, men usually expect the role of the wife traditionally, or the good housewife.

You (as in me the husband) end up spending way too much time with a pretty younger woman... girl really... and she starts to take over the role of wife and life companion.

A man friend, maybe, but not a marriage, nor the role of a wife.

Should there be some sort of legal remedy for what Georgetown professor Robin West describes as the «state of servitude» inherent in the role of wife and mother?

With one hand, she tore down the Victorian assumptions that relegated woman to the home and, with the other, she upheld the sacred role of wife and mother, while maintaining that «the responsibilities of men and women were complimentary and parallel, not dependent and hierarchical.»

«Work spouse» has come to suggest a more equal partnership between the sexes, much like the role of a wife has shifted at home.

Women in the country of Gilead are subjugated to the role of wife - breeder, housekeeper, sex worker, or disposable commodity.

Nicole wears many hats in and outside of the studio, and says «Balancing the roles of wife, mother, friend, and business woman is an ongoing challenge that I embrace every day.»

Over time, the expression bled into «helpmeet,» an independent term applied exclusively to the role of wives to their husbands, and to this day, the myth that Genesis 2 relegates wives to the status of subordinate assistants persists, as is painfully evidenced by (complementarian) Debi Pearl's book, Created to Be His Help Meet, which has sold more than 200,000 copies since its publication in 2004... (and which I threw across the living room a total of seven times while reading it for research.)

Not exact matches

Ohanian, who recently had a daughter with wife and tennis champion Serena Williams, took 16 weeks of parental leave before making the decision to leave his operating role at Reddit.

There remains a lot of speculation as to Chip's role and what he meant when he said he would be «work [ing] with my wife and son as they grow their new business.»

As a businesswoman, we know you may also need to cope with the extra roles of mother and wife too.

Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke's wife, Lolita, played a key role in arranging aspects of her husband's official events during the first few months of the administration, according to documents obtained by a Montana - based advocacy group under the Freedom of...

I offer in such a deep place of security, the person in the wife - role can find the freedom and peace to submit.

And that in response to what I have said about knowing our part in the kingdom, trusting God for justice and the privelidge it is to be part of that, you see different roles for the husband and wife in the relationship, in that it requireds a huband to «woo» to use an old fashioned word, his wife by being sacrificual and that engendering in her the submission in a spirit of mutual submission.

By the way, the foundation was laid for us by Christ «while we were yet sinners» — and therefore, I conclude that the husband - role must lay the foundation of visible and tangible sacrifice for many years before the wife - role can respond.

In between, we are given snapshots of a vanished America where religion and culture still played a vital role in public life, as well as odd and unexpected little tidbits: a craze for church bell towers in the 1920s; Cram's home life with his beloved wife, Bess, and their children; the messy business breakup with Goodhue; Cram's mildly embarrassing foray into the horror genre, Black Spirits and White; his strange proposal for an island to be raised ex nihilo in Boston's Charles River; the problems inherent when working with rich Swedenborgians; and a Japanese Christian university he designed on a mix of Oriental and Dutch Modernist themes.

Meanwhile, conservatives mobilized opposition to women's ordination, with the wives of older and retired ministers playing an especially prominent role.

I'm a pastor's wife too, and am aware of the expectations of the «perfect - happy - family» that a public ministry role can bring with it.

As modern, Western readers, we tend to think that when Peter and Paul reference «wives,» they must be thinking of «wife» as we understand that role / position today (we think Claire from «Modern Family») or that when they reference «children,» they must be thinking of little kids or teenagers (we think Haley, Alex, and Luke).

For a wife to begin to empathize with the pressures and insecurities of a man's world with its fear of failure, its pressure to deny dependency and to maintain a godlike image of autonomy, and the threat of changing sex roles, can be a growth experience for her and her husband.

The personal relationship of husband and wife plays an increasingly important role in all cultures.

They note that the role they are assigned is to support the men in carrying out these roles, both by being wives and, when they enter the workplace, as secretaries and nurses and teachers of children.

White middle - class women in the early feminist movement failed to appreciate the benefits they had through patriarchal gender roles and even through the law of coverture that completely subsumed a wife's rights under her husband's in the 1800s.

All we need do is demonstrate honestly the true role of Mary Magdalene in the story of redemption, the apparent fact that she was Jesus» partner, wife or lover, his favorite disciple, a full member of a revolutionary community created by One who considered men and women equal.

This belief gives men the role of authority over the wife and children, and only allows men to be church leaders.

All we need do is demonstrate honestly the true role this woman had in the story of redemption, the apparent fact that she was Jesus» partner, wife or lover, his favorite disciple, a full member of a revolutionary community created by One who considered men and women equal.

A senior coroner for Brighton and Hove also told the court that Wyles» wife, Dee, said that her husband began suffering from depression after taking the role of headmaster at the Catholic school.

Gender roles will need to be more flexible lest either the husband or the wife (most likely the wife) do a disproportionate amount of the family labor.

The trapped - mother - of - young - children syndrome is a danger which can be lessened, if the husband fulfills his highly important role of supporting his wife emotionally during this period.

Conflicts between the wife's pictures of what constitutes the appropriate roles of a mother and a father and the husband's pictures of these roles, call for reconciliation of differences.

Each partner must effect emotional separation from his own family; each must learn to accept the role of husband or wife.

Becoming a need - satisfying and adequate husband or wife — what Jolesch calls learning appropriate spouse roles — is the developmental task of the first years of marriage.

This involves expressing his love and respect for her, creating opportunities for continued sharing on as many levels as feasible in light of the new demands of parenthood, encouraging her to maintain at least one satisfying interest outside the home and the marriage, and taking over the parenting role regularly to give his wife a «chance to come up for air,» as one young mother put it.

One of my favorite role - playing situations in conferences of ministers and priests has found me assuming the role of minister or priest, while two of the participants are given the roles of a husband and wife with some written background about their character and how they fight.

My wife has sat right beside me (25 yrs in July) and remarked to me on more than one ocassion that some of the women who post here seem angry when she has been a believer for almost 40 years and embraces here role and ministry gladly and she has never felt inferior or second rate as some here indicate they have.

«Wife» conjures up ideas of a role with a job - description.

And any thoughts on what you would say to a young woman who aspires to the role of pastor's wife someday?

From the perspective of the family ideal, women already played a crucial though indirect role in the public arena as wives and mothers.

Women who have few sources of esteem and power outside of the family tend to overinvest in wifing and mothering roles.