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Page 44
Again : some combination or aspect of patriarchal values prevails , whether in an
Orthodox Jewish family where the wife mediates with the outer world and earns a
living to enable the husband to study Torah ; or for the upper - class European ...
Again : some combination or aspect of patriarchal values prevails , whether in an
Orthodox Jewish family where the wife mediates with the outer world and earns a
living to enable the husband to study Torah ; or for the upper - class European ...
Page 249
A man often lends his daughter the ego - support he denies his wife ; he may use
his daughter as stalking - horse against his wife ; he may simply feel less
threatened by a daughter ' s power , especially if she adores him . A male teacher
may ...
A man often lends his daughter the ego - support he denies his wife ; he may use
his daughter as stalking - horse against his wife ; he may simply feel less
threatened by a daughter ' s power , especially if she adores him . A male teacher
may ...
Page 262
Aware that the situation was deteriorating , Michulski stuck to his decision to "
keep the family together " — that is , to leave his wife all day long responsible for
eight children . At no point do news accounts or interviews suggest that there was
...
Aware that the situation was deteriorating , Michulski stuck to his decision to "
keep the family together " — that is , to leave his wife all day long responsible for
eight children . At no point do news accounts or interviews suggest that there was
...
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