Discuss the options available to women who are abused in the Philippines and their unique situation

What will be an ideal response?


Answer: Women cannot legally divorce in the Philippines and are only allowed to apply for a legal separation or annulment. Thus, it is more difficult to leave an abusive spouse. Vatican City is the only other country that does not allow for divorce, thus making the Philippines the only other country where women cannot divorce their abuser.

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Cesare Lombroso's The Criminal Man replaced the concept of free will with the concept of ________.

A. utilitarianism B. rationality C. determinism D. science

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Repression involves keeping aspects of the mind out of consciousness

a. True b. False

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The _______ Amendment to the U.S. Constitution requires those who are considered indigent the right to counsel if they face the possibility of prison.

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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