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Four related issues were examined through case studies of four computer networks that varied in structure. These issues were: (i) the relationship of the structure of the computer network to the array of communications possibilities available; (ii) who users were and what they discussed in on-line feminist groups; (iii) the types of communication that occurred on-line in these groups; and (iv) the processes in which each network group engaged in order to maintain ...
The Social status of widows has been an important social issue, particularly in the past. In families in which the husband was the sole provider, widowhood could plunge the family into poverty, and many charities had as a goal the aid of widows and orphans (Often, not children without parents, but children without a contributing father). This was aggravated by women's longer life spans, and the men generally marry women younger than themselves and by the greater ...