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...watched my sister make an attempt to try to get out of an arranged marriage. She ran away and then what happened to her was just so devastating and I didn't see any hope...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Polygamy Survivor Carolyn Jessop | 10/24/2007 | See Source »

...would be married], he made me sleep in my mother's room. I never was allowed out of their sight the entire time until the marriage took place [a few days later]. So I wasn't even able to tell my younger sister I was getting married and what was happening to me because they wouldn't allow it. I couldn't tell any of my friends...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Polygamy Survivor Carolyn Jessop | 10/24/2007 | See Source »

...bring employment, she will restore democracy, and she will bring peace. We are proud to have a woman as a leader. Our children's future in her hands. She is our mother." "We are emotionally charged," said Mohammad Aslam. "We come from all over Sindh to greet our elder sister. Benazir Bhutto is in my heart...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Bloody Welcome for Bhutto | 10/18/2007 | See Source »

...quarterback while big brother Peyton polishes a Super Bowl trophy and his superman stats. And you may have never heard of Tisa Farrow, an actress of no particular note beyond her work in the 1979 horror film Zombie, but odds are you've heard of her sister...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Power of Birth Order | 10/17/2007 | See Source »

...order effect may only be getting stronger. In the past, girls were usually knocked out of the running for the job and college perks their place in the family should have accorded them. In most other ways, however, there was little to distinguish a first-, second- or third-born sister from a first-, second- or third-born brother. Now, with college and careers more equally available, the remaining differences have largely melted away...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Power of Birth Order | 10/17/2007 | See Source »

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