Are defined as a collection of assertions—both verbal and symbolic—that specify how and why variables are related, as well as the conditions in which they should (and should not) be related.

The following line from "the story of an hour" provides mrs. mallard's view of marriage: "there would be no powerful will bending hers in that blind persistence with which men and women believe they have a right to impose a private will upon a fellow-creature."which word emphasizes male dominance in marriage?