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Please list articles that you're considering for your Wikipedia assignment below. Begin to critique these articles and find relevant sources.

Option 1

Rape in Japan

Article Evaluation: There is little information on actual experiences. It needs more detailed facts in it. For instance, there were experiences of women who got raped in shelters during the　reconstruction of the East Earthquake in Japan in 2011.

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Option 2

Maechi

Article Evaluation: Maechi (female monks in Thailand) have struggles in education before being Maechi compared to male monks, so it needs comparisons between men and women who study to be monks.

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Option 3

Same-sex marriage in Taiwan

Article Evaluation: There is much detailed information there. However, it needs to add information on issues in the law before it is revised. Before the legal revisions, the legalization of same-sex marriage further highlighted disparities between same-sex and opposite-sex marriages. One issue was that same-sex couples aiming for international marriage were unable to marry if their partner's country did not recognize same-sex marriage. Another issue was that same-sex couples were excluded from the Civil Code, leaving them without legal recourse against abuse from in-laws. A third issue was that in cases of same-sex marriage, couples were only allowed to adopt a child if the child was the biological offspring of one partner. These three issues left many LGBT couples struggling despite celebrating the legalization of same-sex marriage.

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