Lesson 4: Family, Kinships, and Marriage Flashcards
People who consider themselves related by blood, marriage or adoption (standard definition)
Family
People who occupy the same unit (house, apartment, etc.)
Household
What are the ways family’s definition can vary according to Fine (1993; 1995)
— Personal experiences
— Sexual orientation
— Cultural background
— Moral outlook
Married couple and the children, if any, of either both spouses
Census family
Nuclear/nucleus family
Mother, father, and children (if any)
The three components of family
Biological component, functional component, residential component
The biological structure of a family e.g. heterosexual, same sex
Biological component
To reproduce
Functional component
For society to provide us our needs
Residential component
What are three culturally significant parts of a Filipino family?
Ama, Ina, and Anak
This family centeredness supplies basic sense of ___, ___, and ___.
belongingness, stability, and security
Husband, wife, and children
Nuclear family
Husband, wife, children, grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins
Extended family
Family in which one grows up
Family of orientation
Family formed when couple has their first child
Family of procreation
Established through marriage
Conjugal family
Family of blood relatives
Consanguineal family
Who coined the terms consanguinity and affinity?
Lewis Henry Morgan
What book did Morgan write about consanguinity and affinity?
Consanguinity and Affinity of Human Family
What year did Morgan write Consanguinity and Affinity of Human Family?
1871
True or False: Members of a society may use kinship terms without being biologically related.
True
Patterns of behavior and attitures in relation to the differences in terminology for referring to relationships as well as addressing others
Kinship system
The degree of genetic relatedness or coefficient of relationships between individual members of a species. What kinship definition is this?
Biology
The web of social relationships that form an important part of human lives. What kinship definition is this?
Anthropology
Any kinship group with a member lineally descending from a common ancestor
Descent group
Belonging to mother’s descent group
Matrilineal descent
Belonging to father’s descent group
Patrilineal descent
What are the three common cultural themes in marriage?
Mate selection, authority, and residence
The norms to govern who marries with whom in a human griup
Mate selection
Must marry within the group
Endogamy
To preserve culture in marriage
Endogamy
Must marry outside the group
Exogamy
For strengthening tribe through marriage
Exogamy
Social systems regarding gender and power in marriage
Authority
Social system where men dominate women
Patriarchy
Social system where women dominate men
Matriarchy
Social system where women and men are equal
Egalitarian
Where the married couple resides after marriage
Residence
Freedom to live independently, mostly for developing countries
Neolocal
Couple lives/moves to husband’s father’s community
Patrilocal
Couple moves to wife’s mother’s community
Matriloca
Union between two people that establishes a certain right and obligation between two people, their children, and their in-laws
Marriage
Union between two people that establishes a certain right and obligation between ___, their ___, and their ___
two people, their children, and their in-laws
An approved mating arrangement
Marriage
What marks marriage?
Ritual
Both partners have one spouse
Monogamy
Most common form of marriage
Monogamy
One partner having multiple spouses
Polygamy
Men with many wives
Polygyny
Woman with many husbands
Polyandry
Multiple husbands and multiple wives
Conjoint marriage
Man marries several sisters of wife
Sororal polygyny
Man marries sister of deceased wife
Sororate
Woman marries brother of deceased husband
Levirate
Unmarried couple
Cohabitation
Cohabitation breakup
Single parent
Three ways marriage dissolves
Divorce, annulment, and legal separation
Court order saying husband and wife are no longer husband and wife
Divorce
Court order saying husband and wife were never husband and wife
Annulment
Court order saying husband and wife can legally live separately and cannot remarry
Legal separation
What is the executive number of the Family Code of the Philippines?
209
When was FCP prepared?
July 6, 1987
Who prepared FCP?
President Corazon C. Aquino
When did FCP became effective?
August 3, 1988
What changes with Article 1 of FCP?
Possibility of divorce and same-sex marriage
___ is a special contract of ___ between a man and a woman entered in accordance with law for the establishment of ___ and ___ ___. It is the ___ of the family and an ___ institution. Article 1
Marriage, permanent union, conjugal, family wife, foundation, inviolable
___ between the following are ___ and ___ from the beginning, whether relationship between parties are ___ or ___.
— Between ___ and ___ of any degree
— Between ___ and ___,
may it be ___ or ___ blood
— Between ___ and ___
Marriages, incestuous, void, legitimate, illegitimate, ascendant, descendant, brothers, sisters, full, half, adopted, adopters
True or False: Psychological incapacity became grounds for annulment
True
Default ___ relationship between spouses has changed to ___ ___, all property before and after marriage is now jointly owned by both spouses.
Property, absolute community
What do rich people prepare to discuss property, assets, debts, etc. if the marriage ends in divorce or death?
Prenuptial agreement
True or False: A Filipino who is divorced from a non-Filipino spouse is not allowed to remarry under Philippine Law.
False
True or False: Absence of parental consent during marriage is ground for annulment
True
A Filipino who is divorced from a non-Filipino spouse is allowed to remarry under what law?
Philippine Law (FCP)
How is family universal?
Biological reproduction, socialization, economic production, and nurturing
How is family universal through economic production?
The production of consumers and workers
How is family universal in nurturing?
In nurturing psychological needs of produced offsprings
What is the function of incest taboo?
To avoid role confusion and to look outside the family
What is the dysfunction of family regarding the isolation and emotional overload?
Nuclear families are more vulnerable than extended families since they have more members to count on for material and emotional support
Who coined the term ”second shift”?
Arlie Hochschild
In what book was second shift discussed?
The Second Shift
What year did Hochschild write second shift?
1989
The household duties that wives have to do after their first shift (work). These are unpaid and unevenly distributed that enforces gender roles.
Second shift
The second shift is ___ and ___ that enforces gender roles.
unpaid, unevenly distributed
True or False
Waiting it out is a strategy of resistance of men.
True
___ is when men use their incompetence or pretend to be incompetent in housework so their wives can take over.
Playing dumb
True or False: Needing reduction e.g. in food is not a strategy used by men
True
What is the symbol-interactionalist perspective on family?
Men are providers while women do chores.
Family system that follows a nuclear set up
Eskimo
Kinship system that refers to the females of the same generation as your mother as mother and the males of the same generation as your father as father. All the mother’s and father’s children are your siblings.
Hawaiian
Kinship system that refers to the father’s brother as father and mother’s sister as mother; while the father’s sister is aunt and the mother’s brother is uncle. The children of your fathers and mothers are parallel cousins and the children of your aunts and uncles are your cross cousins.
Iroquis
Kinship system that refers to the father’s brother as father and mother’s sister as mother; while the father’s sister is aunt and the mother’s brother is uncle. The children of your aunt is referred to as father (male) and aunt (female). The children of your uncle are cousins (cross cousins).
Crow
Kinship system that refers to the father’s brother as father and mother’s sister as mother; while the father’s sister is aunt and the mother’s brother is uncle. The children of your uncle is referred to as mother (female) and uncle (male). The children of your aunt are cousins (cross cousins).
Omaha
Kinship system where everyone is referred to in a different term
Sudanese
Children of your aunt or uncle
Cross cousin
Children of your father’s brother or mother’s sister
Parallel cousin
kinship of two individuals characterized by the sharing of common ancestor(s)
Consanguinity
a group of individuals that share a common identity or interest
Affinity
