Marriage

Question 1

marriage is a…

Answer 1

…cultural universal

Question 2

what are the functions of marriage?

Answer 2

established legal parentage of children, gives spouses rights to one another’s life, pulls together spouses resources for childcare, convert strangers into relatives/friends

Question 3

basis for marriage in American culture

Answer 3

romantic love, not very stable

Question 4

basis for marriage in many other cultures

Answer 4

is a family/collective affair, has nothing to do with romantic love, arranged marriages, more stable than romantic love marriages

Question 5

bride wealth

Answer 5

wealth offered by grooms family to brides family, common where women are the main food producers, compensated brides family for loss of her labor

Question 6

bride service

Answer 6

groom works for brides family before or after wedding, encountered in societies with little material wealth

Question 7

dowry

Answer 7

wealth offered by brides family to the groom and his family

Question 8

each culture has specific rules that determine…

Answer 8

…who can become one’s spouse and how many spouses one can have

Question 9

incest taboo

Answer 9

rules against sexual relations and marriage with close relatives, cultural universal, varies from culture to culture

Question 10

in patrilineal/matrilineal societies…

Answer 10

…cross cousins always belong to different family groups, they are not considered to be relatives so their marriage is not considered incest

Question 11

in order to avoid any confusion…

Answer 11

…all parallel cousin marriages are forbidden

Question 12

incest taboo is universal because…

Answer 12

…in-breeding eventually causes problems and it forces people to connect with other groups

Question 13

exogamy

Answer 13

rule according to which one has to seek a spouse outside their own group

Question 14

endogamy

Answer 14

rule according to which ones spouse has to come from same group

Question 15

endogamy serves as…

Answer 15

…a means to maintain boundaries between classes, castes, ethnic, religious or racial groups

Question 16

Some cultures practice exogamy and endogamy at the same time thru…

Answer 16

…marrying someone outside their family group but within their own caste

Question 17

caste

Answer 17

social standing

Question 18

homogamy

Answer 18

practicing of marrying someone similar to you in terms of age, background, socioeconomic status, aspirations, interests, etc.

Question 19

monogamy

Answer 19

marriage between 2 individuals, the most common

Question 20

polygamy

Answer 20

marriage involving more that 2 individuals

Question 21

polygyny

Answer 21

man has more than one wife, most common form of polygamy, sometimes a man gets a second wife because of infertility or because she is a widow

Question 22

for men, more than one wife usually means…

Answer 22

… higher prestige and more wealth

Question 23

even in societies in which polygyny is accepted, most men…

Answer 23

…remain monogamous, under normal conditions, there are not that many extra women to support polygyny on a large scale

Question 24

polyandry

Answer 24

a woman has more than one husband, quite rare, often a woman marries several brothers

Question 25

polyandry is associated with…

Answer 25

…long absence of men, scarce resources, low female population, due to female infanticide

Question 26

divorce

Answer 26

easier (more common) when marriage is an affair between two individuals, becomes more difficult with more people

Question 27

matrilineal

Answer 27

woman keeps her children

Question 28

patrilineal

Answer 28

husband keeps the children