Marriage Flashcards
1
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incest taboo
A
- inbreeding avoidance, instinctive or otherwise (problem: cross and parallel cousins, royal incest)
- familiarity breeds contempt/attempt (problem: not always, royal incest)
- prevention of domestic chaos (problem: sex can be socialized, just like food consumption; royal incest)
- marry out or die out (problem: royal incest, the exception that proves the rule)
2
Q
exogamy
A
marriage outside one’s own group
3
Q
endogamy
A
marriage of people from the same social group
4
Q
bridewealth
A
groom pays the family of the bride
5
Q
dowry
A
substantial gifts to the husbands family from the wives group
6
Q
levirate
A
widow marries brother of her deceased husband
7
Q
sororate
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widower marries sister of his deceased wife
8
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polygyny
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man has more than one wife at same time
9
Q
polyandry
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woman has more than one husband at same time
10
Q
polygamy
A
multiple spouses
11
Q
plural marriage
A
more than two spouses simultaneously;polygamy
12
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serial monogamy
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the practice of engaging in a succession of monogamous sexual relationships.
13
Q
mater
A
socially recognized mother of a child
14
Q
pater
A
socially recognized father
15
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lobola
A
a sustainable marital gift from husband and his kin to the wife and her kin
