Sociology 2236A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Marriage, Kingsley Davis, Richard Easterlin
5 Mar 2017
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2)normative monogamy: why is it so widespread worldwide: nuptiality in demographic analysis. William j. goode: the theoretical importance of love. Since strong love attachments can occur in any society, it must be controlled or channeled in some way. Love is a strong emotional attachment, a catharsis, between adolescents or adults, with at least the components of sex desire and tenderness. Societies where love is a precursor to union formation (sediment is key) Societies in which love is secondary to union formation. Marriage is not totally an individual decision (i. e. family is key) About 85% of human societies have permitted men to have more than one wife. Evolutionary considerations suggest that large absolute differences in wealth should favour more polygynous marriages. Yet, monogamous marriage has spread across europe, and more recently across the globe, even as absolute wealth differences have expanded.
