AN101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Mosuo, John Stuart Mill, Prenuptial Agreement
Document Summary
One form of organizing human interdependence and survival. The first natural bond of human society ; the first step in the organization of men . A law of nature for procreation, protection from sexual sin (st. augustine) Marriage alliances form bonds of kinship, trade relations, food gathering partnerships, allies in war etc. beyond the elementary family. Consanguinity blood relationships or consanguineal kin (connected through blood) Affinity (affinal kin; relationships created through marriage) Informed by culture (diverse forms), different ways of defining marriage. Institutes rules and rights around children, property, sexuality. Marriage can be good" and not harmful if it"s is based on equality and justice, but often it is not. Quebec civil code prior to bill 16 in 1964 woman lost independent status as adult. Prior to bill c-3 (2011), native woman could not pass their ethic status to children if they married outside their group. Pre-nuptial agreement; marriage contract legal document or payment of cash or kind.
