SOCL 2001 Chapter : SOCL 2001 Ch 12 Notes
Document Summary
An intimate group consisting of two or more people who: Incest taboo: forbids sex between close blood relatives. Is a culturally universal rite of passage. A socially approved mating relationship that people expect to be stable and enduring. In the us, 24 states prohibit marriages between first cousin: endogamy. Orthodox jews require that individuals marry someone within the faith: endogamy. Some places require that individuals marry someone of the opposite sex: exogamy. In india people are encouraged to marry within their caste: endogamy. Parents, children, and other kin like uncles, nieces, cousins, and grandparents. Marriage market: open dating in the us where prospective spouses compare assets to liabilities. Arranged marriages: where parents or relatives choose the children"s spouse. Marry, divorce, marry, divorce, and so on. Person has two or more spouses: polygyny: man with multiple wives, polyandry: woman with multiple husbands. The us has the highest divorce rate in the world. Divorce rates are lower today than in 1990.
