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Introduction to Anthropology
Daniel's in a good mood, doodling on a notebook at the front of the class. He is not writing "I love Janet" or "Dr Daniel and Dr Janet Jackson". Really
"Today, our subject should hopefully be less frightening to most of you," he grins. "Marriage.
Marriage is a socially approved union of a man and woman regulating their sexual and economic rights and obligations
It's a sexual union:
- marriage socially legitimates sexual relations
- it regulates sexual behaviour and reproduction
and has economic obligations: marriage structures the sexual division of labour.
There are three types of marriage union.
MONOGAMY
This is marriage to one spouse at a time, and is the most common in Western civilization. Extramarital affairs or serial monogamy may occur, but these tend not to be sanctioned.
POLYGYNY
When it's the marriage of one man to two or more women. 70 percent of the world's population practice it; why do you think that is? Anyone?
It's a preferred type of marriage, although the majority of men in polygynous societies have only one wife.
Now, why does it happen? The economic status of women is high in polygynous societies, they are assets to domestic production unit. The sex ratio in polygynous societies; there are fewer marriageable men because men commonly marry later than women, and also because there may be of higher mortality among men, for example, due to warfare.
What are the advantages of polygyny? It's a symbol of prestige for men & their families, and multiple affinal connections are economic & political assets.
However, thee is competition and/or jealousy among wives. Women may have their own separate homes, and the rights and obligations of co-wives are clearly defined. A form hierarchy may exist among co-wives (senior v. junior). Some have found that sororal polygyny, which is the marriage of sisters, may reduce problems.
POLYANDRY
This is the marriage of one women to two or more men. It is the least common form of marriage, and women usually marry group of brothers - even the ones not yet born. Polyandry may serve to keep assets, for example, land, within the family, by not having to split the land further into smaller plots.
Okay, homework for this class. Chose a culture, and write about the type of marriage it involves. Not your own, however. The idea of this class is that we're looking at different cultures."
"Today, our subject should hopefully be less frightening to most of you," he grins. "Marriage.
Marriage is a socially approved union of a man and woman regulating their sexual and economic rights and obligations
It's a sexual union:
- marriage socially legitimates sexual relations
- it regulates sexual behaviour and reproduction
and has economic obligations: marriage structures the sexual division of labour.
There are three types of marriage union.
MONOGAMY
This is marriage to one spouse at a time, and is the most common in Western civilization. Extramarital affairs or serial monogamy may occur, but these tend not to be sanctioned.
POLYGYNY
When it's the marriage of one man to two or more women. 70 percent of the world's population practice it; why do you think that is? Anyone?
It's a preferred type of marriage, although the majority of men in polygynous societies have only one wife.
Now, why does it happen? The economic status of women is high in polygynous societies, they are assets to domestic production unit. The sex ratio in polygynous societies; there are fewer marriageable men because men commonly marry later than women, and also because there may be of higher mortality among men, for example, due to warfare.
What are the advantages of polygyny? It's a symbol of prestige for men & their families, and multiple affinal connections are economic & political assets.
However, thee is competition and/or jealousy among wives. Women may have their own separate homes, and the rights and obligations of co-wives are clearly defined. A form hierarchy may exist among co-wives (senior v. junior). Some have found that sororal polygyny, which is the marriage of sisters, may reduce problems.
POLYANDRY
This is the marriage of one women to two or more men. It is the least common form of marriage, and women usually marry group of brothers - even the ones not yet born. Polyandry may serve to keep assets, for example, land, within the family, by not having to split the land further into smaller plots.
Okay, homework for this class. Chose a culture, and write about the type of marriage it involves. Not your own, however. The idea of this class is that we're looking at different cultures."
no subject
*is not laughing hysterically at the subtext*no subject
*belives you, even though a million others wouldn't*
*hopes he doesn't leave the notebook in the faculty lounge, or somewhere else incriminating*
no subject
*hopes he especially doesn't leave it on the check-in desk at the library*no subject
*hadn't plannned on visiting the library today, but maybe he should go and check that he has a library card*no subject
*knows that he has never applied for one*
*did not check this on a regular basis the first few weeks of school*
*does not mention Special Collections*
no subject
*didn't remember applying for one*
*thinks that applying for one would be a good idea*
*as long as there's a certain library assistant around to help him out*
no subject
*good thing, then, because Daniel with false memories would be a plotline, and that would be bad*
*agrees that he should apply for one*
*she's already there*
no subject
*agrees that false memories would be bad*
*plans to come along after his second class*
*blows kiss and will see her there*
no subject
*does not want to angst any more for a while*
*thinks that's absolutely wonderful even if the damned librarian is going to be a pain in the ass about it*
*grins happily and looks forward to it*
no subject
*does not want angst either*
*will try and protect you from librarian*
*shall be along as soon as mun has had something to eat*