Sociology Courses | February 9, 2006

[drgrissom.livejournal.com]

Sex Cultures

Grissom is definitely smirking.

"No lecture today. Instead, I am going to assign you a partner, and give each team a unique assignment.

Today in class, you should chat with your partner and discuss how you are going to develop your presentation on the topic I am going to give to you. Each team will present on Tuesday.

Now, as you may remember, we have been discussing marriage and its role in our society. Most cultures have a ceremony of some kind, to officially begin such a union. Generally, that's called a wedding. However, different societies have much different ways of conducting weddings, and I think it would be very useful for everyone to see some of these differences first hand.

So..." oh, the smirking. "You are your partner will each be assigned a type of wedding. I will give you each a packet with the information you will need. And then, on Tuesday you will act out the ceremony for all of us with your partner.

Kissing of the bride optional.

And your partners are..."

[OOC: Please remember, no godding that your partner is late to class. Slow-play is our friend. Threads with partners and assignments will be going up in the next few minutes, thanks! Up! Also, mwahahaha.]

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Re: Group #1:

[sogothcally.livejournal.com]

Cally glances over the stuff in the packet. "Yeah, it looks like the types don't change the ceremony, and the ceremony is kinda... regional based?" She does some quick math in her head. "So... eight types of marriages, four types of ceremonies, we've got thirty two possibilities?"

Re: Group #1:

[cyclopeanmerc.livejournal.com]

"Seems like it," Pip said. "I'm assuming we only have to perform one. I mean, it strikes me as an all or nothing type thing and we definitely do not have the time to do all. I guess we could mix and match randomly or pick a combination that looks either the easiest or the most interesting to do."

Re: Group #1:

[sogothcally.livejournal.com]

"Well, like you said, the type doesn't really seem to affect the ceremony, actually. It's just a hierarchy of how socially acceptable it is. So, I think it really only matters what ceremony we choose." Cally shoots a quick glance over at where Anders is working with Izzie.

"And to think, girls dream of planning a wedding ceremony. Me? I'm just kinda hoping to make this as painless as possible. Got a preference onf the type?"

Re: Group #1:

[cyclopeanmerc.livejournal.com]

"Well, he'll probably ask, so we should at least have an answer about what type of marriage," Pip said. He flipped through the packet. "Man, do any, of these not involve henna tatoos, ritualistic body paste, and a least five dozen family members carrying and erecting crap?"

He notes Cally's glance and chuckles. "Worried he's stray because of a fake Polish marriage?"

Re: Group #1:

[sogothcally.livejournal.com]

"More worried that he'll get upset over a fake Indian one," Cally says with a shrug. "He kinda freaked at the concept of me having to kiss Bridge during the Christmas Pageant. So there will definitely be no kissing during our ceremony. If any of these... okay, what is he expecting us to do? 'Cause there is no way I'm getting tattoos, henna or not, just for a class project."

Re: Group #1:

[cyclopeanmerc.livejournal.com]

"As long as we're on the subject of what the hell does he expect us to do, what about the fire? It seems to factor in pretty heavily. I mean, unless they're going to let us have it out doors, I'm pretty sure there are rules against fires at school."

Re: Group #1:

[sogothcally.livejournal.com]

"Okay, my vote? We do the Rajput ceremony. All we have to do you wear a shawl and I wear a veil, we tie 'em together, and we circle around a fire seven times. And since I don't think I'd be a responsible T.A. if we actually lit a fire, we'll, like, have a stick or something to be our representative fire. And all the other stuff, we'll... just photocopy our handouts and pass them out to everyone. Reading is good for them." Cally smiles. "Easy as pie."

Re: Group #1:

[cyclopeanmerc.livejournal.com]

Pip nodded. "Anything else is just asking for trouble. Maybe we can just find some examples of henna designs that would be used and show 'em off instead of actually getting the tattoos themselves."

Re: Group #1:

[sogothcally.livejournal.com]

"Definitely. Besides, the tattoo place in town kinda shut down, anyhows. So we couldn't actually get them unless you know of someone who happens to have the right tools just lying around." Cally laughs. "So, hopping around a fire seven times. Totally doable."