PSYCH352 Lecture Notes - Nuclear Family, Jeanne Julie Éléonore De Lespinasse, Family Therapy
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On her return trip from the local watering well, a married woman is asked for a cup of water by a male resident of the village. Her husband, resting on the porch of their dwelling, observes her wife giving the man a cup of water. Subsequently, they approach the husband and the three of them enjoy a lively and friendly conversation into the late evening hours. Eventually the husband puts out the lamp, and the guest has sexual intercourse with the wife. The next morning the husband leaves the house early in order to catch fish for breakfast. Upon his return he finds his wife having sex again with the guest. The husband becomes violently enraged and mortally stabs the guest. Husband would bewitch any man who dared to request a cup of water. Offering his wife to a guest by means of a culturally sanctioned game of putting out the lamp .