HREQ 3890 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Intimate Partner Violence, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Elder Abuse
6 May 2015
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Sometimes marriage is required as the formal sanctioning of bonds that will shape property ownership rights, in hesitance and lineage laws and will include definitions of responsibilities of family members in the event of martial breakdown. 2005 equal marriage rights to same sex marriage. Us has shown significant opposition to same sex marriage with 32 states forbidding it. Polygamy a form of marriage in which one person may have tow or more spouses. Polgyny the concurrent marriage of one man with two or more women. Polyandry the concurrent marriage of one woman and two or more men. Polgyny is relatively common in sub saharan africa. Been illegal in canada since 1878 but practiced by mormon groups. Children"s role and when children should work differ across societies. Unmarried couples having children also varies in acceptance. Families take shape within specific social and cultural contexts.
