ANTHRO 124A Lecture 9: Anthro 124A Week 3 Friday.docx
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1st slide is what people think love is. Love in the rest of the world: arranged marriage is common practice around the world, don"t worry about the numbers just know that majority of parents are arranging marriages. It is more common for men to have a choice in who they are marrying than for women to have a choice. Female choice female choice really exist: what mechanisms can women use to exert choice, protest, divorce, pre- and extra-marital partners. Sather 1997: get her while she"s fresh! kemuu 2011, confounding variable here , reproductive value. When do parents win and when do children. 25 interviews on marriage most of the 20th century) Conflict over marriage: percentages of acceptance and rejection, looks like parents are winning. Parent-offspring conflict: who wins: more than half the time parents win and the couple stays together. 25-33% of the time offspring win and marriages are dissolved within a matter of days or months.
