SOCY 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Incest Taboo, Berlin Wall, Incest
Document Summary
Marriage: a social institution that is essential in most societies: the heated debate regarding same-sex marriage in the u. s. illustrates the importance of marriage as an institution. Many types of marriage exist and it is viewed differently across many cultures: many societies restrict or used to restrict who a person could marry based on a variety of criteria. Monogamy: the marriage of two individuals and is the most common form of marriage in the world: serial monogamy: the pattern of engaging in a number of monogamous marriages over one"s lifetime. Polygamy: the broad term for having multiple spouses at one time: polygyny: one man having more than one wife at one time. Sororal polygyny: where one man takes two or more wives who are sisters: polyandry: when one woman has more than one husband at one time. Fraternal polyandry: when a woman marries two men who are brothers. Same-sex marriage: where two people of the same sex marry.
