ANTH 2 Study Guide - Final Guide: Bride Price, Incest Taboo, Endogamy
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Marriage creates the social relationships that provide for the material needs, social support, and enculturation of children. The lengthy dependence of children on adults is a reason for the strong tie between mother and father. Children generally benefit from two parental figures, though only one, is really necessary. Marriage bond reduces potential conflicts over sexual access by defining culturally approved sexual activity and limiting adult sexual access to certain individuals. All known societies divide up work like food-getting and household tasks according to age and gender. Marriage creates new relationships between families and other kinds of kin groups. Outmarriage ; an individual is prohibited from marrying within her or his own family or other kin group, or village. Due to incest taboo, members of one"s own nuclear family are almost everywhere prohibited as spouses. Inmarriage ; individual must marry someone in his/her own social group (i. e. caste in hindu.
