SOC 605- Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 81 pages long!)
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!1: the 2016 talked a bunch of question to illustrate what people wanted to know (family in. !3: 2)polyandry -multiple husbands, when people use polygamy they used the wrong term - they mean polygyny, polyandry is more common because the husband owns the wife / he receives complete. Patriarchy and matriarchy: patriarchy - men take power, a patriarchal system is a social system in which the father is the head of the household. This, however, is not con ned to the household alone. It can be extended to the entire society where males dominate in all social, political, economical, legal and cultural roles. For instance, in most patriarchal societies women were very much con ned to the domestic sphere, where they were completely cut off from the realities of the society. A matriarchal system is a social system in which the mother is the head of the household.
