ANTH-150 Study Guide - Comprehensive Final Exam Guide - United States, Asian Americans, White People

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Challenging traditional marriage: never married chinese american and japanese american. Exploring why chinese americans and japanese american women have higher marriage rates. Family relationships and how this impacts decisions to get married such -- the eldest daughters being responsible for caring for younger siblings/looking at the marriage of parents and how that worked out. Cultural lag that exists between men/women; their views seemed to be more progressive than their male counterparts. Outlines 4 reasons: educational goals, status as the oldest, felt duty to take care of aging parents, viewing of traditions of their parents" marriages negatively, suitors, small range of people that they could marry. Legal contract to be recognized by the government as a unit. Some people argue that it is a context in which to start a family/passing of genes. Influence that our parents/families/friends/others have had on us, how we see their relationships overtime (whether married/divorced/etc. ) You can"t be happy if you don"t get married.

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