FRHD 1020 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Ad Nauseam, Social Stigma, Civil Marriage
3 Apr 2014
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Marriage: the couple may receive some exogenous payoff by marrying by following socially normative customs, they are rewarded by society. Age at marriage: the age at which people marry is increasing, same-sex couples tend to marry somewhat later, we generally marry someone who is close to us in age (age homogamy), with husbands being slightly older than wives. Defining marriage: traditionally marriage was defined as the voluntary union for life of one man to one women to the exclusion of all others. Monogamous in 2005 the civil marriage act legalized same-sex marriage across canada in canada only monogamy is legal: monogamy is the marriage of one person to another at one time. Serial monogamy a person can have more than one marriage partner in their lifetime but must have these partners one at a time: polygamy marriage to several individuals at the same time.
