SOCA01H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 15: Artificial Insemination, Exogamy, Homicide
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Functional theory: polygamy: expands the nuclear family horizontally by adding 1 or more spouses. Involves rights & obligations b/w spouses & b/w spouses and their children. 5 functions of marriage & nuclear family: sexual regulation: w/out boundaries that defines legitimate sexual activity, world would be disrupted by people having sex wherever, whenever, w/ whomever. Quasi-perversion : women"s employment in the paid labour force called a menace or a disease . Rose very slowly: marriage rate: # of marriages that occur in a yr for every 1000 ppl in the population. # of children that would be born to a woman during her lifetime if she had the same # of children in each age cohort. Women"s increased participation in higher education & paid labour force. Love and mate selection: robert sternberg: the components of love level, passion erotic attraction. Intimacy confiding in others & shared feelings: commitment intention to remain in the relationship.
