Sociology 1020 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Social Capital, Group Marriage, Stepfamily
7 Feb 2015
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Important to know what happens in peoples families to find out how they live and how their lives are organized. Families affect and are affected by other social institutions. Definitions of marriage and family: marriage a commitment and an ongoing exchange. Involves a contract that spells out the rights and obligations between partners and can be defined at either the personal or social level: expressive exchanges emotional dimension of marriage; includes love, sexual gratification, companionship, and empathy. Must be related in some way and must customarily maintain a common residence. If individuals are not related but live together may form a household but not a family. Number of partners in the marriage: monogamy marriage involving only two partners [most prevalent for majority in. Almost all societies: polygamy marriage involving more than two partners. Polyandry involves wife-sharing; rare; usually brothers who share a wife for property inheritance reasons: group marriage marriage involving multiple partners.
