1. Chapter 9 Sex, Marriage and Family

2. What Will You Learn? Discuss how different cultures permit or restrict sexual relations Distinguish several marriage forms and understand their determinants and functions Contrast family and household forms across cultures Explain a range of marital residence patterns Weigh the impact of globalization and reproductive technology on marriage and family

3. Control of Sexual Relations In societies which lack effective birth control methods sexual control becomes increasingly important. Every society has rules that govern sexual access. These “rules” can vary depending on the society. Most all groups of people will have some regulations on sexual access with respect to: – Gender, Age, Marital Status, Social Status, etc.

4. Critical Thought Pictured here is a Trobriand Islander who has been face painted and given adornments by her father to make her appear attractive as possible to obtain a mate. How does this compare to your own society? How do we attract mates in a Western culture?

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6. Marriage and the Regulations of Sexual Relations Marriage has been a long standing tradition that allows sexual access between partners to be established. Marriage is a culturally sanctioned union between two or more people that established rights and obligations between them and their children, and also in-laws. Rights and obligations include but are not limited to sex, labor, property, child rearing, exchange, and status.

7. Marriage and the Regulations of Sexual Relations A positive aspect of marriage is the restriction of sexually transmitted diseases (STD). This is provided that the culture adheres to it’s cultural marriage sanctions of no sex outside of the marriage. In cultures where sexual relationships are limited to the marriage and this is “followed” there is a significant decrease of STD’s.

8. Marriage Although it may seem that monogamous sexual relationships are most common to citizens of the United States the reality is that most cultures, worldwide, do not prohibit the act of sexual relationships to marriage or even to a monogamous relationship.

9. Sexual and Marriage Practices among the Nayar The Nayar of India are one of many examples of sexually permissive cultures. Participation in three transactions related to marriage. A landowning warrior caste, their estates are held by corporations made up of kinsmen related in the female line. These relatives live together in a household, with the eldest male serving as manager. Traditionally, Nayar boys began military training around age of 7. They will be away from home for most of their young adult life.

10. The Nayar: Three Traditional Transactions Ritual Husband – Shortly before a girl experienced her first menstruation there was a ceremony that joined her with a “ritual husband” in a temporary union which did not necessarily involve sexual relations. – Neither individual has obligations to one another, although upon adulthood if her first “husband” should die she and her children (not his) would be expected to mourn for him.

11. The Nayar: Three Traditional Transactions Visiting Husband – When a young Nayar woman enters into a continuing sexual liaison with a man approved by her family. This becomes a formal relationship that requires the man to present her with gifts three times each year until the relationship is terminated. – The man can spend the night(s) with her, but has no obligation to support her economically. – The woman may have had such an arrangement with more than one man at the same time.

12. The Nayar: Three Traditional Transactions Establishing Child Birth Rights – When the woman became pregnant, one of the men with whom she has a relationship must acknowledge paternity by making gifts to the woman and the midwife. – Once a man has accepted possible paternity of a child he may remain interested in the child's welfare but holds no real obligations to the child or the mother.

13. The Nayar: Three Traditional Transactions Among the Nayar, families are comprised of consanguineal kin- biologically related relatives, or blood relatives. This does not include the “husband” who has claimed paternity to a child which would be known as affinal kin- or people related through marriage.

14. Critical Thought Nayar Marriage – No real father figure or support – Open sexual behavior – Several sexual partners at any one time – Sexual acts among consanguineal kin are prohibited Western Marriage – Father figure should be present but may not be/alternatively the mother – Open sexual behavior is taboo for women, more accepted for men – Monogamy is preferred and encouraged – Bigamy is illegal – Sexual acts among consanguineal kin are prohibited

15. Incest Taboo Similar to marriage determining sexual rights among certain individuals the incest taboo. – This establishes the prohibition of sexual relations between specified individuals, usually parent-child and sibling relations at a minimum. Although differing among societies throughout time, most all societies will have some prohibition of sexual relationships with parents and children or siblings.

16. The idea of the incest taboo is that it is against human nature to have and act upon a sexual attraction to one of these closely related relatives (parent, sibling, child). Several supporting points on why the incest taboo exists: – Biology – Familiarity – Competition

17. Endogamy Closely related to prohibitions against incest are cultural rules against endogamy or marriage within a particular group or category of individuals. Some cultures may specifically adhere to the idea that one must marry within a specified group. This group might be defined by the culture as (in-laws, family, ethnic, or by religion).

18. Exogamy The opposite of endogamy is the practice of exogamy or marriage outside of the group. Again this “group” may vary by the cultural definition. Some cultures might practice both endogamy and exogamy. – Trobriand Islanders practice marriage exogamy, however the marriage within the overall village which would be considered endogamy.

19. Distinction Between Marriage and Mating Marriage is a culturally recognized right and is backed by social, political, and ideological factors that regulate sexual relations and reproductive rights and obligations. This is in contrast to mating (joining for sexual purposes only).

20. Forms of Marriage There are several recognized forms of marriage worldwide. – Monogamy – Polygyny – Polyandry – Group marriage

21. Monogamy Monogamy is the most common form of marriage worldwide in which both partners have just one spouse. The only recognized form in North America and most of Europe. – Serial monogamy – a marriage form whereby an individual marries or lives with a series of partners in succession. Increasingly common among middle-class North Americans as individuals divorce and remarry.

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23. Critical Thought Serial monogamy is an increasingly common phenomenon among westerners. In a small group, brainstorm some of the possible reasons why this occurs?

24. Polygamy Polygamy- one individual having multiple spouses at the same time is not the most common but the most preferred form of marriage worldwide. Polygamy is practiced in about 80-85% of the worlds cultures. There are two types of polygamy. – Polygyny- Man having multiple wives (most common) – Polyandry- Female having multiple husbands

25. Polygyny Shows wealth of male bridewealth/service Shows status of male Increases population Where women do much pastoral and subsistence work, it increases labor Increases wealth If husband dies, women are taken in by another male or brother

26. Polyandry Fewer than a dozen societies are known to have practiced polyandry. It can limit population growth, which in turns alleviates increased pressure on resources. Marriage of a single woman to brothers prevents land from being fractured among sons. Where males do a majority of subsistence labor, it provides more male labor for family.

27. Group Marriage or Co-Marriage Rare but occurring in a small percentage of the world are marriage practices that do not fit into the other categories discussed. Group Marriage where several men and women have sexual access to one another also known as co-marriage is common to the Native American Eskimo.

28. Fictive Marriage Contrast to group marriage are fictive marriages marriage or ghost marriage by proxy to the symbols of someone not physically present to establish the social status of a spouse and heirs. Among the Nuer of Sudan a woman may marry a man who is no longer alive and his living brother may serve as a “stand-in” and marry the woman. Any offspring will be considered sired by the dead man’s spirit!

29. Fictive Marriages (continued) The children will then become the rightful heirs to land and other possessions. Not just common to the Nuer this practice is also found in North America and Europe. In the Unities States legal weddings can be performed if one person is on deployment (with military), incarcerated, or otherwise physically unable to be present.

30. Cousin Marriage In some societies, cousins are the preferred marriage partners. A parallel cousin is the child of a father’s brother or a mother’s sister. In some societies, the preferred spouse for a man is his father’s brother’s daughter, known as patrilateral parallel-cousin marriage. Other societies favor matrilateral cross-cousin marriage—marriage of a man to his mother’s brother’s daughter, or a woman to her father’s sister’s son.

31. Kinship Diagram Anthropologists use diagrams to illustrate kinship relationships.

32. Three Arguments Against Same Sex Marriage All Marriages are between Men and Women – Same-sex marriages have been documented not only in a number of societies in Africa, but in other parts of the world as well. Anthropologists define marriage as unions between “people”, not man and women, because not all marriages are male and female based.

33. Arguments Against Same Sex Marriage Same-sex unions legitimize gays and lesbians, whose sexual orientations have been widely regarded as unnatural. – Neither cross-cultural studies nor studies of other animal species suggest that homosexual behavior is unnatural. The function of marriage is to produce children. – Marriage involves economic, political, and legal considerations. – It is increasingly common for same-sex partners to have children through adoption or reproductive technologies.

34. Marriage and Economic Exchange Many societies practice differing forms of economic exchange before or after a marriage transaction. These exchanges usually involve the bride, groom, and the immediate families of each. There are three main forms of marriage exchange: Bridewealth (bride price) Bride Service Dowry

35. Marriage Exchanges A bridewealth is a payment of money or goods from the grooms family to the brides family. This is usually completed around the time of the marriage. Similar to the bride price is the bride service where the groom is expected to work for a period of time for the bride’s family. No compensation is given.

36. Marriage Exchanges A dowry is a payment of a woman’s inheritance at the time of marriage to her or her husband. However, the female may not always remain in control of the dowry, after marriage it will likely become her husbands property. The functions of a dowry are to secure the female in the event of her husbands death (widowhood), divorce, or infertility of the female. They can also be a sign of status.

37. Critical Thought Although Western cultures do not traditionally participate in a bridewealth, service or dowry, exchange is still expected during marriage. How does western culture traditionally dictate marriage ceremonies, cost, and expectations of the bride, groom and both families?

38. Divorce Like marriage, divorce in most societies is a matter of great concern to the couples families because it impacts not only the individuals dissolving marital relationship but also offspring, in-laws, and other relatives. Divorce rates are climbing in numbers around the world but at the fastest rate in Western societies. One theory is that many marriages did not last longer than 10-20 years due to high mortality rates prior to 1800. Today with better health care and preventative medicine people are living much longer- leading to a possible higher rate of divorce.

39. Family and Household A family, two or more people related by blood, marriage, or adoption, may take many forms. Families can range from a single parent with one or more children, to a married couple or polygamous spouses with offspring, to several generations of parents and their children. The household is the primary residential unit of economic production, consumption, inheritance, child rearing, and shelter.

40. Forms of the Family To better understand the differing forms that families may take it is first important to distinguish between a conjugal family and a consanguineal family. A conjugal family or a family established through marriage can consist of one or more married men or women and their offspring.

41. Forms of the Family (continued) The consanguineal family which is a family of blood relatives, often consists of related women, their brothers, and the women’s offspring. Less common form of family.

42. Forms of the Family (continued) There are two more family forms which consist of the nuclear and the extended. The nuclear family consists of one or more parents and dependent offspring, which may include a stepparent, stepsiblings, and adopted children. Whereas the extended family is a collection of nuclear families, related by ties of blood, that live in one household.

43. The Nuclear Family

44. Other Family Forms On the rise in North America and Europe are nonfamily and nontraditional households. Nonfamily households consist of a single person living alone or with non relatives. Nontraditional households are also referred too as single parent households which could be due to offspring out of wedlock, divorce, widowhood, separation, or even an active decision of fertile women to chose motherhood without a partner.

45. Critical Thought Prior to viewing the next slide with statistical data from the US Census Bureau of 2010, consider these questions first. –Which household covered thus far would you consider to be the most common in the United States? –Which would be the least common? –Which, if any, would be non-existent?

46. Household Types in the United States in 2010

47. Critical Thought Did everyone have the correct answers? If not why? 1. Which household covered thus far would you consider to be the most common in the United States? 2. Which would be the least common? 3. Which, if any, would be non-existent? –Non-Family or One Person –Family members without dependent children or married couples. –All are present from what the data suggests although we do not have the exact household configuration from each.

48. Residence Patterns There are four common residence patterns that a newly wed couple may adopt. – Patrilocal – Matrilocal – Neolocal – Ambilocal

49. Residence Patterns (continued) Patrilocal residence – A residence pattern in which a married couple lives in the locality associated with the husband’s father’s relatives. – Common to societies where men are dominant in the role of subsistence patterns. – Bride must often move to husbands band, tribe, or community. – Bridewealth is customary here.

50. Residence Patterns (continued) Matrilocal residence – A residence pattern in which a married couple lives in the locality associated with the wife’s relatives. – Common to horticultural societies. – Men do not generally move very far from their native family to join the bride’s family. – No compensation is given between either spouse.

51. Residence Patterns (continued) Neolocal residence – A pattern in which a married couple may establish their household in a location apart from either the husband’s or the wife’s relatives. – Common to industrial and postindustrial societies where independence is favored.

52. Residence Patterns (continued) Ambilocal residence – A pattern in which a married couple may choose either matrilocal or patrilocal residence. – Common among food-foraging groups where subsistence resources are limited and it might be a necessity to travel between families. – Compensation is not given between either spouse.

53. Marriage, Family & Households in Our Globalized World Blended families are increasing due to a rise in divorce and re-marry. It is easier than ever to adopt children despite ethnic backgrounds. New Reproductive Technologies (NRT’s) include In-Vitro (IVF) Increase in households consisting of migrant and temporary workers.

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