Exam 9: Sex-Marriage-And-Family

All of the following are associated with polygyny except:

In Tibet,a young man lives with his older brother,who is married.The younger brother eventually begins to think about setting up his own tent and taking his share of the yak and fields of grass.One night,his brother's wife gives him her necklace.In Tibetan culture,this is an invitation for him to become her second husband.If he accepts,he will remain with his brother and share the same tent.This type of marriage is called:

In most societies,divorce is quite simple.

In which of the following circumstances would you expect to find the custom of bride price?

Polygyny:

A marriage of a woman to a woman in sub-Saharan Africa is a ceremony that legitimizes a homosexual relationship.

It is estimated that in the U.S.today that some 100,000 people live in polygynous households.

Under cross-cousin marriage,the sister's son is also the:

Single-parent households make up almost 12% of the households in the U.S.

All societies have cultural rules to regulate sexual relations.

Your mother's sister's child is your parallel cousin.

Child exchange is quite common in many cultures.

A residence pattern in which a married couple may choose to live in the husband's father's or wife's mother's place of residence is called:

The author uses the Nayar of southwest India to illustrate that rules about sexual access can be highly variable.Nayar women:

Two or more people related by blood,marriage,or adoption are called a(n):

The most preferred form of marriage around the world is:

The Western ideal that an individual should be free to marry whomever he or she chooses is not universally embraced.

The Nayar family consists only of affinal relatives.

Marriage by proxy,such as that which might occur with a prisoner,a dead partner for inheritance reasons,or between those separated by deployment,is called:

There are no cultures that prescribe male-to-male sexual acts,for any reason.