Exam 9: Sex, marriage, and Family

Same-sex couples are also considered to be a nuclear family.

_______________ families are those comprised of a married couple together raising their children from previous unions.

Claude Levi-Strauss founded a school of thought in anthropology known as _______________.

The formation of sexual bonds between individuals of the opposite sex is called _______________.

A positive side effect to restricting sexual behavior is that they may also limit _________________________________________.

When a culture allows a man to marry the daughter of his mother's brother,they are allowing a ______________________.

When the economy is based on _______________ and when the man does most of the productive work,the bride's people may give a dowry that protects the woman against desertion.Dowry is also a statement of her economic status.

The social rules and cultural meanings of all sexual behavior are subject to great variability from one society to another.

In India it is understood that matches (marriages)would be arranged only within the same caste and general social class.

True _______________ marriage,in which multiple men and women have sexual access to one another,rarely occurs in the various societies around the world.

Which of the following characteristics would be most important in an Indian family's selection of a bride for their son?

In Western societies between A.D.1000 and 1800 divorce was next to impossible,but few marriages lasted more than about 10 or 20 years,owing to ________________.

Families can be consanguine or conjugal.The conjugal family has many forms.One type of conjugal family is the _______________,consisting of the husband,wife,and dependent children.

Monogamy is the form of marriage most worldwide.

In India no crossing of sub-castes is permissible even if the class positions of the bride's and groom's families are similar.

In some societies,if a husband dies and leaves a wife and children,his widow is expected to practice the custom called the levirate.This means that she is expected _______________.

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.His sister-in-law is offering him _______________.

When examining the forms of marriage which occur worldwide,the _______________ is the most common.

________% of marriages end in divorce in the United States.

A culturally sanctioned union between two or more persons that establishes certain rights and obligations between the persons,between them and their children,and between them and their in-laws is a _________________________.