marriage and family

• socially approved
• union between man and women (normally)
• obligation and reciprocity

universally, people get married because they can divide up the labor force between each other.

a gift of money or goods from the groom to the bride

groom workds for the brides family before and sometimes after marriage

• prohibits sex between certain areas of kin.
• no mom-son, father-daughter, brother-sister

big transfer of goods or money from the brides family to the groom

the groom goes from bride to bride killing each one normally in the kitchen to call it accidental. greedy

• childhood familiarity theory: too close, dont want to mary brother
• freud psychoanalytic: son is atracted to mother but is scared of fathers retaliation
• family disruption: the house would fall apart if everyone was having sex
• cooperation: we marry to gain allis to better community
• inbreeding: heightens level of mutations

not marrying someone in your community

maying in your community

mans obligated to marry a brothers widow

womans obligated to marry a sisters husband

only one partner

• one women, many men.
• very rare

sisters marry the same husband

• plenty of labor
• support
• help

• matrifocal: just mom raising kids
• nuclear: mom dad kids dog
• extended: mom dad aunt grandma

sex before marriage

when the husbands are brothers and married to one woman.

a social and economic unit consisting minimally of one or more parents and their children