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Types of Families

The document discusses different types of families including nuclear, extended, and descent groups. It also covers topics like marriage, including definitions of marriage, same-sex marriage, and different types of marriages such as polygamous and monogamous.

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Types of Families

The document discusses different types of families including nuclear, extended, and descent groups. It also covers topics like marriage, including definitions of marriage, same-sex marriage, and different types of marriages such as polygamous and monogamous.

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Types of Families
Nuclear and Extended Families
Can be classified as:
Family of Orientation - family to which one belongs
Family of Procreation - new family through marriage

Nuclear Family - the most basic form of family and consists of a married couple and their
biological or adopted children. Can be found in all societies.
Nuclarization- the growing predominance of nuclear families over extended families,
brought by urbanization and economic development

Extended Families - included the other members of the kinship group such as uncles,
grandparents, and cousins.
Families and the Rules of Descent
Rules of Decent - important in maintaining the social cohesion and solidarity among families, clans,
and relatives

Descent Groups:
Unilineal Descent- descent through the father or the mother
Patrilineal descent- the family joins the father's group
Matrilineal descent- the family join the mother's group
Ambilineal- the children can opt to claim lineage on either family group

Residence Rules:
Neological Residence - practiced in modern Western societies, couples have the freedom and
option to live separately and independently of their respective families.
Patriolocality- popular in non-Western societies, couples move into the husbands father's
community.
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Marriage and the
Family
Defining Marriage
- is an arrangement of procreation, a way of caring for the offspring of sexuality, defining their
legitimate descent, and the main or ultimate responsibility for their upbringing

Edward Westermark (1891) - the first great sociological historian of marriage


in his book "History of Human Marriage", defined marriage as " a relation of one or more men to
one or more women which is recognized by customs or law and involves certain rights and duties
both in the case of parties entering into the union and in the case of children born of it"
marriage is seen as a part of the natural order and thus is not limited to only humans

Family Code of the Philippines


defines marriage as a " special contract of permanent union between a man and a woman
entered into in accordance with law for the establishment of conjugal and family life.
marriage is seen as the center of the kinship system

Kinship Terminology- set of words used to refer to relatives


Endogamy- the practice of marrying within a specific ethnic group, class, or social group, rejecting others
for being unsuitable for marriage. For preservation and exclusivity

Exogamy- the practice of marrying outside one's group, common in modern societies. Creates links
between groups

Condsanguineal- established through marriage

Affineal Links- kin groups established by marriage

Godparenthood (compadrazgo) - created relationship between nonkin in their derivation, utilize a set of
terms based on kinship.
Same-sex marriage (aka. Gay marriage)
- marriage between two people of the same biological gender and/or gender identity.

Marriage equality or equal marriage- The legal approval of same-sex marriage or the possibility of having a
same-sex marriage

Notable Events (on same-sex marriage


In 1971, in Baker v. Nelson, the Minnesota Supreme Court rejected a claim to marriage rights by a same-
sex couple, the first such reported case in the United States.

June 28, 2014, 16 countries have allowed same-sex marriages.


Denmark became the first country in the world to legally recognize same-sex unions, after passing a bill
legalizing "registered partnerships" in a 71-47 vote
2003, Belgium became the second country to grant legal recognition to same-sex marriages
Kathleen Hull (2006)
"marriage serves as a cultural resource for many committed same-sex couples Couples draw upon
language and rituals associated with marriage to express to each other, friends and family, and to the
broader society the nature of their relationship. The cultural trappings of marriage-terminology, rituals

and symbols stand as ready-made cultural tools for couples to express their love and their commitment
to a lifetime of mutual support. The power of marriage as a cultural resource lies in the fact that its
dominant meanings are so widely shared in contemporary Western culture"
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Polygamous and
Monogamous
Marriages
Polygamy
a marriage that includes more than two partners

Polygyny - when a man is married to more than one wife at a time


Polyandry - when a woman is married to more than one husband at a time
Group or conjoint marriage - a marriage includes multiple husbands and wives
Sororal Polygyny - the cowives are sisters

Monogamy
- the practice or state of being married to one person at a time.

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