Polygyny

Monogamy is the practice of only having one mate. Although North Americans tend to be serial monogamous, individuals may have more than one spouse but never, legally, more than one at the same time. Now on the other hand there are plural marriages. Polygyny, marriage of one man to two or more wives, are common in certain societies such as the Tiwi of northern Australia and the Kanuri of Nigeria. Polyandry, the marriage of one woman to two or more husbands, are in some societies such as peoples…

According to Columbia University in the City of New York (2016), ethnography or field research is: A sociological method that explores how people live and makes sense of their lives with one another in particular places. The focus might be on a people and the meaning they produce through everyday interactions, or places, and the organizational logics that guide our activities. (para. 1). Ethnography is vital for the study of Anthropology because in order for an Anthropologist to understand how…

Have you ever questioned your faith? Ever truly disagreed with the rules or words being preached to you? What if you had to choose a religion that was a life or death situation? How could you possible commit yourself to a religion for the rest of your life? Religions are complex literature works that incorporate types of rules, tradition, and culture. The messages spread by Christianity, Buddhism, and Islamic religions were all written down after the messengers of their God’s deaths. How do we…

viewed as being the “father” though in some regions only the eldest brother gets called father and the younger ones are called “father’s brother” (Goldstein, 1987: 1). Tibetan society however does recognise other forms of marriage with monogamy and polygyny (marriage of one man to more than one woman) being common. Traditionally this form of marriage (fraternal polyandry) was typically arranged by parents with females especially having little to no say, as was the case in many other arranged…

Klamath are located in the plains and plateaus of North America, more specifically southwestern Oregon. The Klamath do not have descent groups because of the emphasis on nuclear families. They practice monogamous exogamy, but occasionally sororal polygyny, and "divorce was easy and common" (Skoggard). The families reside patrilocally, but if the groom is poor, the family may live matrilocally. The society is divided into geographical tribelets and some of the tribelets had chiefs, while others…

Patriarchy in Africa is a strong force to reckon with especially in the rural areas of developing countries in Africa, many perception as to opportunities are believed to be best handled by only the male figure in the family. Polygyny may come about when a man has been conceiving the female child in search of a male offspring, and keeps trying until a male is conceived and then regarded as the successor of the head of the…

Raise the Red Lantern talks about how women were treated unequally and how the social atmosphere influenced woman’s thoughts and behaviors. The most impressive thing in this film for me is Chinese marriage custom at that time. In ancient China, polygyny was a production of Patriarchy culture, which means a man could marry many women. From this point, we can tell how women were treated unequally at that time. In the film, the master is around 50 years old. He has already had three wives, but he…

(spousal support), child custody, child visitation, parenting time, child support, distribution of property, and division of debt. In most countries monogamy is required by law, so divorce allows each former partner to marry another person; where polygyny is legal but polyandry is not, divorce allows the woman to marry a new husband. Divorce should not be confused with annulment, which declares the marriage null and void; with legal separation or de jure separation (a legal process by which a…

and families contribute to the well-being of society. In the show called “Sister Wives”, which follows a man named Cody, who has 4 wives and 17 children. We get to view how a polygamist family lives. The family practices a form of polygamy called polygyny, where the man has multiple wives. Although…

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