Polygamy: The Family And The Role Of Monogamy

The family is considered the first and oldest of the social institutions. According to Wikipedia “Institutions are stable, valued, recurring patterns of behavior." As structures or mechanisms of social order, they govern the behavior of a set of individuals within a given community. Institutions are identified with a social purpose, transcending individuals and intentions by mediating the rules that govern living behavior (“Institution,” 2015). A co-operative unit, of individuals that co-exist, is referred to as a family. Traditionally, family units were made up of blood relatives ancestry, marriage or adoptees (Andersen & Taylor, 2014). Families come in many sizes and shapes and will vary according to the culture the family lives in. Polygamy is a practice of men or women having multiple marriage partners (Andersen & Taylor, 2014). Monogamy is the practice of a sexually exclusive marriage with one spouse at time (Andersen & Taylor, 2014). Extended families, “A definition of extended families is simply a family unit that extends past the nuclear family to include other relatives such as aunts, …show more content…
We imitate our parents even thought we don’t like to think we do. One could place a little thought to the idea of how to program the programmers of the children.
Economic support of members of the family for overall stability is an important task. Parents are to financially support the children of the family to the point of self-sufficiency, in theory. The old are to be taken care of by the young of the family. The family is a co-operative unit for the general purpose of continued existence.
Sexual regulation of the family members is another primary social functions of a family. This is an essential function of family, and has been performed since the inception of the human civilization. It is a well-known fact that the sex urge is the most important and powerful instinct and natural urge of human