Polyandry

These lyrics from recent chart-topping singles “Promiscuous Girl” and “Fergalicious” show the prevalence of the word “promiscuous” within contemporary, western society. As reflected in these songs, individuals use the term interchangeably with “slutty” and “whorish” to describe women who regularly have sex with numerous partners. Lacking objectivity and negatively portraying the subject it describes, “promiscuous” carries a powerful, derogatory connotation. The usage of “promiscuous” as a…

Marriage is a social foundation that legally enforces security of sexual access, and ensures commitments between two or more people. (h154) Marriage also deals with the legalities of the rights to offspring and ownership of property. (h149) Forms of marriage vary throughout the world but all are supported through the culture’s: kinship, religion, ritual, economic, legal, and social customs. (h149) Monogamy is a marriage custom where a person has one single spouse. (h161) Monogamy is the most…

Thesis Statement The term marriage has changed greatly over the last couple of decades, ranging from arranged marriages, polygamy, polyandry, traditional marriage, and same sex marriages. How is the definition and meaning of marriage changed over the years? History of Marriage “The first recorded evidence of marriage contracts and ceremonies dates to 4,000 years ago, in Mesopotamia.” (www.theweek.com). Originally, marriage was a way to preserve power or for alliances. Kings would marry off…

Tibetan culture practises one of the world’s oldest marriage ceremonies and contracts in the form of fraternal polyandry. (Goldstein, 1987, p. 39) Fraternal polyandry means that the brothers of one family will marry the same woman. The wife will leave her home and live with the brothers, the eldest brother being the one with the responsibility over the household. (Goldstein, 1987, p. 39)…

Primate parenting includes several distinct features that separate them from other mammals. One distinct feature is the length in time that primates care for their young. It is a significantly longer time period than most other mammals, giving the mother and offspring a very close bond. Another distinctive feature is the fact that without being raised by its own mother (and is instead raised by a surrogate), a primate offspring will enter adulthood with very little knowledge of how to properly…

society as a example. If they have monogamy in Nyinba society, they can hardly survive the severe climate there. Since the available planting area is very limited, the population must be in a certain range to make the whole society survive. Therefore, polyandry may be the best marriage form for them. Nyinba is a agriculture society, but not a typical one. A typical agriculture society will need a large amount of labor force to do field work, polygyny should be the best way to achieve this goal.…

cultural themes of family and marriage. There are many forms of family and marriage. The most accepted form of family and marriage is a male and female with or without children. Polygyny is a form of marriage where men have more than one wife, and polyandry women have more than one husband. Some societies are even accepting gay and lesbian marriages with and without children. The common cultural themes of family and marriage are first, mate selection. This is described in several different…

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of a monogamy marriage. In some cases more than two people can be married to another, and this is called polygamy. When a women has more than one husband, which this is typically rare, it is termed as polyandry. Polygyny is when a male has more than one wife, and this is more common than polyandry. More places allow polygamy than prohibit it, but most people prefer to have a monogamy marriage. There are two main ways that people come to be married to another. These two typical ways are arranged…

Primate parenting have a lot of features which can be considered different from other mammal. One of the biggest difference could be the parental investment which is the amount of time the average parent spends with it's off spring after birth and further gives it the skills of survival or maybe just social skills to survive in the group. Primates especially females spend a lot of time caring for their off springs by teaching them skills like termite fishing and further grooming them. Female…