Marriage Patterns ? MARRIAGE ? a legally recognized &/or socially approved arrangements between 2 or more individual that carries certain rights and obligations and usually involves sexual activity. There are different forms: o The only legal sanctioned form in the US is MONOGAMY: a marriage between 2 partners, usually a man and a woman o POLYGAMY: a concurrent marriage of a person of 1 sex with 2 or more members of the opposite sex ? Most prevalent form is POLYGYNY: the concurrent marriage of 1 man with 2 or more women ? Practiced in many societies of Europe until the Middle Ages, & Islamic societies in Africa & Asia ? Limited by sex ratios ? Only possible for wealthy men because of cost of caring for both wives ? POLYANDRY: the concurrent marriage of 1 woman and 2 or more men ? Very rarely found but only in societies where the men out number the women greatly C...
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Marriage Patterns ? MARRIAGE ? a legally recognized &/or socially approved arrangements between 2 or more individual that carries certain rights and obligations and usually involves sexual activity. There are different forms: o The only legal sanctioned form in the US is MONOGAMY: a marriage between 2 partners, usually a man and a woman o POLYGAMY: a concurrent marriage of a person of 1 sex with 2 or more members of the opposite sex ? Most prevalent form is POLYGYNY: the concurrent marriage of 1 man with 2 or more women ? Practiced in many societies of Europe until the Middle Ages, & Islamic societies in Africa & Asia ? Limited by sex ratios ? Only possible for wealthy men because of cost of caring for both wives ? POLYANDRY: the concurrent marriage of 1 woman and 2 or more men ? Very rarely found but only in societies where the men out number the women greatly C...
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