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Kinship, Marriage, and The Household
Kinship, Marriage, and The Household
MARRIAGE,
AND THE
HOUSEHOLD
KINSHIP
Is a social institution that
refers to relations form
between members of
society.
It explains the nature and
reason for the formation of
different types of bonds
that exist within society.
Types of Kinship
Societies develop kin
relationship in different
ways . It can be based on
birth or blood relations,
marriage, or through the
acceptance of rituals.
Kinship by Blood
Consanguineal Kinship (base on
Blood)
Is considered as the most basic
and general forms of relations.
The relationship is achieved by
birth or blood affinity.
( relationship existing between
parents and their children,
siblings, and between nieces/
nephews and aunts/uncles.
Descent
refers to a biological
relationship.
refers to an
individual’s child or
offspring or his or her
parents or ancestry .
Lineage
refersto the line where one’s
descent is traced.
an individual’s descent can be
traced by studying either the
person’s paternal or maternal line
or both the father’s and the
mother’s line.
Principles of Descent
Unilineal Descent
Descent is usually traced by
most societies through a single
line of ancestors from either the
male and the female line.
both females and males are
members of a unilineal family but
their descent lines are
recognized only through the
relatives of either male or female
member.
Two Basic Forms of
Unilineal Descent
Patrilineal Descent
both males and females
belong to the kin group of
their father but they do not
belong to their mothers kin
group.
Matrilineal Descent
focuses on the unilineal
descent that is traced
through the female line .
persons are related if they
can trace their descent
through females to the same
woman ancestor.
Bilateral Descent
societies trace their descent
through the study of both
parents’ ancestors.
this is called as the
nonunilineal or cognatic
descent principle.
kinship is traced through both
ancestral lines of the mother
and father.
Kinship by Marriage
• Refers to the type of relations
developed when a marriage
occurs. ( AFFINAL KINSHIP OR
KINSHIP BASED)
• When marriages takes place,
new forms of social relations
are developed.
Marriage
is an important social institution
wherein two persons, a man and
woman, enter into family life.
it is a special contract of
permanent union between a man
and woman entered into in
accordance with law for the
establishment of conjugal and
family life. ( Article 1 of the Family
Code of the Philippines)
Marriage Across Cultures
Different societies have
different sets of cultural
practices, norms, and rules
pertaining to marriage.
Cultures across societies have
developed traditions, customs,
rules, and norms that
determine how marriage will be
done.
Endogamy Marriage
Some societies practice endogamy, or
compulsory marriage, in their own village,
community, ethnic, social, or religious
group.
Members of societies who do not follow
or who disobey the endogamous rules of
marriage are sometimes penalized mildly,
through others may receive more severe
sanctions like death or ostracism.
( ethnic groups, religious groups, and the
aristocratic classes)
It is also practice in India until the middle
of 20th century.
Exogamy Marriage
Refers to a marriage custom
where an individual is required
by society’s norms and rules to
marry outside of their own
group, community, or social
classes.
Exogamous marriage prevents
incest or marriage within one’s
own family and clan.
Monogamy
Came from the Greek words
monos and gamos which
literally mean “one union”.
It refers to the marriage or
sexual partnering custom or
practice where an individual
has only one male or female
partner or mate.
Polygamy
refers to the practice of having more than
one partner or sexual mate.
Polygyny
If a man has multiple female partners or
mates.
Polyandry
If a woman has multiple male partners and
mates.
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