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Families and Marriages
Marriage
Evolved across cultures at different times and has been defined in various ways
Social and legal union between men and women, or between the same sex
Most are based on monogamy, but there are also societies that allow polygamous marriages.
They are social institutions that serve a purpose
ensure the production of male heirs or guarantee that
all women in society were cared for.
The Family
Are
Social institutions that perform vital functions for its members and societies
It is made up of a husband, wife and children born within the marriage
Produce, rear, and socialize, children
caring for frail and elderly relatives
are integrated by
Husband
Wife
Sons
United by moral, legal, economic, religious and social rights and obligations
Early primitive societies
maternal families
Where mother-child relationships and female-centered kinship units are central and fathers more marginal.