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    Top of Form Question 1. Question : Which of the following is an example of an etic description of teen pregnancy in America?   Student Answer: One of my friends in high school got pregnant in her sophomore year. She and the father decided to keep the baby‚ got married and just celebrated their 10th anniversary. They both finished college and have good jobs now. It just goes to show that people can overcome teen pregnancy and become successful parents.   Although popular opinion sometimes

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    There are 5 main mating systems in humans‚ Monogamy where one female and one male are paired together. Polygamy where one sex mates with lots of members of the other sex and Polygyny where one male has a group of woman (harem). Polyandry‚ one female and many males and finally polygynandy which is many males and many females all having promiscuous intercourse. Evolutionary theory says if there is not many resources around then monogamy will become likely as there will be a greater chance of survival

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    children. • Extended Family- A group of three of more generations. • Monogamy – A man or a woman are married to only 1 adult at any one time. • Polygamy – A husband of wife is allowed to have more than one spouse(This is divided into polyandry and polygyny). • Polyandry – The biological father of the child is usually not known. Usually found in societies stricken by extreme poverty. Women can have many husbands. • Polygyny- Men (usually of a high income) are allowed to have more than one wife • According

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    the only way of gathering information such as life histories. In the article‚ "When Brothers Share a Wife"‚ the anthropologist‚ Melvyn C. Goldstein‚ performed ethnographic research among Tibetans. More specifically she studied the tradition of polyandry which is where multiple brothers marry the same woman. She became a participant

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    polygyny‚ they can marry two or more wives and this is indisputably a norm within that society. Possessing a small number of cattle guarantees the security of the wives and this practice is supposedly more common than polyandry in that society.(Haralambos M & Langley P). Alternatively polyandry is habitual practice amongst the Todas of India and the Marquesan islanders. Two or more men marry one wife to combat the economic hardship of fending for a wife and offsprings .(Browne K.p253). Concentrating on

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    Is There a Case for Legalizing Polygamy? 1. For a long time I have found the practice of polygamy intriguing‚ and have wondered why opposition to this form of marriage is so strong in the United States and most of the world –see my A Treatise on the Family‚ 1981‚1993‚ Harvard University Press. I have been reflecting on this subject again as a result of the arrest several months ago of a fundamentalist Mormon leader in Utah who was charged with practicing polygamy‚ among other things. The Mormon

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    Quiz #5c- 10 points ( Chapters 11-12) Student Name ( Print your name) MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one answer that best relates to the information as presented in your textbook. Please mark the correct answer 1. Open competition and privately owned property are the key elements of ‚ whereas‚ public ownership by the government and the elimination of competition to the state are key elements of . a. b. c. d. 2. That the U.S. capitalistic economy limits some areas of competition

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    BIGAMY Before 1955 polygamy was practiced – i. Unlimited in case of Hindus ii. Limited(to 4) in case of Muslims But Christian‚ Parsi and Jewish Law did not allow bigamy in any form. In Lahaul valley of HP & Thiyas of Malabar polyandry by custom is there. In 1955 it was abolished by the HMA has been made penal offence u/s 494‚ 495 of IPC sentence may extend to 7 years imprisonment and if fact of first marriage was concealed from the spouse – term of imprisonment may extend to 10 years In

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    2014-15 SUBJECT: SOCIOLOGY II FINAL DRAFT ATTITUDE AND PERCEPTION OF YOUTH TOWARDS MARRIAGE Submitted To: Submitted By: Dr. Sanjay Singh Shubham Patel Associate Professor (Sociology) Roll No. 137 Dr. RMLNLU

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    Part I. MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. An egalitarian society: a. Refers to the fact that all men are created equal b. Refers to the few differences in access to rewards between families an/or kin groups c. Means that females and males receive equal or nearly equal rewards d. All of the above 2. Stratified societies are noted for a. Classes and castes b. Unequal access to rewards c. Marked inequalities in access to wealth‚ power and prestige

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