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    Sociology Quiz

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    1. A form of marriage in which a person can have several spouses in his or her lifetime but only one spouse at a time is called: A) serial monogamy. B) polygyny. C) polygamy. D) serial polygamy. Points Earned: 0.8/0.8 Correct Answer(s): A Correct 2. A denomination is a: A) relatively small religious group that has broken away from some other religious organization to renew what it views as the original vision of the faith. B) generally small‚ secretive religious group that represents

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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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    WHEN BROTHERS SHARE A WIFE Polyandry is a form of polygamy whereby a woman has several husbands. In Tibet those husbands are often brothers‚ which is why it is most commonly called "Fraternal Polyandry". The eldest brother is normally dominant in terms of authority‚ that is‚ in managing the household‚ but all the brothers share the work and participate as sexual partners. Goldstein’s article focuses on the overlap between the domestic group‚ defined as those individuals that live in a single household

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    Polyandry Research Paper

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    polyandry and how can it relates with law and morality in law ‚ polyandry includes marriage that incorporates more than two accomplices and can fall under the more extensive classification of polyamory. All the more particularly‚ it is a type of polygamy‚ where a lady takes two or more spouses in the meantime. Polyandry is stood out from polygyny‚ including one male and two or more females. On the off chance that a marriage includes a plural number of "married couples" members of every sexual orientation

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    Amanda Contreras Gayle Blomme WR 122 Make Up Assignment February 11‚ 2014 3) Athletes should be allowed to take steroids and human growth hormones under a doctor’s supervision. Believing: Athletes take their sports very seriously‚ especially if it is their job or it is paying for their tuition. They should be allowed to take steroids and human growth hormones because it will help them improve their abilities. If they are under a close watch of a doctor‚ there should be no reason why they shouldn’t

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    Roughing It by Mark Twain

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    Roughing it was written by Mark Twain. This book is a journal of Mark Twain and his brother’s trip to Carson City‚ Nevada. They went because Mark Twain’s brother had a job as the Secretary of Nevada. This book‚ journal‚ started when they were leaving to go to Carson City; and ended when Mark Twain decided to move to New York instead of living in San Francisco or any part of the wild west. In between this time he talked about how they became rich and how they lost it and how they became rich again

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    Fraternal Polyandry

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    Fraternal Polyandry One form of polyandrous marriage is a Fraternal Polyandry. This comes from the Latin word Frater which means brother and the Greek words; Poly meaning many and Andras meaning Man. In this type of marriage two or more brothers will share one or more wives. In certain areas of Nepal and Tibet this is accepted as a social practice. It is Tibet that is considered to be the most “polyandrous” Society and yet polyandry has been outlawed there since the Chinese takeover. And still

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    Significant Concept: Goldstein’s article focuses on the overlap between the domestic group‚ defined as those individuals that live in a single household together‚ and the kin group‚ or people who view themselves as relatives‚ within a certain Tibetan society near Limi‚ Nepal. According to the article‚ the idea of polygyny - the taking of more than one wife by a single man - is practiced by consanguine brothers for primarily economic reasons in addition to reasons of tradition. Because of the time

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    sociological imagination

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    This assignment is based on sociological imagination. It focuses on how family and religion influences our behaviour. It also focuses on the difference between personal troubles and social issues‚ and the value of sociological imagination in our societies. Sociological imagination is an idea which fits an individual to the society as a whole. According to Mills (1959:170)‚”in order to analyse the effects it is important to see the world with a sociological state of mind and to see it as a whole

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    Cons of Polygamy

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    The cons of polygamy 1.Players If there are people out there who think that they can be with as many people as they want then they will be taking advantage of this situation... thats effing discusting.. 2.Hormones while women are pregnant they may get aggressive toward all other partners 3.Murder If one of the partners gets really jealous then they may have the urge to do something to another partner that is not considered "right" 4.stupid this is so stupid. if you really

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