Kinship, Marriage & The Household PDF

\[Kinship, Marriage & The Household\] {Lesson 9} **Kinship** social institution that refers to [relations formed between members of society.] **Types of Kinship** **A. Kinship by blood** - [Consanguineal kinship] or [kinship based on blood] is considered as the [most basic] and general form of...

\[Kinship, Marriage & The Household\] {Lesson 9} **Kinship** social institution that refers to [relations formed between members of society.] **Types of Kinship** **A. Kinship by blood** - [Consanguineal kinship] or [kinship based on blood] is considered as the [most basic] and general form of relations. The relationship is achieved by [birth] or [blood affinity]. (Examples: parents and their children, between siblings, between nieces/ nephews, aunts/ uncles) - **Descent** - refers to [biological relationship]; individual's child or offspring or ancestry. - **Lineage** - refers to the [line] where one's descent is traced. **B. Unilineal Descent** - traced through a [single ancestor] from either male and female line. - **Patrilineal** - [both] males and females belong to the kin group of their [father]. Only the [males] pass on to their children their family identity - **Matrilineal** - descent that is traced through the [female line]. - **Bilateral** - descent through the study of [both parents' ancestors]. **C. Affinal kinship** - or [kinship based on marriage] refers to the type of relations developed when a marriage occurs. This type of kinship is forged by marriage alliances. **Marriage** is an important social institution wherein two persons, a man and a woman, [enter into family life]. During this process, the partners make a public, official, and permanent declaration of their union as lifetime couples. **Various forms of marriages** **1.** **Monogamy**- happens when both married partners only have [ONE] spouse or sexual partner. **2.** **Polygamy**- occurs when one individual has [multiple] spouses or sexual mate. - **Polygyny** - a man has multiple female partners or mates - **Polyandry** - a woman has multiple male partners and mates. **3. Endogamy** - [compulsory] marriage, in their [own village], community, ethnic, social or religious group. **4. Exogamy or out-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. **Postmarital Residency Rules** ▪ **Neolocal** - [independent] from the place of residence of the of the newlywed's parents. ▪ **Patrilocal** - rule of residence when married couples stay in the [house of the husband's relatives] or near the husband's kin. ▪ **Matrilocal** - rule of residence when the couples [live with the wife's relatives] or near the wife's kin. ▪ **Bilocal** - residence happens when the newlywed couple stay with the [husband's relatives and the wife's kin alternately]. **Referred and Arranged Marriages** **Referred Marriage** - happens through the help of a [matchmaker]. **Arranged Marriages** - also known as [fixed marriage], in this kind of marriage, the man or woman's parents, community leaders, religious officials or leaders determine the marital partner of the individual. **Types of arranged marriages** **A. Child marriage** - happens when parents arrange for the marriage of their child long [before the marriage takes place]. **B. Exchange marriage** - there is a [reciprocal exchange] of spouses between 2 countries, tribes, or groups. **C.** **Diplomatic marriage** - arranged marriage has been established between [2 royal or political families] in order to forge political or diplomatic alliances. **D.** **Modern arranged marriage** - the child's parents, with the [consent] of the child, choose from several possible mates. **Kinship By Rituals** **Compadrazgo "godparenthood"** -- ritualized form of forging [co- parenthood] or family. Done through the performance of [Catholic rituals] like baptism, confirmation, and marriage. - **Compadre** or kumpare for the male godparent. - **Kumare** for the female godparent. **The Family & The Household** **Family** is considered the [basic unit of social organization]. Made up of a [group of individuals who are linked together] by marriage, blood relations, or adoption. **Various forms of families** **1. Nuclear family** - made up of a married couple and their biological or adopted child or children. **2. Extended family** - type of family whose members [go beyond the nuclear family] made up of parents and their offspring. **3. Blended family** - a type of family where the parents have a child or [children from previous marital relationships] but all the members stay and congregate [to form a new family] unit. It is sometimes called [a step family, reconstituted family.]