Contemporary Marriages
The percentage of Canadian women in 2004, aged 30 – 39 felt they would marry at some time (1% allowance).
What is 78%?
Indigenous populations traced ancestry through the female line
What is matrilineal?
Modern Western marriage traditions follow the system established by this ancient culture.
Who are the Ancient Hebrews?
The mating relationship between male and female; essential for the survival of the species
What is a pair-bond?
a socially legitimate sexual union, begun with a public announcements and with some idea of permanence and assumed with a more or less explicit contract
What is marriage?
One of the reasons why people would get married, according to contemporary attitudes:
What are adult status; having children; sharing resources; improving standard of living; cultural expectations of love?
The arrival of these French women increased the racial discrimination against Frist Nations women and relegated them to ‘mistresses;’
Who are the "filles du Roi?"
Bride's family gave their daughter money, household items or land to help set up her household; this remained with the woman;
What is a dowry?
Marriage of one woman and many men; necessary in poorer countries for support
What is polyandry?
An unmarried couple living together
What is co-habitation?
The two instrumental categories of roles that men and women have in contemporary marriage
What are men/instrumental and women/expressive?
Weddings were often aligned with these months/seasons of the year because Canada was mostly agricultural.
What are June (summer) and October (Fall)?
One of the reasons why Roman marriages were seen as a destabilizing feature of Ancient Roman culture
What are divorces; multiple marriages; disorganized family structures; marrying in various cultures?
Academic viewpoint to identify a binding relationship's purpose to regulate sexual activity and enable biological fathers to identify offspring
What is anthropological view?
Relationships in which individuals live together; a sexual relationship;
What is a conjugal union?
One of the reasons why cohabitating couples are more likely to divorce than married couples.
What are less stable relationship, problems with pooling resources, not always sexually exclusive, problems after marriage don't change later.
Marriages at this time reflected traditional roles for men and women to create a sense of stability and return to ‘normal life.’
What is post World War II?
This policy ensured that marriage was valid if no other existing betrothals created issues for inheritance or property by any offspring produced from the union
What is consanguinity?
One of the three origins of 'marriage.'
What is reproduction or biological urge or social invention?
A sociocultural understanding about the rights and responsibilities of the individuals in the relationship
What is a contract?
The 3 models of marriage outlined by Justice Blair in Ontario Court of Appeal in 2007
What are historical model, choice model, commitment model?
The Divorce Act of this year allowed for divorces were allowed for “irreconcilable differences."
What is 1968?
Type of marriage after the Protestant Reformation looked at marriage and family life over chastity; more romantic love than choices by parents
What is free-choice marriage?
Academic view that sees marriage as a social institution that developed as part of the organization of society to meet basic human needs
What is functionalist view?
Marriage of a brother replacing his deceased brother in or to support family, provide heirs to inherit property
What is a levirate obligation?