KINSHIP, MARRIAGE AND THE HOUSEHOLD.pptx

SSPHILO Kinship, Marriage and the Household Discussion

1. KINSHIP, MARRIAGE AND THE HOUSEHOLD

2. KINSHIP BY BLOOD: The Family. The basic social institution and the primary group in society. Families differ according to culture. Murduck defines it as a social group characterized by common residence, economic cooperation, and reproduction.

3. Burgess and Locke defined it as a group of persons united by ties of marriage, blood or adoption, constituting a single household, interacting and communicating with each other in their respective social roles of husband and wife, mother and father, son and daughter, brother and sister, creating and maintaining a culture.

4. Descent and Marriage. Kinship refers to the web of social relationships that form an essential part of the lives of most humans in most societies. Descent refers to the origin or background of a person in terms of family or nationality. A descent group is a social group whose members have common ancestry. A unilineal society is one in which the descent of an individual is reckoned either from the mother’s or the father’s line of descent.

5. Characteristics of the Family: The family is a social group that is universally recognized and is a significant element in every individual’s life. The family is the most basic autonomous unit in any given society and the first social group the individual is exposed to. Family contact and relationships are repetitive and continuous.

6. The family is very close and intimate group. It is the setting of the most intense emotional experiences during the lifetime-birth, childhood, puberty, adolescence, marriage, and death. The family affects the individual’s social values, dispositions, and outlook in life. The family has the unique position of serving as a link between the individual and the larger society. The family is also unique in providing continuity of social life.

7. Classification of the Family: 1) According to organization, structure, and membership a. Nuclear Family. Also known as the primary or elementary family. This is composed of a husband (father), wife (mother), and their children in the union recognized by society. Any individual belongs to two kinds of families: family of orientation and family of procreation.

8. The family of orientation is that into which one is born, reared, and socialized. This is the family we are born into involuntarily. The family of procreation is that which is established by a person through marriage. This is the family that we create by marriage and by having or adopting children.

9. b. Extended family. This is composed of two or more nuclear families related to each other economically and socially. Two types of families under this classification: Conjugal family. This stresses the importance of marriage bond of the couple and their children, while relatives are less important. Consanguineal family. This puts stress on the nucleus of blood relatives, the blood kin, than the couple.

10. 2. According to place of residence. Patrilocal family requires tha the newly married couple live with the family of the bridegroom or near the residence of the parents of the bridegroom. Matrilocal family requires that the newly wed couple live with or near the residence of the bride’s parents. Bilocal family provides the newlywed couple the freedom to select where to reside, either near the groom’s or bride’s parents.

11. Neolocal family allows the newly wed couple to reside independently of their parents. Avunlocal family prescribes that the newlywed couple reside with or near the maternal uncle of the groom. Note: In the Philippines, the residence of the newlywed is influenced by close ties among family members, economic dependence of children on their parents, ownership of property, or parent’s decision.

12. 3. According to descent. Patrilineal descent affiliates a person with a group of relatives related to him/her through his/her father. Matrilineal descent affiliates a person with a group of kinsmen related to him/her through the mother. Bilateral descent affiliates a person with a group of kinsmen related to him/her through both father and mother.

13. 4. According to Authority. Patriarchal family is one in which authority is vested in the oldest male member, often the father or grandfather. This is characterized by family solidarity and ancestor worship. The double standard of morality exists. Matriarchal family is one in which authority is vested in the elder of the mother’s kin. Although rarely found in many societies, still mothers dominate the households.

14. Equalitarian family is one where the husband and wife exercise a more or less equal amount of authority. Maticentric family is one where the absence of the father who may be working gives the mother a dominant position in the family. This usually prevails in the suburbs.

15. 5. According to terms of marriage. Monogamy allows a man to have only one wife at a time. Polygamy is a plural form of marriage. This has several forms such as: Polygyny polyandry group marriage

16. Polygyny involves one man marrying two or more women at a time. This may or may not involve a common household but there is a sense of economic cooperation and sexual reproduction between a man and each of the women. This exists among the upper class or affluent groups. Polyandry involves one woman marrying two or more men at the same time. This is a very rare form, yet still exist.

17. Group marriage involves marriage of several men and several women at a time.

18. Functions of the Family. 1. Sexual regulation 2. Biological reproduction 3. Organizing production and consumption 4. Socializing children 5. Providing emotional intimacy and support 6. Providing care and attention 7. Providing social status 8. Providing mechanism for social control

19. 9. Serves as the individual’s first and foremost school where every child learns the basic lessons in life. 10. Providing maintenance of order. 11. Providing placement of members in the larger society. 12. Maintaining motivation and morale.