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MARRIAGE AND

FAMILY
MARRIAGE
NATURE AND DEFINITION OF MARRIAGE
Humankinds most basic and oldest social unit is
the family. It is a social institution primarily
established by society to ensure its continuity and
to regulate the sexual behavior of its members.
The family is the primary group where the child
is initially socialized and initiated in the ways of
life of his group. The family provides the childs
social, psychological, and emotional needs
warmth, intimacy, affection, love, nurturance,
care and security.
Marriage is another human construction to
insure the continuity of the family and the
eventual perpetuation of the human specie.
The New Family Code of the Philippines, which
became effective on August 3,1998, defines
Marriage as a special contract of permanent
union between a man and a woman entered into
in accordance with law for the establishment of
conjugal and the family life.
Light and Keller (1985)
defines marriage as a socially recognized
union between two or more individuals that
typically involves sexual and economic rights
and duties.

They further elucidated their view of marriage.

Marriage is a business partnership as much as a


romantic fairytale; it involves compromises,
division of labor, specialization, financial
arrangement, and communication systems.
Aspects of Marriage:

First, the legal point of view


posits that marriage is a contract.

Second, religious point of view


posits that marriages a sacrament.

What God has put together let no man put


asunder.
The meaning of Marriage and the Family Issue

a. The most traditional social norm


views marriage as a sacred phenomenon;

that is, the family and the marriage are


divine and holly institutions created and
maintained by God or some supreme
being greater than human beings.
Traditional Family Norms Nontraditional Alternatives
1. Legally married Single-hood never married
Non marital cohabitation
2. Married once Remarriage
Multiple marriages
3. Heterosexual marriage Same-sex marriage

4. Endogamous marriage Interfaith marriage


Interracial marriage
Interclass marriage

5. Two-adult households Multi-adult house holds


Communal living
Affiliated families

6. Children Voluntary childless


7. Two parents living together Single parents
Joint custody
Step families (3+ parents)
8. Parent as key source of: School
Education Churches
Religion Government-police
Protection Clubs, professional sport
Recreation
9. Until death Until divorce or separation

10. Male as provider Female as provider


Dual careers
Commuter marriages
11. Male as head or authority Female as head
Androgynous relationships
12. Self supporting, independent Welfare
Social security
13. Premarital chastity Pre-or non marital inter course

14. Marital exclusivity Extra marital relationships


Sexually open marriages
Intimate friendships
b. A second traditional norm
. views the meaning of marriage and family as
centering primarily on social obligations.

c. A third
. meaning of marriage suggest that families and
the marital relationship exist for the
individual.

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