What Important Collective Effect Is There When Men and Women

question 26

Multiple Choice

What important collective effect is there when men and women in the Flats avoid marriage?

• A)The patrilineage is no longer responsible for preparing an expensive wedding.
• B)Marriage is seen to limit the co-operation that helps to alleviate the effects of poverty.
• C)The kinship networks would no longer respond to the needs of the matrilineage.
• D)Children lack a supportive nuclear family and are not well cared for.

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Definitions:

Marriage

A culturally sanctioned union between two or more people that establishes certain rights and obligations between the people, between them and their children, and between them and their in-laws. Such marriage rights and obligations most often include, but are not limited to, sex, labor, property, child rearing, exchange, and status.

Sharia Law

A religious legal system governing the members of the Islamic faith.

Sexual Relations

Interactions of a sexual nature between individuals, encompassing a range of behaviors and relationships.

Outside Marriage

Relationships or sexual activities that occur outside the bounds of a legally or culturally recognized marriage.