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Marriage. Why do people want to get married? Changing attitudes towards marriage. Types of marriage. Types of marriage. The kind of marriage practised in our society, and enforced by low, is the marriage of one woman and one man. This type of marriage is known as monogamy.
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Marriage Why do people want to get married? Changing attitudes towards marriage
Types of marriage • The kind of marriage practised in our society, and enforced by low, is the marriage of one woman and one man. • This type of marriage is known as monogamy
Types of marriage • Other types of marriage which exist in other countries are polygyny , which involves one man and several women.
Types of marriage • Polyandry, where a woman has several husbands.
Types of marriage • Poligyny and polyandry are often found where the population has an unequal number of man and women.
Why do people want to get married? • List as many reasons as you can think of, indicating if you think that some reasons apply more to women than to man, or vice versa.
Advantages and disadvantages of • Marriage for money • Misalliance • Love-match • Interracial marriage