N9 Family

1. Family:
Marriage

3. What is Marriage?
"A special contract of a permanent union
between a man and a woman entered into in
accordance with law for the establishment of
conjugal and family life."
-New Family Code of the Philippines(1998)
"A socially recognized union between two or
more individuals that typically involves sexual
and economic rights."
-Light and Keller(1985)

4. MATE SELECTION:
FACTORS TO CONSIDER:
• Age
• Education
• Social Class
• Race
Endogamy
-specifies that its members
must marry within their group.
Exogamy
-specify that people must
marry outside their group

5. TYPES OF MARRIAGES
• MONOGAMY
Marriage of one man to one woman
• POLYGAMY
Marriage of one male or female to more than
one person at a time
Polygyny- one man to many wives
Polyandry- one woman to many husbands

7. Meaning of Marriage and Family Issue
• Traditional Social Norm
-views marriage as a sacred phenomenon;
-a divine institution maintained by God.
-approved social pattern.
• Second Traditional Norm
-a social obligation

10. SAME- SEX MARRIAGE
• Berdache, a ceremony of some Native American tribes in
which a man or woman who wanted to be a member of the
opposite sex was officially declared to have his or her sex
changed. The “new” man or woman put on the clothing of
the opposite sex, performed the tasks associated with his
or her new sex, and was allowed to marry.
• In the 1980's and 1990's, several
European countries legalized
same-sex marriage.
• Sociologists Philip Blumstein and
Pepper Schwartz (1985), who
interviewed samesex couples,
found their main struggles to be
housework, money, careers,
problems with relatives, and
sexual adjustment.

11. SEPARATION OF MARRIAGES:
• ANNULMENT
refers to the legal process of
filing a petition in the
appropriate court seeking a
judicial declaration of making a
marriage null and void from the
beginning as if no marriage took
place
• LEGAL SEPARATION
refers to a legal process by which
a married couple may formalize a
de facto separation while
remaining legally married. A
legal separation is granted in the
form of a court order.

12. SEPARATION OF MARRIAGES:
• DIVORCE
refers to the is the termination of a
marriage or marital union, the
canceling and/or reorganizing of the
legal duties and responsibilities of
marriage, thus dissolving the bonds
of matrimony between a married
couple under the rule of law of the
particular country and/or state
 Fault Divorce-one spouse’s
behavior leads to irreparable
damage to the relationship
 No-Fault Divorce-both partners
accept their share of blame and
recognize the marriage simply is
not working

13. TRADITIONS OF PHILIPPINE WEDDINGS
• Before a Filipino groom proposes, he would go with his parents
to the house of the bride’s family and bring a gift, as well some
food as a gesture to ask for their permission to let him marry
their daughter.
• 1st sponsors are close friends or family to the bride and groom
and would be similar to the best-man and the maid of honor,
these sponsors are chosen by the family of the
couple.2nd sponsors are generally three couples, who are
similar to the bridesmaids and groomsmen. These sponsors
each have their own duty at the wedding. One pair are chosen to
light the wedding candles during the ceremony, another handle
the veil and the third wrap the cord around the couple.
• After the ceremony, the bride should walk ahead of her groom or
step on his foot in order to prevent being dominated by him
throughout the marriage.

14. TRADITIONS TO OTHER COUNTRIES:
• China
-Brides pick not one wedding dress, but three. First, there's the
traditional qipao or cheongsam, an embroidered, slim-fitting frock
that's usually made red for weddings, because red is a strong,
lucky color in Chinese culture. Next, the bride might swap into a
white poufed ball gown that wouldn't look out of place at an
American wedding — a bridal nod to the popularity of Western
trends. Finally, the bride ducks out of the reception to change into
a third dress, this one a gown of her color choice or a cocktail
dress
• India
-Before an Indian bride gets married, she and her female friends and
family decorate their hands and feet with elaborate designs called
menhdi.
• Jewish
- The groom crushes a glass under his foot at the end of the
ceremony, is a tradition with murky roots.

15. Marriage is a business partnership as
much as a romantic fairytale; it
involves compromises, division of
labor;specialization,financial
arrangement and communication
system.