This document discusses families and marriages. It outlines the main functions of families as regulating sexual activity, procreation, economics security, emotional support, and social class placement. It also describes different types of marriages and families that exist across societies, such as nuclear vs extended families and monogamy vs polygamy. Finally, it examines common myths about families and outlines three perspectives on family values.

1. IN THE NAME OF ALLAH, THE MOST
BENEFICENT, THE MERCIFUL

2. Family is intimate group of
people, they live together in
committed relations.

3. Family Functions
 1- Regulations of sexual activity
 2- Procreation and Socialization
 3- Economics Security
 4- Emotional Support
 5- Social Class Placement

4. Marriage
 Specially approved relationship that people accept to
be stable and enduring.

5. Types of Marriage
 1- Endogamy
2- Exogamy

6. How do Families differ in Societies?
 1- Nuclear Family & Extended Family
 2- Resistance & Authority
 3- Monogamy & Polygamy

7. Some Myths About the Family
 1- Myths can be Dysfunctional
 2- Myths can be Functional
 3- Myths about the Past
 4- Myths about what is Natural
 5- Myths about the Self-Sufficient Family
 6- The Myth of the Family as a Refuge
 7- Myths about the Perfect Marriage,
The Perfect Family

8. Family Values: Three Perspectives
 1- The Family is Deteriorating
 2- The Family is Changing, Not Deteriorating
 3- The Family is Stronger than Ever