1. SOCIAL
ORGANIZATION
Sociology with Anthropology
First Semester
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2. Elements of Social
Organization
• Action
• Structure
• Function
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3. MARRIAGE
• A socially sanctioned sexual
and economic union between
men and women (Howard and
Hattis, I992).
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4. Reasons Why People
Marry
• it becomes the most common
means of ensuring that both women
and children are supported.
• to overcome the threat of sexual
competition.
• they benefit from each other's labor
• this is one way of gaining
dominance over women
• considers marriage as an important
social relationship
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5. The Marriage Process
…by Howard and Hattis
• Choosing a spouse (endogamy/exogamy)
• Meeting the terms (bride service)
• Securing the marriage
(bridewealth/dowry)
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6. The Marriage
Ceremony
• “Pamanhikan”
- asking the hand of the bride from
her kinsmen.
- Interrogating the bridegroom by
the bride’s kinsmen “ilan na bang
bahay at hagdanan ang iyong
dinaanan?”
- Preparing foods together with the
utensils by the bridegroom’s
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kinsmen.
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7. The Marriage Ceremony
- Choosing of the wedding date & place
- Choosing of sponsors (principal & secondary)
- Choosing of a color motif
- On the wedding day…
** bride proceeds to the church from her
parents’ house
** bride is expected to come late to lend some
“drama” to the occasion
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8. The Marriage
Ceremony
** the bridegroom with his best
man stay & wait at the foot of
the altar
** bridal entourage march down
the aisle
** march of the bride escorted by
the father
** the ceremony itself by the
priest
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9. Residence after Marriage
• either…
–Matrilocal
–Patrilocal
–Neolocal
–Bilocal
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10. Forms of Marriage
• Monogamy
- union of the a man and a woman.
- universal form
• Polygamy
- plural union in which an individual is
married to several individuals at the
same time.
** Polyandry - form of plural union
which involves a woman and several
men.
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11. Forms of Marriage
• Adoptive Marriage
- adoption of the prospective son-in-law before the
wedding takes place.
- found in Japan
• Fictive Marriage
- a union between two women, an older and a
younger one.
- relationship is established for companionship only.
- practiced by Nuer tribe in Africa
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12. Forms of Marriage
• Sister Exchange
- union of a bridegroom and a
bride only with the consent &
agreement that the bridegroom’s
sister will marry the bride’s
brother.
• Bride Capture
- capturing of the a bride by the
bridegroom
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13. Forms of Marriage
• Sororate Marriage
- referred to as sister-in-law marriage.
• Levirate Marriage
- known as the brother-in-law marriage.
• Ghost Marriage
- This is similar to the levirate marriage. The difference lies
in the fact that children by the second marriage are
considered to be "sired" by the dead husband. The
deceased husband's brother, who is the second husband,
acts as a surrogate."
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14. FAMILY
• A group of people who are related to
one another by bonds of blood,
marriage or adoption and who live
together, form an economic unit, and
bear and raise children. (Benokaritis,
2001 & Kendall, 1999)
• A relationships in which people live
together with commitment from an
economic unit and care for any young,
and consider their identity to be
significantly attached to the group.
(Kendall, 2001)
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15. Forms of Family
• Nuclear Family
- consist of the father, the mother, and their
natural-born children.
• Extended Family
- consists of two nuclear families: the family of
orientation and the family of procreation.
- vertical extension
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16. Extended Family
• family of orientation - one is born and grows
up
• family of procreation – one marries and have
children
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17. Forms of Family
• Joint Family
- This family structure is so-called
because the married
siblings, together with their
spouses and children reside in
one house.
- horizontal extension
• Household
- refers to the members of the
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family in general.
18. Forms of Family
• Truncated Family
- lays stress on the grandparents and
children relationship.
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19. Changes in the Family
Causes:
– Peer group
– Mass media
– Technology
Effects:
• “Cool off”
• Legal Separation
• Divorce
• Annulment
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20. KINSHIP
• refers to a system of relationships as
well as rights and responsibilities of
relatives.
• Is a relationship between any entities
that share a genealogical
origin, through either
biological, cultural, or historical
descent
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21. Kinship Terminologies
Classification:
• Vocative - are forms of addressing a relation.
e.g.: Kuya - for an older brother
ate - for an older sister
impo - for grandparents
ima - for mothers
amang - for father.
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22. Kinship Terminologies
• Referential – refers to the exact relationship to an
individual.
e.g.: father, mother, sister, brother, cousin,
grandparents
• Classificatory - are those which lump together a
number of relations under one single term.
e.g.: brother – may refer to an older or younger
sibling
cousin – may refer to the children of your
mother’ siblings or father’s siblings
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23. Kinship Terminologies
• Descriptive - shows the specific and
exact relation of the individual to
one another.
e.g.: mother’s elder sister
mother’s sister’s son
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25. • Tabulate the forms of family and write the
advantages & disadvantages of such.
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Notes de l'éditeur
These elements relate to the position that an individual occupies in asocial group that constitutes the structure.Position - refers to the status of each member, a definition which is at times difficult to comprehend.Action - which is used here as synonymous to role because it refers to the behavior of the members, provides dynamism to a social organization. ** social structure became an element of social organization. * The result of the action performed by an individual in a given position is referred to as function.
There are some social scientists, on the other hand, who view marriagenot as an institution but as a relationship." To consider it as an "institution"is, in effect, to imply that appropriate marital roles and statuses come fromthe outside and from "above." but to call it a relationship connotes thatstatuses and roles come from within, "from the practices themselves“.Some people view marriage as a way of life, something that is more than a sexual relationship. couples who have decided to enter into such a relationship are bound to live together, in principle, for the rest of their lives. They share things together and in fact develop values that more or less reflect each other's personality.
As stated earlier, marriage is no guaranteethat couples will live together until death separates them. When in thecourse of the marriage one of the spouses does not derive any personalgrowth from the relationship, they may separate and eventually file fordivorce. In cases like this, the heaviest burden is not on the couple but on the children.
choosing.. – can be endogamy (spouse from the same community) or exogamy (spouse outside the community) - capture marriage “pikot” in the PhilippinesMeeting the terms – the bridegroom is expected to perform the bride service. The bride service could take theform of chopping firewood, carrying water from the well to the batalanplowing the fields, or other personal services. This is done to test thesincerity of the bridegroom and the seriousness of his intention to marry the woman.* Securing … - Marriage is secured through the payment of bridewealth. It meansthe transfer of land, livestock (usually a carabao), jewelry as well as an agreed-upon amount of money to the bride's parents. Bridewealth is perceived to be payment for the fertility of the woman.** In a rural community in Laguna instead of the bridewealth, theypractscebigay-kaya (roughly rranslared as rhe giving of the gifts) duringwhich the kinsmen of the bride andbridegroomoutdo each otherin givinggifts. The idea is to determine which family has more status and prestige.The gifts are given directly to the newly wed couple.Dowry – is a marital exchange in which the wife’s group provides substantial gifts to the husbands family.
Neolocalresidence means that the couple live or reside in a place far from the residence of the bride's and the bridegroom's parents.patrilocal or virilocalresidence, where a man brings his wife to his parents' house.matrilocal or uxorilocalresidence, where a wife brings her husband to her parents' house.Bilocal residence after marriage refers to a shift in residence by the couple from matrilocal to patrilocal, or vice versa.
Monogamy - One form is the serial marriage, where anindividual,male or female, has a number of spouses, but he or she is married tothemconsecutively- one after the other.
Adoptive – In Japan, since one's surname is patronymic, that is, it is fansferred fromfather to son, many wealthy families u'ould want to preserve theirsurnames by preferring sons over daughters
Sororate - This is so-called because a man remarries his deceased wife's sister. - also known as “inheritance”Sired -
Nuclear -one important characteristic of the nuclear family is the provision of a common residence by the father. In the Philippines, it is the responsibility of the father to provide a home for his family, thus making residence after marriage patrilocal in nature.family of orientation – family in which one is born and grows upfamily of procreation – formed when one marries and have childrenExtended – 3 generations
Joint – 2 generations only, the father & sonHousehold – includes all people living in one residence