MARRIAGE AND FAMILY

allam jane diana Bacani, matildaBanguilan, alfie

baquista, ann-tonettedel corro rizza

Soriano peter john

NATURE AND DEFINITION OF MARRIAGEMarriage is another human construction to

insure the continuity of the family and the eventual perpetuation of the human specie.

The New Family Code of the Philippines, which became effective on August 3, 1998 defines marriage as a special contract of permanent union between a woman and a man entered into a accordance with law for the establishment of conjugal and family life.

Light and Keller(1985)

Defines marriage as a socially recognized union between two or more individuals that typically involves sexual and economic rights of duties.

TWO VIEWS OF MARRIAGE:Legal Point of View that posits that

marriage is a contract.

Religious Point of View posits that marriage is a sacrament

THE MEANING OF MARRIAGE AND THE FAMILY ISSUE

Traditional Social Norm -views marriage as a sacred

phenomenon.-standard behavior according to society.

TRADITIONAL FAMILY NORMS1.Legally Married2. Married once3. Heterosexual Marriage4. Endogamous Marriage5. Two-adult households6.Children7. Two parents living together8. Parent as a key source of:

EducationReligion.ProtectionRecreation

9. Until death

10. Male as a provider

11.Male as “head” or authority

12 Self supporting independent

13. Premarital Chastity

14. Marital exclusivity

NONTRADITIONAL ALTERNATIVES1. Single-hood never married2. Remarriage3. Same sex marriage4. Interfaith marriage5. Multi-adult household6. Voluntary childless7. Single Parent8. Government-police9. Until divorce or separation10. Female as a provider11. Female as a “head”12. Welfare13. Pre- or non marital intercourse 14. Extra marital relationships

SECOND TRADITIONAL NORMViews the meaning of marriage and family as

centering primarily on social obligations.

Third meaning of marriage suggest that families and the marital relationship exist for the individual.

IMPORTANT LEGAL MATTERS ON MARRIAGE

a. Essential Requisites For Marriage1. Legal capacity for the contacting parties(18 yrs. or upwards),

who must be a male and a female; and2. Consent freely given in the presence of the solemnizing officer.

b. Formal Requisites of Marriage

3. Authority of the solemnizing officer.4. A valid marriage license except in cases provided in chapter 2

and5. A marriage ceremony which takes place with the appearance

of the contracting parties before the solemnizing officer and their personal declaration and they take each other as husband and wife in the presence of not less than the two witnesses of legal age.

ANNULMENT OF A MARRIAGE

Annulment refers to the legal process of filling a petition in the appropriate court seeking a judicial declaration of making a marriage null and void ab intio of from the beginning as if no marriage took place.

LEGAL SEPARATION

Legal separation refers to the legal process of filling a petition in the appropriate court seeking a judicial declaration of legal separation for married couples

NORMS OF MARRIAGE ON THE SELECTION OF POTENTIAL MARRIAGE PARTNERS

Endogamy- is a rule that requires a person to marry someone from within his or her own group

- tribe,nationality,religion,race,community,or any other social grouping.

Exogamy- is a rule that requires a person to marry someone from outside his or her own group.

Sororate- prescribes that a widower marry the sister or nearest kin of the deceased wife.

Levirate- prescribes that a widow marry the brother or nearest kin of the deceased husband.

FORMS OF MARRIAGEMonogamy – marriage between one man

and one woman.Polygamy or plural marriages- has three

forms:a) Poligyny- one husbandand two or more

wives.b) Polyandry- one wife and two or more

husbands.c) Group marriage- two or more husbands

and two or more wive

BASIS ON CHOOSING A MARRIAGE PARTNER

Parental Selection or Arranged Marriages Romantic Love

WHY PEOPLE MARRY?1. Love 11. Unhappy home situation 2. Economic security 12. Money3. Emotional security 13. Companionship4. Parent’s wishes 14.Protection5. Escape from loneliness 15. Adventure6. Common interest 16. Sex and sexual attraction7. Parenthood 17. Begetting and rearing of children8. Physical attraction 18. Acceptance of responsibility9. Compatibility 19. Death of a former spouse10. Marital bliss and happiness 20. Care and nurturance

DEFINITION AND NATURE OF FAMILYFamily is the basic social institution and the

primary group in society.

Burgess and Locke (1963) define the family as a group of persons united by ties of marriage, blood or adoption, constituting a single household, interacting and communicating with each other in their respective social roles of husband and wife, mother and father son and daughter , brother and sister, creating and maintaining and a common culture.

Light(1985) defines the family as a group of people who are united by sites of marriage, ancestry, or adoption and who are recognized by the community as constituting a single household as having a responsibility for rearing children.

Murdock (1949) defines the family as a social group characterized by common residence , economic cooperation and reproduction.

THEORIES OR PERSPECTIVE ON THE FAMILYThe Functionalist Perspective

-essential functions must be performed if society is to survive and maintain itself across time

The Conflict Perspective the family institution and other groups in the society are organized systems of species survival and operate under perpetual scarcity.

The Symbolic Interaction Perspectivedirect considerable attention to the symbolic environment in which people carry out their daily activities

PATTERNS OF FAMILY ORGANIZATIONBased on Internal Organization or

Membership1.Nuclear Family-composed of a husband wife

and children.a.The Family of Orientation-family where person is born, reared and socializedb.The Family of Procreation-family the person established through marriage

2.Extended Family-composed of two or more families

Based on Descent -Bilateral descent -Patrillinineal descent-Matrillineal descent

Based on Residence-Patrilocal-Matrilocal-Neolocal-Bilocal

Based on Authority-Patriarchy-Matriarchy-Equalitarian or egalitarian-Matricentric