Cultural Diversity Case Studies
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- Cultural Diversity Case Studies
- The Nayar
- Researched by Kathleen Gough
- Young woman have a ritual husband when they are a child
- When the girl gets older she has up to 12 'visiting husbands' that she would sleep with
- The woman and children are supported by the family
- A man supports his sister's children, not his own
- Young woman have a ritual husband when they are a child
- Researched by Kathleen Gough
- Tibetan Polyandry
- Not uncommon for a woman to have several husbands
- When a woman married a man, she also married his brothers
- The eldest brother was named the father, and the others called uncles, no matter who the biological father is
- The Maasai Tribe, Kenya
- Practice polygyny
- Tribesmen have more than one wife
- The wives have a complex hierarchy
- The have Senior and Junior wives
- Practice polygyny
- Western Polygamy and Polyamory
- Very uncommon but does happen
- A part of subcultures or religious groups
- Illegal to formally marry more than one person in the Uk
- Polyamory is someone with more than one informal partner, which is legal
- The Nayar
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