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
    • 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
    • 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

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