Deck 5: Patterns of Partnering From Romance to Resistance

Question 1

The two most common reasons to get married are __________.

A) family pressure and sexual desire
B) unplanned pregnancy and emotional stability
C) poverty and to satisfy parents
D) sharing resources and raising children

Answer 1

D

Question 2

_________ kin are those related to us by marriage, while our blood relatives are _______ kin.

A) Consanguineal/fictive
B) Fictive/affinal
C) Affinal/consanguineal
D) Consanguineal/affinal

Answer 2

C

Question 3

Which post-marital residence pattern is correctly matched with a culture in which it is practiced?

A) American (U.S.): neolocal
B) Chinese: matrilocal
C) Iroquois: patrilocal
D) West Indian: patrilineal

Answer 3

A

Question 4

Iroquois women received support in their daily lives from _________.

A) their husband, husband's kin, and their children
B) their mother, mother's brothers, and husband's mothers
C) their sisters, their mother, and mother's brothers
D) their mothers, husband's mothers, and father's sisters

Question 5

"Inside children" in some Caribbean islands are those ________.

A) born to a woman before she is married
B) fathered by a woman's current partner
C) adopted by their mother's female relatives
D) born into the same clan

Question 6

Consensual unions, or visiting relations, are characterized by _________.

A) highly sexual relationships that relieve physical needs when husbands are absent
B) women and men who conceive of themselves as partners but live apart
C) family arrangements where either the husband's or wife's kin lives with the couple
D) temporary partnerships for exchanging sexual favors, without having to commit

Question 7

Throughout time and place, _________ have been the most popular way of choosing a spouse.

A) arranged marriages
B) personal ads
C) romantic encounters
D) blind dates

Question 8

The living arrangements in the longhouses of the Iroquois _________.

A) served as a metaphor for unity in their spiritual, practical, and political lives
B) kept husbands apart from their wives
C) meant relationships such as "mom" or "dad" were confusing to children
D) caused conflict due to overcrowding

Question 9

Working class women in the Caribbean believe that not having a husband _________.

A) permits greater access to resources from kinfolk and male friends
B) is a sign of sexual promiscuity
C) prevents women from being sexually satisfied
D) means they will have to adopt "borrowed children"

Question 10

The Iroquois traditionally have been described as:

A) patriarchal and patrilineal
B) matrilocal and patriarchal
C) matrilocal and matrilineal
D) matrifocal and patrilineal

Question 11

In the study by Edin and Kefalas, many lower income women had children without getting married because __________.

A) it offered a financial advantage
B) they did not know about birth control
C) they did not believe in marriage
D) they wanted to take advantage of their most fertile years while maintaining their independence

Question 12

Which of the following is a consequence of elopement among the Kalasha in Pakistan?

A) Father's lose their paternal rights.
B) Women may be arrested.
C) Women must leave their children from their previous marriage.
D) The eloping couple will be forced to leave the community.

Question 13

The self-combers of the Pearl River delta are known for __________.

A) murdering their husbands and fathers-in-law
B) buying their own freedom with earnings from silk production
C) styling their hair to resemble men, and thus tricking local authorities
D) political unrest

Question 14

Which of the following did Mignon Moore find to be characteristic of the African American lesbian households in her study?

A) Partners maintained separate bank accounts.
B) Partners shared all responsibilities and resources equally.
C) Neither partner was expected to perform traditional domestic chores, such as shopping, cooking, and cleaning.
D) The larger community more easily accepted them when there were children involved.

Question 15

The lavish wedding in the U.S. is in large part an expression of:

A) gender equality
B) growing acceptance of same-sex marriage
C) the couple as consumer
D) all of the above

Question 16

Unmarried women were considered "out of place" in traditional Chinese culture. Self-combers were disruptive to society because they ___________.

A) expressed themselves sexually, including through lesbian relationships
B) refused to work long, hard hours, despite how they had been raised.
C) antagonized and refused to obey their mothers-in-law
D) forced their many children to work in the silk industry

Question 17

What is monandry?

A) when a woman has only one husband at a time
B) when a man has only one wife at a time
C) when a woman is allowed to marry another woman
D) an ancient form of matriarchal rule

Question 18

Which of the following features is common to West African polygynous systems?

A) A bride's kin receives a payment from the groom's family called the bride-price.
B) Women are empowered when they marry other women.
C) Children resulting from the marriage belong to the groom's lineage or family line.
D) all of the above

Question 19

According to Laura Ahearn, romantic love in Nepal has become tied to _________.

A) the women's rights movement there
B) religious freedom
C) notions of progress and literacy
D) patriarchal oppression

Question 20

Which of following comments about partnering holds true across human cultures?

A) Romantic love is the glue that binds people together in marriage.
B) Marriage involves economic and kinship concerns.
C) Neolocal residence is the most liberating postmarital residence pattern for women.
D) People adopt new fictive kin after marriage.

Question 21

What evidence can you present to support the statement that postmarital residence patterns profoundly affect women's lives after marriage?

Question 22

Compare and contrast the West Indian houseyard, Iroquois longhouse, and African polygynous household. What are the implications for women's lives of these arrangements?

Question 23

Compare and contrast the strategies of African female husbands with those of Chinese self-combers. How do such different systems both enhance women's autonomy in these groups?

Question 24

Consider the question posed by your text: Are the ideologies of romance a form of resistance to, escape from, or conformity to a society's marriage and residence patterns? Use evidence from the text to support your position.

Question 25

How do same-sex households, "single" mother households, and arranged marriages challenge the ideology of the nuclear family? Illustrate with specific examples.