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The Family
Sociological Significance of
the Family
1. A mating relationship
2. A form of Marriage or other
institutional arrangement in a
accordance with which the mating
relation is established and maintained.
3. A system of nomenclature, involving
also a mode of reckoning descent.
Selection of Mates
Reckoning Descent
Reproduction
Maintenance
Socialization
Placement
The Transition
Mistaken Presumption
The consequence of
Industrialization for
Women
The most important and enduring
Summary
Sherry B. Ortner-the
devaluation of Women