Theories of Mate

Selection
 Endogamy

-from the Greek word “endon” which means

“within”
- Specifies the groups within which spouse must
be found and prohibits marriage with others
 Exogamy
-from the Greek word “exo” which
means “outside”
- Requires mate selection outside
certain groups, usually one’s family
or certain folk
 Incest Taboo

• A social norm common to virtually all

societies, prohibits sexual
relationships between certain
culturally specified relatives
 Other Marriage Patters
• Monogamy – Each man
have only one wife at a
time, and each woman
may only have one
husband
• Polygamy – marriage in
which a person may have
more than one spouse at
a time
 2 Kinds of Polygamous
Marriage
1. Polygyny – allows a man to have
more than one wife at a time (islam)
2. Polyandry – a woman may have
more than one husband at a time
 Legal Concept of Marriage
• Marriage is adopted pursuant to
Executive Order No. 209 approved
and signed into law by Corazon
Aquino on July 6,1987
Family Code of the Philippines defined
marriage as follows:
Marriage is a special contract of
permanent union between a man
and woman entered into in
accordance with law for the
established of conjugal and family
life [Article 1, Title I (titled Marriage)],
[Chapter 1(subtitled Requisites of
Marriage)]
Justice Malcolm says that “the basis
of human society throughout the
civilized world is that of marriage”
Requisites
 Sociological and
Anthropological Concept of
Family

“The Family is, as far as we know, the

toughest institution we have. It is, in
fact, the institution to which we owe
our humanity” – Margaret Mead
“Family is the basic unit of
the society”

Family can be defined as a set of

people related by blood, marriage, or
adoption who share the primary
responsibility for reproduction and
caring for members of society.
“Feelings of warmth, love, and caring
from parents were associated with less
emotional distress, lower substance
abuse, and later age for first
intercourse”
The Filipino Family
 The Filipino Family
• Monogamous
• Plays unique role for the child
• Members are bound to help each other
• Help the handicapped or take care of the aged
• Marital virtue of whatever religion is cohesive in
nature
• Closeness and harmony
• It is governed in the best tradition of human rights
and understanding each other
 4 KINDS OF LOVE IN
THE FAMILY
1. Conjugal Love – neutral affection of
husband and wife
2. Parental Love – manifested in the desire for
children and in self-sacrificing care,
protection, and love of offspring.
3. Filial Love – attraction of child to father and
mother
4. Fraternal Love – love between siblings
 Members of the Filipino
Family

1. The Husband and Father

leader or head of the family
and his authority is respected
• The Wife and
Mother – hear
of the family

• The Children –
Acknowledge and
respect the
authority of the
home
F- father
A- and
M- mother, a member of the family will say
I- (child – son or daughter)
L- love
Y- you