FA M I LY,

KINSHIP AND
MARRIAGE
HOWASOCIETYISORGANIZED
UNITIII
SOC110 | Understanding Culture, Society and Politics
 WEAK STATE
STRONG FAMILY,
LESSON OBJECTIVES

 To understand the role of the family in society

 To analyze, compare and contrast Filipino families
and families from other nations
 To understand the implications of different family
and kinship patterns in social, economic and
political arena
 DISCUSSION POINTS
FAMILY X KINSHIP

-DEFINITION OF FAMILY
-DEFINITION OF HOUSEHOLD
X MARRIAGE

-SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES ON FAMILY

-CLASSIFICATIONS OF FAMILY
-FAMILY SET-UPS
-MARRIAGE
-THE FILIPINO FAMILYAND KINSHIP
SYSTEMS
AND ITS EFFECT ON THE STATE
Why do we need
to discuss family
in order to
understand society?
Fast talk:
describe the Filipino
family
W H AT I S

F A M I LY ?
-A social group of individuals related by
blood ties, marriage or adoption who
share mutual commitment to each other
(Giddens & Sutton, 2017)

- Two or more people related by blood,

marriage or adoption (Henslin, 2010;
Santarita & Madrid, 2016; Kingsley Davis
as cited by Contreras et al, 2016)
W H AT I S

HOUSEHOLD?
- A basic residential unit where
economic, consumption, production,
inheritance, child rearing and shelter
are organized and carried out
(Haviland et al, 2008)

- Can have other members aside from

the family
 THE FILIPINO
F A M I LY
-“foundation of the nation” and
“pledges to strengthen its solidarity and
actively promote its total development”
(1987 Philippine Constitution)

-”almost all social activities in the community

center on the family.” (F. Landa Jocano,
1998)

-“well-spring of a meaningful existence, of

identity and fulfillment” (Niels Mulder)
 THE FILIPINO
F A M I LY
-“The Filipino family is the Filipino society.
The family chooses for the individual his
own function and role.”
(Andres and Ilada-Andres)

-”residentially nuclear, but functionally

extended” (Medina)
SOCIOLOGICAL
PERSPECTIVES ON FAMILY

FAMILY SCHOOL PEERGROUP

STRUCTURAL- FUNCTIONALIST

SOCIAL CONFLICT

SYMBOLIC-INTERACTIONIST
 Sociological perspectives on Family
FUNCTIONALIST CONFLICT SYMBOLIC INTERACTIONIST

Family is important because it

performs different roles in the The family members’
society: Family is a cause of social interaction can produce a
1.Sexual regulation inequality because it shared understanding of their
2.Socialization strengthens economic situations
3.Economic and psychological inequality and allows the
support continuity of patriarchy
4.Provision of social status

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 CLASSIFICATION OF FAMILIES:

Nuclear family: is Extended family: the

comprised of one whole network of
married couple residing parents, children, and
together with their other relatives who
children form a family unit.
 CLASSIFICATION OF FAMILIES:
Family of orientation: the family Family of procreation: family that is
in which an individual grows up formed when a couple has its first child

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MARRIAGE
Generally: a group’s approved mating
arrangements, usually marked by ritual
(usually wedding) to indicate the couple’s
new status

Philippine context: a special contact of

permanent union between a man and a woman
entered in accordance with law for the
establishment of conjugal and family life; the
foundation of family and an inviolable social
institution (Article 1, family code of the Philippines)
How does marriage start?

Mate selection:
✘ Endogamy: the practice of
marrying/ choosing a mate
within one’s own group
✘ Exogamy: the practicing of
marrying outside one’s group
Why is that
people
usually look
for their mate
within one’s
group?

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How many spouses at one time?
✘ Monogamy: both married partners have
only one spouse
✘ Polygamy: one individual has multiple
spouses
Polygyny: one man is married to
more than one woman simultaneously
Polyandry: one woman is married to
more than one man simultaneously
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Who holds authority?
✘ Patriarchal-authority is vested in males
✘ Matriarchal- authority is vested in
females
✘ Egalitarian- authority is more or less
equally divided between people or
groups

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Where does the couple live?
Post-marital residency patterns
✘ Patrilocal - Married couple lives in the
residenceof his husband’s father
✘ Matrilocal –Man is expected to take
residence in his wife’s mother area
✘ Bilocal – couples, upon marriage,
choose to live with or near either
spouse's parents.
✘ Neolocal - Requires both spouses to
leave their households and create
their own at times even in a different
locality
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 Family set –ups
(CONTRERASETAL, 2016;SANTARITA AND MADRID;2016; ALEJANDRIA-GONZALES,2016)

NUCLEAR EXTENDED

FAMILY SET-UP

BLENDED/RECONSTITUTED SINGLE-PARENT
 V.S.

👪
Considering the current socio-political
climate of the Philippines, do you think
it is ideal to have extended family
members in one household or only the
couple and children share in one
household?
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KINSHIP
✘ “Network of relatives within an individual
possesses certain mutual rights and
obligations.” (Haviland et al, 2008)
✘ “Web of social relationships that humans
form as a part of a family.” (Alejandria-
Gonzales, 2016)
✘ “Kinship represents the overall framework of
community relations –’the grand plan of
Filipino society.”

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KINSHIP
Defined by:
Consanguinity: Kinship through
bloodline

Affinity: Kinship formed out of marriage

or ritual

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Essay (Arial, 10, single space, 1 page, SBP)
✘ Please read the given reading material (the radical idea of
marrying for love) and answer the following questions:
1. According to Coontz, if not for romance, what are some of the
common reasons throughout history that people marry?
2. What are the characteristics of “male bread-winner, love-based
marriage”?
3. What social conditions are necessary for this kind of family
arrangement to prevail?
4. Do you think this family form is viable in the long-term future?
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 “ it is possible to generalize about
Filipino social organization
if we start with the basic
institutions of kinship and the
family, and that “underneath the
veneer” and “outer trappings” of
modernity, one can still see the
traditional and institutional values
of the Filipino”.
F. Landa Jocano
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Henslin, James (2010). Society: Core Concepts. Jurong

Singapore: Pearson Education South Asia PTE. LTD

Jocano, F. Landa (1998). Filipino Social Organization.

Quezon City: PUNLAD Research House, Inc.

Kaelin, Lukas (2012). Strong Family, Weak State. Quezon

City: Ateneo De Manila University press

Nuncio, Rhoderick et.al. (2016). Praxis: Understanding

Culture, Society, and Politics. Mandaluyong City: Books
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