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Assignment 3.2-cultural anthropology

Assignment 3.2

Q Subject Area #3: Family, Marriage and Childrearing a. Family—who is considered part of a family? What family members live and/or work together? b. Marriage—what are the marriage customs and rules? c. Childrearing—Who is in charge and what is expected of children at different ages? How are boys and girls treated differently?

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Within the Yanomami group, it can be observed that the girls get aware that they have less social space as compared to the men at a very early age. They are able to understand that they have to play a productive role in their household from a very early age and have to handle the child care responsibilities even though they themselves are small children. Most of the girls in this group are betrothed when they are quite young and they do not have any option to voice their own preferences. The men are usually much older to the age of the girls. It was observed that in some of the cases.