Exam 1

the family in which we grow up, the family that orients us to the world

a single parent family

family formed through marriage and childbearing

The mistaken belief that everyone has the same experiences and values that we have therefore should think as we do

the belief that our ethnic group, nation, or culture is innately superior to others

rights and property flowed from the father

rights and property descended from the mother

the New England custom in which a young man and woman spent the night in bed together, separated by a wooden board

A set of people distinct from other groups because of cultural characteristics

society in which males dominate political and economic institutions and exercise power in interpersonal relationships

society in which women rule over men and where men are denied the right to political office or excluded from participating  in the most significant religious rituals--have not been documented