MARRIAGE

DEFINITIONS OF MARRIAGE

Marriage may be defined as

‘formal and durable sexual
union of one or more women
to one or more men, which is
conducted within a set of
designed rights and duties.
According to Family code of the Philippines:

Marriage is a special contract of

permanent union between a man and a
woman entered into in accordance with law
for the establishment of conjugal and family
life. It is the foundation of family and an
inviolable social institution whose nature,
consequences and incidents are governed
by law and not subject to stipulation, except
that marriage within the limits provided by
this codes.
Why people
marry???
 Importance of Marriage
To have a permanent relationship with the
person you love .

To beget children and have happy

family

For economic and social

upliftment or insurance
Forms of Marriage

POLYGAMY MONOGAMY
MONOGAMY
“ one-union” marriage wherein man marries
one woman

BIGAMY

As provided by Philippine law,

when a man marries more than
one woman at a given time,
which is considered a crime.
POLYGAMY

• Is a marriage uniting one man to two

or several women.

• Is a marriage uniting one woman to

many men.
SELECTION OF MARRIAGE PARTNERS

ENDOGAMY

• Requires a person to marry someone

from his own locality, from his own race,
social class and religion.

EXOGAMY

• Mandates marriage between people of

different social categories.
PRINCIPLES OF MATE SELECTION

ASSORTATIVE PREFERENTIAL AUTOMATIC

MATING MATING FACTORS
CONSCIOUSNESS RESIDENTIAL
OF KIND PROPINQUITY

AUTOMATIC
FACTORS

OCCUPATIONAL SHORT TIME

PROPINQUITY EXPOSURE
 COURTSHIP
Paves the way for a man and a woman to
know each other better from the moral,
social, spiritual and emotional points of
view.

MUTUAL
DATING GOING STEADY ENGAGEMENT
UNDERSTANDING
 DATING
Refers to an arrangement or appointment
between a man and woman to meet
socially.

In western may result to:

becoming the basis for

providing an opportunity
the selection of
being an end in itself for friendly relationship
companions with little or
with opposite sex.
no parental supervision.
PREMARITAL SEX SHOULD BE DISCOURAGED
DIFFICULT TO
DISTINGUISH
BINDING FORCE MEMORIES BETWEEN REAL
LOVE AND
INFATUATION

PREMARITAL AIDS AND OTHER

GUILT
PREGANANCY DISEASES

WEAKENS
MARRIAGE
GOING STEADY

• Happens when a person decides to date

another person exclusively and seems
to be a prelude to private understanding
between two people.

MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING

• Is the stage when a man, after years of

courtship and has known a woman very
well, now proposes marriage to the
woman.
ENGAGEMENT
• Has been associated with either giving an
engagement ring or giving a dowry,
assumed as a bride price.

FUNCTIONS OF A DOWRY (Beals)

• Symbolizes the socioeconomic statuses of the
families to be united
• Establishes an economic tie between the
families of the bride and the groom to further
ensure the stability of the marriage
• Provides the family of the bride with a means of
replacing her with a daughter-in-law.