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Assignment:

Please read the Article "When Brothers Share a Wife" and answer these questions:

1. In monogamous (opposite and same-sex) marriages, one person marries another person. Explain the marriage pattern of fraternal polyandry.
2. Who has the most household authority in fraternal polyandry marriages?
3. In opposite-sex monogamous marriages, there may be biological children, adopted children, or children conceived through donors. Regardless of the origin of the children, they are seen as being the 'product' of both the mother and the father. How are children of fraternal polyandry marriages perceived?
4. Children in opposite-sex monogamous marriages view their parents as their mother and father. How do children in fraternal polyandry families relate to the brothers married to their mother?
5. What happens if a brother in a fraternal polyandry marriage wants to divorce the wife?
6. How is fraternal polyandry similar (1 way) and different (3 ways) from the rule of primogeniture of 19th Century English estates? (Estate refers to the family land, buildings, animals, and all household inventory.)
7. What are some reasons given for not having joint families inherit the estate in fraternal polyandry?
8. Explain tensions and conflicts that can arise in fraternal polyandry marriages.