Is the Family Group a Universal Social Institution.

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Murdock's basic definition of family ; "The family is a social group characterized by common residence, economic cooperation and reproduction. It contains adults of both sexes, at least two of whom maintain a socially approved sexual relationship, and one or more children, own or adopted, of the sexually cohabiting adults." Nayar of Malabar The normal unit consists of one or more married women with their children, their mother (if living), and possibly some adult male members of the matrilineage. Traditionally Nayar women were allowed to have more than one "visiting husband" either simultaneously or serially, the "visiting husband" had very little importance in his wife's family and had no responsibility for any children. His main responsibilities were for his sister's children. This goes against Murdock's definition of the family as it does not contain adults of both sexes who have a common residence and maintain a socially approved sexual relationship. The family that the nayar have is called a consanguine family, where the mother and her brother raise the children. Kibbutzim Is a voluntary collective living arrangement in which children are raised by multiple caregivers. It focuses on the idea of collective rearing as opposed to one mother. Children are bought up in "one big family". Although the traditional family structure is there (Nuclear) the young are raised in children's houses separate from their biological parents. Generally the children form relationships with their parents by spending time with them after the work had been done. This goes against Murdock's definition of family as the children do not have the same common residence of their parents and the children are raised by members of the community instead of the mother and father. Communes in America. The definition of commune is a relatively small community whose members share

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