Living Together Essay

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Living Together Life’s complications can be suppressed through making family stick together in its effort to overcoming struggles within a society. In Melvyn C. Goldstein’s article, When Brothers Share a Wife, the idea of protection and an effortless standard of family well being is provoked through the Tibetan society’s belief in Polyandry. This form of marriage compared to that of a western society is commonly rare, but has been a practice for many years in the Tibetan community. Through the stability of population, resources, and strong family ties is what have been the reasons for this group’s prosperity both economically and socially. First off, the idea of brotherhood is definitely taken up to a higher level of meaning in this community, given that all three brothers have been brought up to devote their love and protection all to one wife. I took notice upon the fact that the Tibetans show much respect in their elders and it is clearly seen through the brothers in marriage. The eldest of the three is the one who is more dominant, and in control of making sure the structure and organization of family roles work together. Females on the other hand are taught a different role in this particular society, and are expected to love all three brothers equally, within a polyandrous marriage. Respect and equality is instilled into the children of each of these families at the youngest of ages. Particularly young boys, observe the ways of how their fathers work maintaining the land, and animals so as they become older and married, they too will also inherit the same high economic standard of living. In addition to children’s inheritance in the land, when enduring the responsibilities of a polyandrous marriage a strong mentality is developed in each of these children, since some lose their actual birth fathers. In this form of marriage, the Tibetan brothers can
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