Question

Explain any four functions of marriage.

Answer 1

1. It regularises and socially sanctions the satisfaction of sex relations.
2. It also instils an awareness of incest as taboo specifying who can be marital partners.
3. Marriage helps in survival and continuity of the human race.
4. It helps in the economic organisation and division of labour between marital members.
5. It justifies property inheritance.
6. It legitimises parenthood and establishment of the family.
7. It aims at social solidarity.