Family


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1 The nature and necessity of the family, systems of kinship.
2 The family and the state.
3 Comparison of the domestic and political community in origin, structure, and function Comparison of the domestic and political community in manner of government.
4 The place and rights of the family in the state, the control and education of children.
5 The economics of the family.
6 The wealth of families, the maintenance of the domestic economy.
7 The effects of political economy, the family in the industrial system.
8 The institution of marriage, its nature and purpose.
9 Monogamy and polygamy.
10 The religious view of marriage, the sacrament of matrimony.
11 Matrimony and celibacy.
12 The laws and customs regulating marriage.
13 Divorce.
14 The position of women.
15 The role of women in the society and the family, the relation of husband and wife in domestic government.
16 The status of women in the tribe or state, the right to citizenship, property, education.
17 Women in relation to war.
18 Parents and children, fatherhood, motherhood.
19 The desire for offspring, the birthrate.
20 Eugenics, control of breeding, birth control.
21 The condition of immaturity.
22 The care and government of children, the rights and duties of the child, parental despotism and tyranny.
23 The initiation of children into adult life.
24 The life of the family.
25 Marriage and love, romantic, conjugal, and illicit love.
26 The continuity of the family, the veneration of ancestors, family pride, feuds, curses.
27 Patterns of friendship in the extended family.
28 The emotional impact of family life upon the child, the domestic triangle, the symbolic roles of father and mother.
29 Observations in history or literature on the institution of marriage and the family.


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