Marriage

Marriage and mating are fundamental aspects of human society. The union of two individuals creates a family unit, which forms the building blocks of society.

Sexual Promiscuity generally refers to engaging in sexual activity with multiple partners without a committed or exclusive relationship.

Common-law marriage is a legal framework in which a couple may be considered married even if their relationship has not been formally recorded as a civil or religious marriage.

Exogamy is a social phenomenon of marrying outside one's own community, tribe or social group.

Monogamy is defined as the socially sanctioned union of two spouses. This union is often marked by exclusivity, though that is not always the case.

Polyandry, the custom of a woman being married to multiple men at the same time, is a unique sort of marriage that has been reported in various cultures throughout history.

Love marriage, which is the union of two individuals who have chosen to marry each other based on their mutual feelings of love and attraction, has become an increasingly prevalent form of marriage across the world.

Endogamy, also known as ‘in-marriage’, is a type of marriage custom in which an individual marries another individual from the same  ethnic, cultural, social, religious,tribal groups and sometimes even in the same family.