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| The prohibition of interracial marriage, cohabitation, or sexual interaction (page 359) |
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| Living together as a romantically involved, unmarried couple (page 375) |
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| The physical and legal responsibility of caring for children; assigned by a court for divorced or unmarried parents (page 375) |
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| A common behavior pattern in abusive relationships; the cycle begins happily, then the relationship grows tense, and the tension explodes in abuse, followed by a period of contrition that allows the cycle to repeat (page 372) |
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| Any physical, verbal, financial, sexual, or psychological behaviors abusers use to gain and maintain power over their victims (page 369) |
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| Marriage to someone within one's social group (page 359) |
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| Marriage to someone from a different social group (page 359) |
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| The emotional work necessary to support family members (page 364) |
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| A large group of relatives, usually including at least three generations living either in one household or in close proximity (page 358) |
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| A social group whose members are bound by legal, biological, or emotional ties, or a combination of all three (page 358) |
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| Close relations with people we consider "like family" but who are not related to us by blood or marriage (page 362) |
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| The tendency to choose romantic partners who are similar to us in terms of class, race, religion, education, or other social group membership (page 363) |
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| Proscribed sexual contact between family members; a form of child abuse when it occurs between a child and a caregiver (page 372) |
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| The practical physical tasks necessary to maintain family life (page 364) |
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| Any of a variety of groups who form communal living arrangements outside marriage (page 378) |
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| Relatives or relations, usually those related by common descent (page 358) |
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| The practice of marrying (or being in a relationship with) one person at a time (page 359) |
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| A form of child abuse in which the caregiver fails to provide adequate nutrition, sufficient clothing or shelter, or hygienic and safe living conditions (page 372) |
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| A system of multiple-person partnership (page 359) |
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| A system of marriage that allows women to have multiple husbands (page 359) |
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| A system of marriage that allows people to have more than one spouse at a time (page 359) |
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| A system of marriage that allows men to have multiple wives (page 359) |
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| The tendency to marry or have relationships with people in close geographic proximity (page 363) |
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| The unpaid housework and childcare often expected of women after they return home from doing paid labor in the workforce (page 365) |
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