古代婚姻制度的性文化

婚姻是人類進入私有制社會的產物，可能受到權力、金錢、階級或愛情等各種因素的影響而有許多的面貌。由歷史和社會文化的觀點介紹許多婚姻形成方式、組合、以及婚禮儀式，結果發現古代的社會文化中，婚姻的形成方式大多是媒妁婚、階級婚、掠奪婚或買賣婚等，自由戀愛占很少數；婚姻的組合大多是一夫多妻制，純粹一夫一妻制占少數；婚禮儀式代表新娘以及後代的地位，妻子的儀式是非常繁複的，嫁妝的習俗歷史悠久，與新娘未來在婆家的地位有關。結論是不管是父權制還是母系社會，婚姻的形成方式、組合和儀式受到權力、金錢和階級等因素的影響，因此，婚姻制度是社會建構的產物，除了繁衍後代，還有維持社會秩序的功能。

關鍵字

婚姻方式；婚姻組合；婚禮儀式

並列摘要

Marriage was the product of human beings entering a private ownership. It presented many kinds of faces, which were possibly influenced by various factors such as power, money, class or love. Many marriage formations and combinations, and wedding ceremony were introduced from the perspective of history and social cultures. It was found that in ancient society, the formations of marriage were mostly from match-making, class- specific, force or trading, and rare from romantic love. Most combinations of marriage were commonly polygyny, and pure monogamy was a minority. Wedding ceremony implied the future status of bride and her offspring, which that of the wife was very complicated. The history of dowry was very long, which was associated with the bride’s future status in the family. The conclusion is that whether patriarchal or matriarchal society, the formations, combinations and ceremony of marriage were influenced by power, money and class. Therefore, the marriage system was the product of social construction. Its functions were not only the reproduction but also social-order maintaining.

並列關鍵字

marriage way ； marriage combinations ； wedding ceremony

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古代婚姻制度的性文化

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