The African culture of having to bestow or entrust a late man's wife to a family member which is popularly known in Yoruba culture as "sulopo". What are the advantage and disadvantages? Let discuss?

keneryhark:
The African culture of having to bestow or entrust a late man's wife to a family member which is popularly known in Yoruba culture as "sulopo". What are the advantage and disadvantages? Let discuss?

Advantages in levirite marriage?

If I start my story...

It's has no advantage at all. It treated women as personal property that can be inherited or passed around.

In most cases the needs of the inherited woman and her children are not even taken care of rather she's used as another sexual entertainment for the inheritor.

Moblux:

Advantages in levirite marriage?
If I start my story...

the advantage in a general context. kindly share your story. thanks

Wikipedia

Levirate marriage can, at its most positive, serve as protection for the widow and her children, ensuring that they have a male provider and protector. Levirate marriage can be a positive in a society where women must rely on men to provide for them, especially in societies where women are under the authority of, dependent on, in servitude to or regarded as possessions of their husbands, and to ensure the survival of the clan. The practice of levirate marriage is strongly associated with patriarchal societies. The practice was extremely important in ancient times (e.g., ), and remains so today in parts of the world. Having children enables the inheritance of land, which offers security and status.

A levirate marriage might only occur if a man died childless, in order to continue his family line. The anthropologist also found that the practice of widow inheritance by younger brothers, common in many parts of , serves to reduce population growth, as these men will be forced to marry older (and hence, less fertile) women.


Sororate marriage is a type of marriage in which a husband engages in marriage or sexual relations with the sister of his wife, usually after the death of his wife or if his wife has proven infertile.

The opposite is .

From an standpoint, this strengthens the ties between both groups (the wife's family or clan and the husband's) and preserves the contract between the two to provide children and continue the alliance.


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