Anisogamy

Anisogamie ( ancient Greek anisos "uneven", gamos "marriage" ) refers to ethnosociology a Marriage rule that marriages preferably outside their socio-economic status group or requires, the partner can or should come from a different social class, class or caste. The opposite is the isogame marrying a partner with the same state or within their own social class.

Anisogamie occurs in two forms:

• Hypergamie: The husband has a higher social status, the woman married into his group " up " ( married under certain circumstances the man " down ").
• Hypogamie: The woman has a higher social status, the man marries into their group " up " (possibly marries the woman, " down ").

Hyper- and hypo- game rules can men and women relate differently, depending on their origin rules and the degree of stratification of society ( stratification ), as well as the perception of certain social groups and strata, whether the family of the husband or the wife is considered to be set higher.

Like all rules of marriage is the Anisogamie in two versions:

• As a favor ( preferentially ): status differences are only recommended, but spouse with same status experienced no rejection or change their status;
• As a rule ( prescriptive ): A reasonable difference in status is required as a condition of a marriage.

Anisogame marriage rules on the one hand directed outward ( exogamous ) because the spouse outside of their own group or social class status is sought or is to be. On the other hand, they cooperate with inwardly directed ( endogamous ) rules, for example, should the spouse basically members of the same local or religious or ethnic community.

From the anisogamen usually a group can vary their actual marriage practices, and vice versa can find a anisogames Marriage behave in communities, even though they have no corresponding marriage rule ( in moral, religious, or legal form).