What are the advantages and disadvantages to both men and women of monogamy, polygyny, and polyandry and of arranged marriage versus individual choice? Use examples to support your argument.What are the functions of the family around the world? How does the modern, middle-class American family of today differ from the colonial family? Contrast (a) bilateral kinship (descent) and unilineal descent systems and (b) matrilineal and patrilineal descent groups.