%0 Journal Article
%T Gender relationships, matching, and marriage customs in an Irish rural community
%A Humphreys, Margaret (Marguerita T.)
%J Folk life: journal of ethnological studies
%D 2010
%V Vol. 48
%N no. 1
%I Society for Folk Life Studies
%C Cardiff, Wales
%@ 0430-8778
%G English
%F er06-025
%O Margaret Humphreys
%O LOC search performed 3 December 2012obtained on-linescanned 6 Dec 2012
%O Includes bibliographical references
%X This study of marriage and family life in an Irish village is based on recorded interviews. The author examines gender roles, relationships and socialization within the home. Sex was a taboo subject. Older interviewees commented that there was no sex instruction in the home; in fact, sex as a topic of discussion was discouraged by parents and the bodily changes of daughters were entirely ignored by their mothers. Marriage was an important goal for females and matchmaking was the traditional mode. The author notes changes in courtship practices and weakening parental control over young adults and marriage.
%K Ireland
%K Rural conditions
%K Rural Irish
%K Eireanneach
%K Interviewing in research
%K Gender status
%K Basis of marriage
%K Arranging a marriage
%K Family relationships
%K Social control
%K Sexual stimulation
%U https://ehrafworldcultures.yale.edu/document?id=er06-025
%P 13-34
%[ 2022-06-30