They think not having a one to one ratio provokes jealousy and tension in the household. They don't enforce it among elders because they are thought to be more rational and also to have less libido.
It's my intent that men do retain a bond to their original household as well as their new one and that adoptions do form alliances. That why a castrate can rejoin his birth family. (The castration like the age bar is an attempt to avoid incest). Also a man from a powerful household is less likely to get tossed out of his new household.
I was just freewriting this stuff so I know it's got holes - but I like the idea of not having marriage as we know it.
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Date: 2011-12-26 09:05 pm (UTC)It's my intent that men do retain a bond to their original household as well as their new one and that adoptions do form alliances. That why a castrate can rejoin his birth family. (The castration like the age bar is an attempt to avoid incest). Also a man from a powerful household is less likely to get tossed out of his new household.
I was just freewriting this stuff so I know it's got holes - but I like the idea of not having marriage as we know it.