Illegitimacy can negatively impact both children and society. Children born to unmarried mothers have greater health risks and are more likely to experience poverty, lower educational attainment, and engage in criminal behavior. This leads to increased social and medical costs and reduces the overall performance of the nation's economy. Children from broken homes or incompatible homes may experience feelings of rejection, hatred, or depression, and are less likely to have a positive view of marriage or relationships. Illegitimacy most severely impacts society by affecting parents, children, extended families, and communities through higher rates of poverty and crime.

1. Family and Kinship, Cultures of the World
Family and Kinship, Cultures of the WorldPart1Illegitimacy impacts negatively both on the
child and the society. Some impacts are permanent whereas others are temporary. The child
is more likely to experience poorer health as a new born since it is born to a young woman.
Younger women are more likely to give birth to premature infants. The infant is born with a
moderate or very low weight. These infants have a high risk of getting complications hence
social trauma to the mother and medical costs weight on the family.The absence of one
parent in the upbringing of a child can cause poor academic performance. This may lead to
the child getting a low income job eventually reducing the overall performance of the
economy of the nation .The society can also be affected by the negative behavior developed
by the youngster. Single parents would be less likely to take stern disciplinary action against
their children. This would then lead the child to have low morals and therefore impact
negatively in the development of the society. Lack of married parents can also be linked to
crime increase in a community. Illegitimacy is many times a sign of unexpected pregnancy
therefore the child’ s upbringing is not planned for. Poverty arises leading to crime as an
alternative for survival .Broken homes can be caused by poverty, barrenness of a spouse,
infidelity and other such factors. In case of a couple with children, the child is expected to
choose sides hence putting pressure on the child. There is also a feeling of rejection by one
of the partners or betrayal. The children may grow up with hatred, depression or feelings of
rejection depending on the cause of the break up. This would lead to the growth of
dissatisfied, unhappy or frustrated individuals in the society.Incompatible homes are a sign
of intolerance. Since the couple cannot tolerate one another, the child, if they have any,
would grow with the same notion. He or she would disregard marriage with the belief that
marriage can never work. Happy homes are a sign of comfort and joy. When a society has
incompatible homes, then the individuals would seem to be unhappy and dissatisfied. These
feelings cannot help in the positive development of a society.Illegitimacy has the most
harmful impact on the society because the parent, the child, the extended family and the
community are all affected in specific instances. Crime and poverty affect the society most
and are seen to be most prevalent in illegitimacy cases.Part 2Romantic love has its
advantages as a method of mate selection. Intense romance has trust and patience therefore
guaranteeing tolerance in a relationship . Every relationship has its ups and downs but
when a relationship is based on romance, the huddles are most likely to be overcome. Mate
selection is not an easy task hence having a criterion that does not overlook emotional
attraction is an advantage.Romantic love can however be exploited having one partner

2. pretending to have feelings for the other when in fact they don’ t. Once the partner being
exploited realizes what is happening they feel betrayed and sometimes even lose faith in
love. Intense romance overlooks friends as possible lovers. Due to the fear that trust and
friendship can be lost once sexual attraction is introduced, many people prefer not to
engage in sexual relations with a good friend. However, a good friend is a probable good
choice lover since it has already been established that the two have similar interests, trust
and understand each other. Romantic love is sometimes based on “ love at first site” .
Impulsive feelings such as this have a tendency to be false implying infatuation which dies
off eventually .Part 3Monogamy is the marriage between a man and a woman where the
man marries the woman. The main feature of this marriage is a single spouse. Remarriage is
acceptable in serial monogamy but only after the death of the first spouse or after divorce.
Straight monogamy does not allow remarriage in any situation. Monogamy can be classified
as the most common of the four types of marriage.Polygyny is a type of polygamy where a
man marries more than one woman at a particular time. The man can either marry women
related as sisters or ones that are not related as sisters. When the man marries sisters the
marriage is termed as sororal polygyny . In the instance that the wives are not related the
marriage is non-sororal polygyny. Polygyny is not as common as monogamy but it is more
common than the other types of marriage.Polyandry is also a form of polygamy. A woman
marries more than one man in this marriage. The husbands can either be brothers or not
related as brothers. When the husbands are brothers, the marriage is fraternal polyandry
and when the husbands are not related as brothers the marriage is non-fraternal. In non-
fraternal polyandry the other husbands have no claim over their wife so long as she lives
with one of her husbands.Group marriage is the least common type of marriage. In this
marriage two or more women are married with two or more men. The wives are common
wives and the husbands are common husbands. The children are not specific to certain
individuals but rather they are regarded as the children of the group as a whole.Part
4Culture has particular traits and characteristics. Some of the traits are positive while
others are negative. Language is one trait of culture that has changed very much over time.
Presently the young generation has developed a language common to them which has
become very popular. This dialect is corrupting the standard language by overlooking
boundaries between formal and informal communication. Vulgar and obscene vocabulary
can also be found in the dialect especially in areas with violent lifestyles . The direction
taken by this new language is of disorder and chaos. Since vocabulary keeps changing after
every short while, keeping up is difficult therefore leading to misunderstanding. It would be
important to discourage this language and re-introduce the traditional and respectful
language culture.History is a culture trait that defines mankind. It is important since it
reminds man of his origin as well as dictating the steps he should take in pursuit of a better
future. The culture of history helps to preserve the important events of the past. These
events teach us what is good and what is not. The good is improved and the negative events
are avoided in the future. Learning from mistakes of the past ensures they are not repeated
in times to come. It is important to preserve the culture of history as it
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