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Video 10.1: Multiple Husbands
Description: In the Himalayas, the practice of polyandry continues in some villages. One woman and her husbands discuss their experience and highlight the benefits of this globally usual arrangement.

Video 10.2: The History of Marriage
Description: Alex Gendler provides a brief history of marriage, its purposes, and its myriad forms over time and culture.

Video 10.3: Where Do Arranged Marriages Still Exist?
Description: Laura Ling reports on the modern practice of arranged marriage, contrasting it against forced marriage and looking at the surprising facts about marriage satisfaction between arranged and love marriages.

Video 10.4: Where Does the Nuclear Family Come From?
Description: Danielle Bainbridge examines why the nuclear family came to represent the cultural norm in the United States.