However it happens very rarely in our family. We usually all sit together as a big family. Likewise, I have noticed that throughout the history of the Christian Church, it has often been the case that church seating has been segregated by gender. Additionally, some churches have also divided seating by race. In my view, by sitting where people are invited to sit, individuals learn who they are and where they sit in the social hierarchy. Traditions are also cultural tools that help maintain social order. Wedding is an example of this type of tradition. The distinction between married and unmarried individuals, their relatives, and legitimate and illegitimate children, is achieved with and through the celebration of marriage, without which one of these categories would exist. In Christian weddings the minister announces the married couple with the name and last name of the male style. It reinforces the subordination of women's social position to that of women