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Re: Evolution of Sexism
Bryant (mycol1@unm.edu)
13 Aug 1996 12:27:25 -0600
In article <4uo1tb$ggd@news.sdd.hp.com>,
Gerold Firl <geroldf@sdd.hp.com> wrote:
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>I think the degree of patriarchy and violence within a society is
>determined mostly by relations with neighboring cultures. Under certain
>conditions of competition for resources between neighboring cultures,
>an escalating "arms-race" will ratchet-up the degree of violent
>patriarchy; it's not a matter of keeping the wife down, but of keeping
>up with the military capability of the joneses.
If you have time, I'd appreciate some clarification (maybe some
hypothetical illustrations or something)... I may be in a theoretical
rut, here, but I've come to view male coercion as a primarily
paternity-reliability related issue.
Bryant
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