Re: Patriarchy: Re: What Matriarchy?

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In <32340C61.487C@megafauna.com> Stephen Barnard <steve@megafauna.com>
writes:
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>Mary Beth Williams wrote:
>>
>> In <3233890C.6661@megafauna.com> Stephen Barnard
<steve@megafauna.com>
>> writes:
>> >
>
>[snip]
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>> >
>> >Another flippant reply that mocks Bryant. How do you think an
ethical
>> >man feels when someone accuses him of sanctioning rape?
>>
>> Perhaps similar to how an *ethical* anthropoligist feels about being
>> accused of supporting sociobiology?
>>
>> MB Williams
>> Dept. of Anthro., UMass-Amherst
>
>Somehow I doubt it. On the one hand there is a disagreement about
>science. On the other hand there is a personally insulting accusation
>that blatantly contradicts the record.

This is _only_ if you do not see sociobiology part of a larger
_ethical_ debate, which many, many PM/PP anthropologists, as well as
other scientists, do (see J. Marks, the renowned Yale genetic
biologist's work on the subject.)

MB Williams
Dept. of Anthro., UMass-Amherst

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