Female Power And Male Dominance by Peggy Reeves Sanday
On the Origins of Sexual Inequality
An anthropological cross-cultural study arguing that male dominance is not universal but varies with ecological conditions, subsistence patterns, and childrearing practices. Using comparative ethnographic data, it links levels of violence and sexual coercion to women’s roles in economic production, kinship, and ritual, distinguishing societies that are relatively rape-free from those that are rape-prone. It shows how myths, symbols, and socialization either support cooperative gender relations and female authority or legitimize hierarchy and aggression.
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- 1981
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