ANTH 1220 Lecture Notes - Lecture 40: Patrilineality
17 May 2017
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Lomoar cpsd| 987298: adaptive in societies where women serve important economic roles. Children increase social status in patrilineal societies through growth of lineage or clan. Same-sex marriage: traditionally allowed in some societies. Legal in canada, south africa, and in some european countries. Why would you want the state to have more control over your life don"t get married. Marriage to ensure continuation of partilineal or matrilineal descent groups. If a man died, his brother can marry a woman in his place. Their children belong to the dead guy keeps the dead guys lineage going. The dead man is the socially recognized father. Woman cant have children with husband so secret boyfriend impregnates her. Adding people to her kin group, even though she cannot have children. Wrote about how women are the objects of exchange/trade between men in most societies. Ex: walking woman down the aisle and giving her off to the new husband (object being traded)
