SOC 2104 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Patrilineality, Nuclear Family, Female Promiscuity

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 2104
• Professor: Adolphine Y.Aggor- Boateng

Document Summary

Became housewives instead of traders labrador peninsular: sacks (now brodkin) showed how the introduction of a market economy shifted egalitarian roles toward male dominance in african cultures. Warfare, bonding and inequality: warrior societies: Harris: warrior societies use women to reward virtually all men in the society, leading to female subordination and patrilineality. Fathers and sons form the core of military activity. Women were used to reward men to prevent competition and weak bonding among men. Women were objectified and were the properties of men. Development of patriarchal religion (male dominance) to control resources. Men form kinship bonds with other men through hunting (exclude women), providing a social connection to next generation in situations of paternal uncertainty. Men believe that women have the privilege of bonding with their offspring so they will attempt to connect with other men. Men cannot bond with their children like women do.