ANT 201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Cousin Marriage, Exogamy, Monogamy
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Sexual access: when in societies where acceptable to have sexual relationships outside of marriage, it"s usually men. Divorces: bitter divorces can have negative consequences/impacts throughout life. 1995+ i gen or gen z: lived with high speed internet throughout life. Exposure to sexuality common even among tsimane (through nature and others) In 1950s tv shows about sex bc people didn"t know things. Women went into workforce because couldn"t find mates bc more women than men, more competition. In 1980s sex ratios changed to the opposite: more men than women. Much easier to divulge sexuality without much stigma today. Amount of time couples have to abstain from sex after the birth of a child. Allows them to focus on quality of children rather than quantity by spacing out children. There were anti sodomy acts (some targeted only to homosexuals, some to all) to all) In 2003 struck down by supreme court, nullified all such laws.
