ANTHR-130 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Matriarchy, Compadre, Patrilineality
9 Oct 2020
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Have a ritual of initiation at a place called kina. There are accounts that say this was performed by women and they were dominant over men and women did whatever they want. They would ware scary masks and frighten the men (abuse of power) and performed magic that brought sickness and death to men. In fact, he pays more attention and money to his sister"s kids more than his own biological kids. Men and women can both initiate sexual interactions. If young woman agrees he will secretly go to her house and in the morning, he will leave. In fact, the hun have tried to convince them to convert them: incest taboo: theories- even though this is one of the most universal taboo but there are always expectations. Sons would be in competitions with their fathers for mother"s sexual attention and mother and daughters compete for father"s sexual attention.
