SOCA 101 Chapter 7: SOCA 101 CHAPTER 7
20 Mar 2019
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On the basis of their gender, people are either allowed or denied access to the good things offered by their society. Slavery: a form of social stratification in which some people own other people i. ii. Slavery was most widespread in agricultural societies and least common among nomads, especially hunters and gatherers. 1) slavery was usually based not on racism but on one of three other factors a) b) c) Debt: in some societies, creditors would enslave people who could not pay their debts. Crime: instead of being killed, a murderer or thief might be enslaved by the victim"s family as compensation for their loss. War: when one group of people conquered another, they often enslaved some of the vanquished they often enslaved some of the vanquished iii. Historian gerda lerner (1986) notes that women were the first people enslaved through warfare. The women were valued for sexual purposes, for reproduction, and for their labor iv.
