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Kinship and Gender (2010), anthropologist Linda Stone writes that, “Today anthropologists generally agree that cases of true matriarchy do not exist in human society, and that they most probably never have.” | Kinship and Gender (2010), anthropologist Linda Stone writes that, “Today anthropologists generally agree that cases of true matriarchy do not exist in human society, and that they most probably never have.” | ||
Murdock & Provost (1973) analyzed task division between the sexes among a wide variety of historical human societies. It is noticeable that men were much more involved in the organization of resources extraction, often far away from home, whereas women were primarily involved in task close to the home. This proves that women have been overwhelmingly dependent on men organizing pretty much everything else. This sex difference in public vs private orientation is also noticeable in sex differences in gossip: Women are twice as talkative in small groups and gossip more about close acquaintances and friends (especially about the looks of other females). | Murdock & Provost (1973) analyzed task division between the sexes among a wide variety of historical human societies. It is noticeable that men were much more involved in the organization of resources extraction, often far away from home, whereas women were primarily involved in task close to the home. This proves that women have been overwhelmingly dependent on men organizing pretty much everything else. This sex difference in public vs private orientation is also noticeable in sex differences in gossip: Women are twice as talkative in small groups and gossip more about close acquaintances and friends (especially about the looks of other females). The table below is recreated from Table 1 in the study. | ||
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