Steven Goldberg chose to argue that patriarchy is inevitable. One of the points he makes is the “Primary hierarchies are always filled primarily by men.” He does not provide much evidence to support this point. However, he gives two examples of hierarchies that are ruled by women: Queen Victoria and Golda Meir. The second point he makes is that “The highest status roles are male.” In order to back up his point, he says that women do most of the important economic work and raise the children while men mostly tend to “hang loose.” However, “hanging loose” is seen as a higher, more important role than the non-maternal roles of women. This is because men hold the positions of power is society. The third and final point he makes is that
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Endicott and Karen L. Endicott chose to argue that patriarchy is not inevitable. They talked about the Gender Egalitarian society of the Batek people in Malaysia. Gender Egalitarianism is when “neither sex has overall control over the other or greater cultural value than the other. The control in their system may be based in the economic system, in the system of authority, or in direct force. One aspect of the Batek Gender Egalitarian society is economic security. One theory is that men did not dominate women because no woman was depended on a specific man, such as a father, brother, husband, or uncle, for survival. Women were economically secure and could survive on their own. They had tools to make flour and rice. They also had foraging skills in order to feed their families. There is evidence that there were even women living on their own and raising children without a husband. Another theory is that men did not dominate women because of dispersed authority. Dispersed authority is when all authority is spread evenly amongst adult men and women. The final theory is non-violence. The Batek people were very against violence. It is said that they would abandon anyone who was habitually aggressive. They also regarded violent behavior as a sign of
Endicott and Karen L. Endicott chose to argue that patriarchy is not inevitable. They talked about the Gender Egalitarian society of the Batek people in Malaysia. Gender Egalitarianism is when “neither sex has overall control over the other or greater cultural value than the other. The control in their system may be based in the economic system, in the system of authority, or in direct force. One aspect of the Batek Gender Egalitarian society is economic security. One theory is that men did not dominate women because no woman was depended on a specific man, such as a father, brother, husband, or uncle, for survival. Women were economically secure and could survive on their own. They had tools to make flour and rice. They also had foraging skills in order to feed their families. There is evidence that there were even women living on their own and raising children without a husband. Another theory is that men did not dominate women because of dispersed authority. Dispersed authority is when all authority is spread evenly amongst adult men and women. The final theory is non-violence. The Batek people were very against violence. It is said that they would abandon anyone who was habitually aggressive. They also regarded violent behavior as a sign of