AAS 17 Study Guide - Comprehensive Final Exam Guide - Polygyny, Africa, West Africa
20 Nov 2018
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Patriarchy: a pattern of social organization whereby those who exercise authority and have power at most levels are men, there are exceptions to a pattern. No uniform way: not all levels, patriarchy is expressed differently in different parts of the world, most human societies are patriarchal, not to the same degree or the same way. That"s (cid:449)h(cid:455) the defi(cid:374)itio(cid:374) sa(cid:455)s (cid:862)at (cid:373)ost le(cid:448)els. (cid:863) If both men and women want children, why do women end up falling behind men: the need or desire for children, time spent bearing, raising children, mother producing nutrients, babies born helpless. Somebody has to care for it, and that someone is the mother. The father is busy accumulating resources: times spent in domestic work, pattern of providing for baby continues in the domestic sphere. African traditions: women or wives, husbands can have authority over their wives, but not all women.
