Miles Jackson wrote:
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> Given these data, any argument about gender stratification that points
> to "very broad reasons" for male domination must be wrong. If it were
> true that (say) the structure of human reproductive biology or
> Joanna's "fear of women" was the primary cause of patriarchy, we
> wouldn't see the dramatic differences in gender stratification that we
> have observed in different societies.
Actually one of my hypothesis about the subjugation of women had to do with the subjugation /ownership of the earth. The relatively better status of women in hunter/gatherer society supports that hypothesis.
Joanna