And the tendency for them to be patriarchal when there is competition & conflict & matriarchal when there isn't - very simplistically.
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Replying to @HPluckrose
Def in my court but that sounds much earlier? - de Waal, Dunbar, Wrangham, Hrdy etc. Mostly post-Lerner. Again, looking forward to yours.
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Not really. Not claiming patriarchy itself to be biological but evolved traits of men & women to favour patriarchy in conflict situations.
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Replying to @HPluckrose
So does evolved male dominance become (sociological) 'patriarchy', as 'female' becomes 'woman' at some point in our evolution? I should wait
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I think the environment - conflict/competition or peace - can make either male or female traits more necessary for survival.
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Because the need to survive is primary followed by the need to procreate in evolutionary terms.
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So chimps are patriarchal because they have to compete with other groups & survival depends on fighters - males.
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And bonobos are matriarchal coz they don't have to compete for resources & so the survival of genes depends on getting a female to mate.
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Which is hugely oversimplistic but also borne out by evo psych on how we attitudes become more socially conservative when existential threat
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Gender equality, like liberalism generally, may be a result of peace & security to some extent. But I don't know enough.
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Basing this on a few popular essays and studies. I'd need to research a lot more before writing an essay on it.
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