Geoffrey MillerVerified account

What's your take Geoff?

I have to think about it some more.

This assumes that alpha males are domineering. Generally, however, while they handle themselves, they are smart and have good people management skills. While men tend to dominate in war and politics because women take time out for child birth, it is not an absolute in 2/

Evolutionary terms. Rather economic systems which favour male inheritance are what push successful men into monopolising mate access to females and shutting females into the so called "private" Sphere. Though that is a modern Western notion. Modern capitalism is not such

I think they are missing out on the patriarchy being an emergent property of agricultural societies

I tend to think patriarchy is not a word that deserves the respect of any kind of serious discussion.

Define patriarchy.

1/2 Watching the kavanaugh hearings I was struck by how in the absence of rule of law, unprovable allegations would likely lead to violence. The accusers kin attack the accused for vengeance, and his kin retaliating in turn. End result: many dead men and a weaker social group.