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... male supremacy . The Yanomamo prefer sons to daughters , espe- cially as first - born children . If the first - born is a girl , she is likely to be killed , but a boy is allowed to live . Females are also killed in warfare , and there ...
... male supremacy . The Yanomamo prefer sons to daughters , espe- cially as first - born children . If the first - born is a girl , she is likely to be killed , but a boy is allowed to live . Females are also killed in warfare , and there ...
Page 201
... male warriors . But this applies only to nonindustrial peo- ples . A few North American women with rifles , or even handguns , could easily best a party of Yanomamo raiders . Once fighting is assigned to men , the male supremacist ...
... male warriors . But this applies only to nonindustrial peo- ples . A few North American women with rifles , or even handguns , could easily best a party of Yanomamo raiders . Once fighting is assigned to men , the male supremacist ...
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... males and their beliefs . Etoro cultural norms prevented the male anthro- pologist who studied them from gathering information about female attitudes . Etoro opinions about sex are linked to their beliefs about the cycle of birth ...
... males and their beliefs . Etoro cultural norms prevented the male anthro- pologist who studied them from gathering information about female attitudes . Etoro opinions about sex are linked to their beliefs about the cycle of birth ...
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