Alice Evans on The Great Gender Divergence
Ideas of India
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The Role of Caste in Pastoral Nomadism
The role of a woman is to produce as for her the sons for the male lineage. So in that context, this tight policing of female sexuality, not wanting for them to produce for the other. The third reason is religious diversity. And then the fourth factor is something I've already touched on. And that's caste in a society where people have relied on their Jati network for everything from insurance for economic aid, for jobs, for livelihoods.
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