Is It Inevitable Patriarchy?

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In the philippines, women travelled freely and led worship. They owned landd in subsahar and africa. We had female merchants who were incredibly prosperous and wealthy. In latin america, a women inherited lands, a they led rituals. So there's a tremendous variation in gender relations across yor world. patriarchy isn't inevitable patriarchy.

Around the world and for most of history, human societies have been dominated by men. Why? Professor and author of the forthcoming “The Great Gender Divergence”, Dr. Alice Evans, joins Adam to explain how male governance springs from systems of inheritance, why matrilineal systems tend to convert to patrilineal ones, and why we’re seeing progress on gender equality around the world. You can follow Alice's work on Twitter at @_alice_evans Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.