An Intellectual History of the Patriarchy
ROCKING OUR PRIORS
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What Caused the San Divergence?
Ancient egyptian women socialized freely with scant rn for virginity, and they commanded respect as priestesses to goddesses. So why, thousands of years later did egyptians come to idealize female seclusion? And how did europe eventually emerge as more gender equal? What explains that urasian divergence as what about religion? During the 19 70 heyday of this literature, second wave feminists were heavily influenced by marxism. They largely neglected cultural evolution and religion. The koran has many ege rian aspects, yet contemporary moslem countries tend to be governed by men. Meanwhile, in pre colonial philippines, women enjoyed premarital sex, travelled widely
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