In the very early years then we had women's tribes. Women were in the citadels of learning. Even taverns were registered in women's names as business owners. But over hundreds and thousands of years er, what is now irac of southern mesopotamia became much more stratified by wealth. With the rise of wealth in equality, we also see this very strong patriarchal culture. And that was reinforced through religion. Zoroastrianism, a third of sins in zoroastrianism concerned female sexuality. So for that reason, these societies are caught in what i call the patrilennial traps. Long as female employment is low, then everyone continues to think that it's
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
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