Why Women Aren't Taking Over in Patriarchal Societies
In a patriarchal culture, women tend to have very misagenust attitudes towards men. But matrolocal residence doesn't seem to lead to the same degree of female dominance that men end up having over women in patriarcal societies. Women usual ally won't totally monopolize all the positions of authority the way men do. And they don't subjugate the men into doing all the dirty work for them while they hang around at their pals. In the future, we'll talk more about the hoddnasani confederacy, which was surprisingly galetarian for such a large, sedentary, agricultural society.
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Human beings have free will, but our actions are constrained by material realities. Understanding how material and practical conditions shape human behaviour can make all the difference between success and catastrophic failure when it comes to the whole spectrum of political action, from private sector negotiation, to crafting legislation, to making a revolution.
In this episode we look at:
The relationship between economic activity and the high status of women in traditional Haudenosaunee / Iroquois society
How World War I helped women win the right to vote in Europe and North America
How World War II catalyzed the Black civil rights movement in the United States.
The success, failure, and accidental success of the English Peasant’s Revolt of 1381
The implications of the Anarchist Revolution in Spain in 1936-1939 for the future of industrial civilization.
