The Importance of Patra Locality

To avoid inbreeding, someone usually needs to move away from their family. When there's no rule, when couples can just go wherever they feel like it, you call that ambe locality. Different societies choose one or another of these six patterns and no others for specific practical reasons. And then the choice that they make has huge unintended consequences for gender relations. Patra locality is one solution which almost always results in male domination and patriarchy.