In a patrilennial society, you first of all need the economic returns to women's work. And from paten to bust out into that system. Latin america was not patrilennial. It was bilateral, tracing descent down the male and female line. So women moved relatively freely in the public sphere.
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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