Return-Path: sendmail 8.6.4/UCSD-2.2-sun Wed, 1 Dec 1993 08:02:07 -0800 for socgrad-list Wed, 1 Dec 1993 08:02:00 -0800 for Date: Wed, 01 Dec 93 10:58 EST To: socgrad@UCSD.EDU From: PATTYO%IRISHMVS.CC.ND.EDU@UICVM.UIC.EDU Subject: matriarchy Eshleman _The Family_ cites a study conducted by Margaret Mead on thre tribes in New Guinea. The Arapesh find both men and women to be cooperative, mild-mannered, gentle, and unaggressive (sex- typed feminine behavior). The Mandugumor find both men and women to be hostile, aggressive, combative, individualistic, and unresponsive (sex-typed masculine behavior). And the Tchambuli find typical sex roles to be reversed where women were dominant, powerful, and impersonal; men were emotionally dependent and less responsible. I quoted almost word for word from Eshleman. I don't personally feel that women's typical sex role is that of emotionally dependent and less responsible! I know this moves away from the original question a bit, but when considering power among men and women in society, I think that you need to consider sex role socialization. The source quoted in Eshleman for Mead is: Mead, M. 1950. _Sex and Temperament in Three Primative Societies_. Mentor: New York. See ya, Patty O'Donnell