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Sex, Status, and Authority in Egalitarian Society

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ID2454552
AuthorsElsie B Begler (Columbia University, corresponding author)
Year1978
Volume80
Issue3
Pages571-588
Publication date1978-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Anthropologist (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0002-7294 • E-ISSN: 1548-1433
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1525/aa.1978.80.3.02a00030
OpenAlexW2000698246
LanguageEN
Citations received37
References cited31

Disagreement exists concerning the nature of relations between the sexes in foraging societies. The crucial issue concerns the quality of interactions across rather than within sexual boundaries. Approaching the problem in terms of a political analysis allows cross-cultural comparisons utilizing behavioral data. While all foraging societies are egalitarian within sexual boundaries, not all are egalitarian across sexual boundaries. The analytic usefulness of two subtypes of egalitarian society, the "pure-egalitarian" and the "semi-egalitarian," is suggested. [sexual politics, egalitarian societies, status of women, hunters and gatherers

Biology · Egalitarianism · Foraging · Human sexuality · Political science · Politics · Psychoanalysis · Sexual difference · Sexual relationship · Sociology · Culture, Economy, and Development Studies · Ecology · Gender Politics and Representation · Gender Studies · Law · Psychology · Social Psychology

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Unique citing works37
Citations per year0,77
Citation span1978 - 2021 (44)
Citation velocityhistorical
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 37
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