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Title: Origins of Human Society and the Creation of Patriarchy


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Origins of Human Society and the Creation of
Patriarchy
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Characteristics of Humans Compared to other
primates
  • Large heads and brains
  • Bipedal walking
  • Opposing thumbs for tool use
  • Small pelvises difficulty in childbirth
  • Prolonged infancy and vulnerability of the child

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In early human societies
  • Life expectancy was in the 30s.
  • Acquisition of goods was minimal
  • Life was precarious
  • Death could come at any time from disease,
    famine, drought, other natural disaster
  • In the face of such stress, small human groups
    migrated, invaded the territory of neighbors, and
    developed the practice of war
  • The most valuable commodities were other humans

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Human Society Timeline
  • 3 million BCE (before common era) Hominids
    evolve from primates
  • 100,000 BCE Paleolithic Era
  • 9,000-7,000 BCE Neolithic Era
  • Small hunter/gather societies
  • 6,000 BCE Villages
  • 4,000 BCE Towns and cities develop.
  • 3,000 BCE City states and empires
  • 0 Birth of Christ
  • 2,000 CE (common era) or AD (anno domini)

5
World Population 1000 BCE to Present
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World Population, 1750 - 2150
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Origins of Western Civilization Ancient
Mesopotamia
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Mesopotamia with Modern States
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Mesopotamia with Modern States
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Mother Goddess Image
  • What does she represent?
  • And how does this image relate to the pervasive
    historical evidence of misogyny, the hatred or
    strong prejudice against women.

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The Venus of Willendorf (European)
  • What does she represent?
  • And how does this image relate to the pervasive
    historical evidence of misogyny, the hatred or
    strong prejudice against women.

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Theories of Patriarchy
  • Patriarchy is the theory that men should be
    dominant over women.
  • Theories
  • Traditionalist
  • Marxist of Economic
  • Maternalist or matriarchal
  • A working hypothesis..

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More terms
  • Matriarchy is the theory that women should be
    dominant over men.
  • Patrilineal lineage is accounted through the
    male line.
  • Matrilineal lineage is accounted through the
    female line.
  • Paternalist/Maternalist authority derives from
    the power of fatherhood or motherhood.

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Traditionalist Theories of Patriarchy
  • Religious Male dominance is God given.
  • Biological determinist Man is the hunter and
    dominates.
  • Others
  • Darwinian or Sociobiology
  • Freudian biology is destiny

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Economic Theories of Patriarchy
  • Marxist theorist Friedrich Engels Women become
    mens property.
  • Anthropologist Claude Levi-Strauss
    civilizations manage social relations through the
    traffic in women or the exchange of women.

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Maternalist or Matriarchal Theories
  • 19th century theorist, Bachofen hypothesized
    Matriarchal society preceded patriarchal society
    in historical time.
  • Suffragist Elizabeth Cady Stanton theorized that
    maternalist or mother centered societies
    existed in some Native American tribes.

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Mother Goddess Image
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Mother Goddess Catal Huyuk (modern Turkey)
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A Working Hypothesis
  • There are no known matriarchal human societies.
  • Matrilineal societies give way to patrilineal
    societies in historical time
  • But
  • To paraphrase Freud biology was once destiny.
    Is it any longer?
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