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The common assumption that women have always been subordinate to men relies on a further assumption - that women have accepted second-class status as a "natural" state of affairs. This classic anthropological study debunks the many myths behind the idea of “natural” male superiority. Drawing on extensive ethnographic research across cultures, Leacock demonstrates that claims of inherent male dominance and female subordination are based on carefully constructed falsehoods with no historical, factual basis. Instead, Leacock argues for the material roots of women’s oppression as part of a historic process within the development of human societies. She documents numerous historical examples of egalitarian gender relations, and shows that, far from simply accepting their lot, women across cultures challenged attempts to denigrate and isolate their labor and roles in society. Finally, Leacock’s analysis proves that just as women’s subjugation has not always existed as a facet of human relations, it can also be overcome. (Verlagstext)

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Preface | 1

 

1Introduction: Engels and the History of Women's Oppression | 13

 

 

Part I: Women in an Egalitarian Society: The Montagnais-Naskapi of Canada

 

2The Montagnais-Naskapi | 33

 

3Status Among the Montagnais-Naskapi of Labrador | 39

 

4Montagnais Women and the Jesuit Program for Colonization | 43

 

5Matrilocality Among the Montagnais-Naskapi | 63

 

 

Part II: Social Evolution - From Egalitarianism to Oppression

 

6Introduction to Lewis Henry Morgan, Ancient Society , Parts I, II, III, IV | 85

 

7Women's Status in Egalitarian Society: Implications for Social Evolution | 133

 

8Review of Evelyn Reed, Women's Evolution | 183

 

 

Part III: Mythos of Male Dominance - Discussion and Debate

 

9Society and Gender | 197

 

10Review of Margaret Mead, Male and Female | 205

 

11Structuralism and Dialectics | 209

 

12The Changing Family and Lévi-Strauss, or Whatever Happened to Fathers?| 222

 

13Ideologies of Sex: Archetypes and Stereotypes - Eleanor Leacock and June Nash | 242

 

14Review of Steven Goldberg, The Inevitability of Patriarchy - Eleanor Leacock and Steven Goldberg | 264

 

15Social Behaviour, Biology, and the Double Standard | 280

 

 

Part IV: Conclusion - Politics and the Ideology of Male Dominance

 

16Political Ramifications of Engels' Argument on Women's Subjugation | 305

 

17Women, Development, and Anthropological Facts and Fiction | 310

 

 

Bibliography | 317

 

Index | 335