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Eskimo Women
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Eskimo Women
A discussion of the reasons for the lower social status of women including family hierarchy, child-rearing, bride capture and wife-trading.
1,575 words (approx. 6.3 pages) |
4 sources |
1994
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"Women occupy a low status in the hierarchy of Eskimo society, and this can be seen in a variety of different Eskimo tribes. There are a number of reasons why this situation has developed, and the social and economic life of the community has dictated the place of women to a great extent, as have the realities of Eskimo life and the nature of the family group. In some ways, though, the low status of women is more a western perception than an Eskimo one, and the record indicates some exaggeration of certain situations by western observers. The Aleuts and the Polar Inuits can serve as examples to show the position of women in each social group and the reasons for this.Many characteristics are shared among most of the Eskimo groups. Eskimos live in small, isolated villages, usually in groups of only 10 to 50 people, though the exception could be as..."
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