1. Gender roles and Popular religions
Since wives are essentially betrothed to a man through their mothers, any siblings that the mother conceives will also belong to the same man: "At the time of the girl's puberty ritual, her father selects a man and gives him a ceremonial spear, as a sign that any girls his daughter may be delivered of later will eventually become wives of that man" (Potts 89). ... Men are naturally promiscuous since their biology allows them to procreate many times in a short period while women can only procreate once every 9 months. ... The bible is filled with stories that demean women and make women se...
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