Sexual Divison Of Labour Flashcards
(20 cards)
Why are females most likely to benefit from parental effort?
They can be certain the child is theres and have fewer reproductive opportunities then men.
What is more likely to favour parental strategies that require investment?
Natural Selection
What task do women perform as a result of reproduction being their primary aim?
Gathering,
Why are men allowed to hunt?
They can afford higher risk of failure
When is the division of labour first thought to be have existed and according to whom?
The Upper Palaeolithic - Kuhn.
Why may labour division have occurred?
To allow humans to gather food and other resources more efficiently.
What ethnographic communities do not show evidence of sexual division?
The Aeta and the Ju/hoansi
Who reviewed ethnographic data of 4 contemporary groups?
Hawkes 1995
What were the 4 ethnographic groups examined by Hawkes in 1995?
Ache - Paraguay
Hiwi - Venezuela
Hadza - Tanzania
!kung - Botswana
What does the ethnographic data show?
That women’s foraging behaviours reflect parenting goals and ecological features
How do Ache women forage?
Curtail foraging whilst with juveniles as the forest is unsafe.
How do Hatchi mothers forage?
Close to the camp with there children
How do the Hadza hunt?
In groups while the children forage.
How do the !Kung hunt?
Individually whilst the children stay at camp.
Why did early homnins not person sexual labour division?
They pursued narrowly focused economics
Why is it believed sexual division occurred in the Upper Palaeolithic?
It provides an evolutionary advantage over other early hominins
What does sexual division of labour benefit?
Parental effort and reproductive opportunities
What makes women better reproducers?
If they employ low risk foraging
Why might hunting not be a necessary part of HG?
Man the Hunter conference suggested equal balance of foraging and hunting
Why might hunting not be essential to HG diet?
It may be performed for more ritualistic reasons to provide men with prestige through signalling displays
