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But in societies based primarily on farming - ie most of the human race for most of its history - the main "technologies" are things like land or livestock, easily inherited by the children of the wealthy. This tends to lead to a very unequal society.
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Differences lie in how societies treat the inequalities. Some may downplay them so they become transparent and insignificant (egalitarian societies) while others will accent inequalities (ranked and class-based societies).
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Given these problems, is it possible to define with any certainty what the role of women was in egalitarian societies? The answer is yes; ... Therefore, we can look to these groups for an understanding of how egalitarian societies functioned.
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high degree of equality among people ... -less of an income gap between the rich and the poor in the US. ... -high degree of freedom of speech, equal opportunities for education.
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Discrete agent simulation was used to investigate the role of violence and revenge in model egalitarian societies. A population of 100 agents inhabited a landscape of 20x20 squares containing five sources of food. ... These results are discussed in the context of ethnographic observations of a number of egalitarian societies.
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1.1 Gift giving was a ubiquitous feature in egalitarian societies around the world. (Gurven 2003) At the individual level, generosity was a means of establishing and maintaining personal reputation;
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Akay, Alpaslan & Martinsson, Peter & Medhin, Haileselassie, 2009. "Does Positional Concern Matter in Poor Societies? Evidence from a Survey Experiment in Rural Ethiopia," IZA Discussion Papers 4354, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA).
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The results indicate that the extent of relative poverty was rather similar in the two societies but also that differences in the structure of poverty existed. In urban Russia, characteristics of the household head leading to a high risk of poverty were advanced age, a limited education, and being female.
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In all societies, women use the resources available to them to ... This is an excerpt from Women's Status in Egalitarian Society, Implications for Social Evolution, by Eleanor Leacock, first published 1978, as reprinted in Myths of Male Dominance, Montly Review Press, 1981. The works quoted in the passage are :
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