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Patriarchal Rents
Before the 20th century, the world was overwhelmingly patriarchal: male coalitions ran powerful institutions, religious authorities sacralised male dominance, and female submission was often glorified as moral virtue. This system not only p...
Are Queen Mothers Over-Rated?
“Women in most African societies prior to 1900 were at least equal and in some cases had more status than African men” asserts Professor Christine Saidi. “Low population density and a constant shortage of laborers made motherhood … a most p...
Female Power for Whom?
Contemporary histories of Sub-Saharan Africa often stress women’s power and prominence. Indeed, Ashanti Queen Mothers helped select chiefs and exercised political influence, priestesses led rituals, women traded independently, and in matril...
Why Are Sub-Saharan Africa's Earliest States now Epicenters of Terrorism?
Sub-Saharan Africa’s persistent poverty is often blamed on weak states, and these are in turn usually blamed on the difficulty of building enduring states in Africa’s tough geographical conditions. But herein lies a puzzle. Sub-Saharan Afri...
Will Female Graduates Break Chinese Patriarchy?
Female education is often sold as the great equaliser: expanding skills, leveling the field. But are institutions really so meritocratic? Global history suggests that even when women surpass men in higher education, they may still be blocke...
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Dr Alice Evans is a Visiting Associate Professor at Stanford. She is writing “The Great Gender Divergence" (forthcoming with Princeton University Press). She has expertise on economic development and cultural change
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