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This 3 page paper provides an overview of a comparison of the gender egalitarianism of the Lanatinai of the Pacific and western cultures in relation to gender roles. There are 3 sources listed.
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and reflect some of the same values. Though distinctions can be made between the matriarchal Vanatinai ideology of the South Pacific and Western patriarchal cultures, the elements they share
in relation to gender perspectives suggest some correlation between the physiology of gender and gender roles. Brettell and Sargent (2009) related the study of gender egalitarianism in the Vanatinai
culture of the Pacific islanders reported by Maria Lepowsky. It was Lepowskys contention that the matrilineal and horticultural foundations of the Vanatinai culture was displayed through many of their
traditions and reflected both practical and ideological links. Men and women in this culture are not dominant and participate in activities that afford prestige and power to both genders.
Specifically, food and the distribution of food through feasting and in the display of meals is a sign of status and both men and women can become "big" in
relation to their activities of feasting and the resources they display. In some smaller societies, different gender roles and gender-defined activities
have different meanings. In the Vanatinai culture, a couple that eats together is generally viewed as married, and the act of a woman cooking for a man has relational
significance (Strong, Devault and Cohen, 2010). Western cultures do not place the same emphasis on food or on the creation of feast or food products, which are a central
focus on horticultural societies. While this is not dissimilar to the advantages that can be displayed through acts of wealth achieved by men and women in western
culture, the gains that women can make in relation to western wealth are not as readily available as those in the Vanatinai culture. In fact, women play an essential
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