Benoit (2000)

Question 1

Explain how pre-capitalist societies are organized horizontally:

Answer 1

Do different jobs, but mutual sharing among the sexes (and not much social stratification)

Question 2

Which societies tend to be organized hierarchically?

Answer 2

With greater wealth (economic surplus)

Question 3

Explain a hierarchically organized society?

Answer 3

Vertical organization and social stratification

Question 4

What do ranked / hierarchical societies rely on?

Answer 4

Inter - societal (between societies) and welfare

Slaves and Booty are the most common prizes to conquerors

Question 5

How does a woman’s situation depend on the type of society she is in?

Answer 5

Horizontally: Men and women share an equal division of work (although diff tasks)

Vertical: Women are socially stratified based on the type of work they preform (and access to material resources / money)

Question 6

Stopped on pg 21 (do a cue card on slavery / enslaved women)