Hi, does anyone help me to write a critical essay? It is about cultural anthropology and the question is "does matrilineal community has a higher divorce rate of patrilineal community?
From the past and the present, the divorce rate has been affected by various reasons. Between matrilineal community and patrilineal community, there are many different structures in social, political and economic system. According to the Kottak's textbook on page 277, the chart shows the divorce rate in women has been increased from 1940 to 2000. Why does matrilineal community appear a higher divorce rate than patrilineal community?
The word of matrilineal is defined as "descent is established by tracing descent exclusively through females from a founding female ancestor." (Schwimmer) In the matrilineal marriage, women feel more secure in economic and social system. Women have the rights of reproductive abilitiesand they have more power than men in the family.
Men has The word of patrilineal is defined as "descent is established by tracing descent exclusively through males from a founding male ancestor." (Schwimmer)