Contexts magazine describes the Musuo people of Southwest China. This matrilineal cultural community does not practice marriage or monogamy, and apparently functions well without it. An interesting cultural reflection on the place of marriage as a universal bedrock of all societies.
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Joan Jacobs Brumberg, Stephen H. Weiss Presidential Fellow and Professor of Human Ecology at Cornell University, called Home Economics "an important female ghetto," and asked, "What other group of American women did so much, all over the country, and got so little credit? " In the 21st century, we remain relevant, even as our programs are dismantled. Here's a place to come together and discuss pressing issues.
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Tuesday, December 21, 2010
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