Horticultural society:

-Hand tools, hoes and digging sticks make it possible for women to work in cultivation of vegetation. For this reason, there was a high degree of equality between men and women.

-Neither sex controls food supply.

-Inheritance could be matrilineal or patrilineal.

-Patriarchy is not yet established. Many horticultural societies are matrilineal.

Post Industrial Society:

-Service based economy brought more women out of the home and into the workforce. As a result, women’s status is on the rise.

-More women receive college education and higher paying jobs.

-Inheritance is bilateral.

-Men have less control over procreation as more women enter field of medicine.

-Dual Earner Marriages—both husband and wife must work outside the home in order to make a living.



were you just talking race with regards to equality or the concept of equality in toto?