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Re: Montanian

From:Thomas R. Wier <trwier@...>
Date:Sunday, September 23, 2001, 21:06
Quoting joe <josephhill@...>:

> Actually, male's are dominant in most societies. (Just wondering, can > you give me any examples of the reverse? maybe a language too?)
Actually, in Madagascar, IIRC the roles are the reverse of the stereotypes that we in the West assign to the sexes, respectively: women are the aggressive, assertive gender, and are the ones who always go to market and are the public face of their families. I don't know for sure if this is reflected grammatically in Malagasy, but I'm sure Matt (if he's still on the list) could tell us. ============================== Thomas Wier <trwier@...> "Aspidi men Saiôn tis agalletai, hên para thamnôi entos amômêton kallipon ouk ethelôn; autos d' exephugon thanatou telos: aspis ekeinê erretô; exautês ktêsomai ou kakiô" - Arkhilokhos