tables (illustrator). Contents IntroductionRayna R Reiter 1 Perspectives on the Evolution of Sex DifferencesLila Leibowitz 2 Woman the Gatherer Male Bias in AnthropologySally Slocum 3 The Origin of the FamilyKathleen Gough 4 Kung Women Contrasts in Sexual Egalitarianism in Foraging and Sedentary ContextsPatricia Draper 5 Aboriginal Woman Male and Female Anthropological PerspectivesRubby Rohrlich-Leavitt Barbara Sykes and Elizabeth Weatherford 6 The Concept of Pollution Among the Kafe of the Papua New Guinea HighlandsElizabeth Faithorn 7 Matriarchy A Vision of PowerPaula Webster 8 The Traffic in Women Notes on the Political Economy of SexGayle Rubin 9 Engels Revisited Women the Organization of Production and Private PropertyKaren Sacks 10 Iroquois Women An Ethnohistoric NoteJudith K Brown 11 Men and Women in the South of France Public and Private DomainsRayna R Reiter 12 Women and Words in a Spanish VillageSusan Harding 13 The Life Crisis as a Clue to Social Function The Case of ItalySydel F Silverman 14 Love Unites Them and Hunger Separates Them Poor Women in the Dominican RepublicSusan E Brown 15 The Spread of Capitalism in Rural Colombia Effects on Poor WomenAnna Rubbo 16 Underdevelopment and the Experience of Women A Nigerian Case StudyDorothy Remy 17 Collectivization Kinship and the Status of Women in Rural ChinaNorma Diamond Bibliography 416 pp.