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A rapid decline in gender bias relates to changes in subsistence practices over demographic changes in a formerly
Yaming Huang1, Pengpeng Bai1, Liqiong Zhou1
1State Key Laboratory of Grassland and Agro-Ecosystems, College of Ecology, Lanzhou University, 222 Tianshui South Road, Lanzhou, Gansu Province 730000, P.R. China.
Abstract:
This research examines dynamics of kinship systems, emphasizing changes in gender-biased inheritance and social interaction within a formerly matrilineal community. Using demographic data over 70-year of lifespan from 17 Tibetan villages, we observe a significant shift within the predominantly matrilineal inheritance structure: a once-prevalent preference for females in older cohorts has now gone in recent generations. We explore two possible explanations: that this is driven by changes in subsistence system or by changes in sibling configuration. Our investigation reveals that a change from agriculture to non-traditional economy with more market integration marks a pivot from matrilineal to non-unilineal inheritance systems. Moreover, results from economic games conducted in two distinct survey periods (2015 and 2021) indicate that high donations for females in 2015 have become unbiased in 2021. These findings provide concrete evidence of shifts in gender preference both at the level of familial resource allocation and broader societal interactions.
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