..this makes the woman prefer an stable social structure....Most cultures also ascribe a civilizing role to the woman: a transition from wild to domestic. Stable conditions create a surplus of goods (land, livestock, accumulated produce, capitalization, gold and ultimately of course power) to be ‘passed on’ and a cultural necessity for patrilineal lineage.A surplus of goods promotes envy in societies that do NOT have stable conditions (or, crime causes poverty). This compels the "Stable Society" to consider the necessity of self defense, until the unstable societies become stable. Until then, it's still a dangerous world.
From the article:
"Most cultures have myths on the introduction of agriculture (whether cereal or tuber) which have a woman protagonist (Isis, Demeter, Hainuwele, etc:). Most cultures also ascribe a civilizing role to the woman: a transition from wild to domestic. Stable conditions create a surplus of goods (land, livestock, accumulated produce, capitalization, gold and ultimately of course power) to be ‘passed on’ and a cultural necessity for patrilineal lineage." ***************
Why would accumulating property make patrilineal lineage necessary?
Having property go through women makes just as much sense; more really, since measuring lineage through women was the traditional method, and tradition of any kind is not easily overthrown.