Was: CIVILITY. Now: 3rd world & spacing

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<<in many non-western cultures, the number of children you have is directly

related to your social status [mostly for men but also for women]... the more

children the higher the status... those societies will usually practice polygamy

for the same reason.>> Dedy

-----> So they'll sacrifice their reproductive health (obviously polygamy

remedies that but what about in non-polygamous groups)? Wasn't Price's whole

point that traditional societies practiced spacing in order to ensure healthy

children? So what makes a traditional society " forget " that and start having

children regardless of reproductive health?

Filippa