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    Modern American, Aztec, and Yanomamo Families and Gender Structures Compared

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    In five pages the family and gender structures of these three different geographically situated groups are compared. Seven sources are cited in the bibliography.

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    roles but all also experienced shifts within their structures to adapt to new situations encountered by new generations. The males within the Yanomamo are considered as the warriors but are  heavily influenced by the women who demand protection from raiding tribes. The men within the tribes also continuously create stronger alliances with other powerful men in order to increase their  status and their marriage options. The families of the Aztecs of Mexico lived jointly and joint households consisted of complex kinship ties in addition to the genders enjoying a parallel  level of roles and respect. After the Spanish conquests however, the gender roles and family structures shifted toward a more male oriented society consistent with the expectations of the Spanish.  Finally, the traditional nuclear families of American society have also shifted within the last generation. As the incidence of divorce increases and more women are working outside of the home,  American families have experienced a shift to households which may have traditional nuclear structures but more than likely have environments in which parents are divorced, or cohabitating or are single  parent based. Although the lifestyle of the Yanomamo who live along the Orinoco River in Venezuela and Brazil is considered one of sedentary  agriculture, they are also considered fierce warrior tribes. Researchers have determined that the average population of a Yanomamo settlement consisted of about 75 people, all of whom had close kinship  ties. The gender roles in the Yanomamo are quite unique in regards to their relationship between the family and the maintenance of society. While like many other primal societies, the  tribe trains boys and men to defend their villages and also provide offences. While the women of the village do not participate in war, they do "unite to provoke their 

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