Almost All Cases of Bridewealth Are Associated with Patrilineal, Patrilocal

question 47

Essay

Almost all cases of bridewealth are associated with patrilineal, patrilocal systems. Why? If there were such a thing as groom price, where would you expect to find it? Why? Why do we not find groom service ethnographically?

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