1. Gender inequality San Women’s status in Sun community is very high and their influence considerable. They maintain a status that is higher than that women in many societies in the world. Although women may be nearly equal to men, men do seem to have the upper hand. There is no prerogative in relation to the important sources of influence in San society. Since there is no formal leaders or hierarchies, decisions are made on …showed first 75 words of 2096 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2096 total…Khumbu. Also, creation of Sagarmatha National Park in 1975 effectively ended several centuries of regional political autonomy. Bibliography Work Cited Shostak, Marjorie. Nisa. The Life and Words of a !Kung woman. New York, , First Vintage Book Edition, 1981 Napoleon, Chagnon. Yanomamo.Fifth Edition. Harcourt Brace, Santa Barbara, 1997 Fisher, James. Sherpas:Reflections on Change in Himalayan Nepal. University of California Press. 1990 Newman, Kathrine. No Shame in My Game. New York, Alfred A.Knopf and The Russell Sage Foundation, 1999