But I don't advocate for coercive or restrictive measures and I never have. I've never once said, "the government should" or "if people don't they should be punished" or anything remotely like that. I've simply provided information - in large part because most people seem to believe that human culture was pretty much always like the 1950s in America, but without the modern conveniences. And the truth is, that sort of family and social dynamic only lasted 20 years and is not timeless or ancient - which opens up the possibilities in people's minds (I hope) to imagine other things. When they hear about more partnership-oriented working groups becoming more prevalent in the business world - not because it's nicer than dominance hierarchies - but because it's more efficient, then maybe their brains can take in new things.

You have perhaps heard the story about how when Columbus first came to the New World, the natives didn't "see" him at first because they had no conception of what those huge ships were or could possibly be. Having some cultural context will, I believe, help people to potentially "see" something other than dominance hierarchies as a possibility. The other day a woman actually confirmed for me that this supposition is true. Here is what she said:

"The anthropological contexts you offer are always so eye-opening! They have really helped me to see the patriarchy and nuclear family structure from a totally different perspective. When we're immersed in it, we have a tendency to think, "Well, this is just the way things are."

I will look forward to reading the links and comment there on them. Dogs are great - and mine are pretty well-behaved, but they do have their quirks and their personalities just like humans.