Only patrilineal societies have evolved technically and ideologically

Evidence

Of course, this condition is necessary but not sufficient: there are patrilineal civilizations immobilized in a primitive stage; others, like the Mayas, regressed. There is no absolute hierarchy between societies of maternal right and those of paternal right: but only the latter have evolved technically and ideologically. — Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex, 177

Categorization

• QUESTION: Beauvoir asserts no absolute hierarchy yet credits only patrilineal societies with technical/ideological evolution — the tension in this distinction is worth unpacking.
• XREF: connects to: Several non-Western societies modernized without adopting Western culture
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: Several non-Western societies modernized without adopting Western culture

Broader Connections

• Several non-Western societies modernized without adopting Western culture #complicates (0.78)