Mapuche 63, 97, 100, 189, 197, 268, 295, 321 Marathi 252, 321 marginalization 242-243, 301, 306 Mary, Virgin – 17, 193 Masai 226, 321 Mboshi 58, 61, 137, 321 definition, literal against

figurative twenty eight-29, 32-33, forty-eight, 54-55, 66, 103, 134, 307 Mende 86, 321 menopause 157, 161, 251, 274, 312 periods 18, 60-61, 243 metaphor eleven, 19, 26, 28-31, 33-34, 37-40, 4749, 51-52, 56-58, 61-64, 66-68, 78-79, 82, 84, 86, 88, ninety-five, 95, 98, 102-103, 110-111, 113, 121, 124, 126, 128, 131-133, 136-138, 151, 154, 157, 160, 163, 165, 172, 174-175, 178, 180-181, 183, 186-187, 195-197, 201-203, 207-208, 210-211, 217, 219, 223, 231, 251252, 267, 271-299, 312, 314, 333 metonym twenty-six, 272, 289 Midler, Betty 189 midwife 151, 203-204 Minangkabau ninety-five, 106, 2 hundred, 298, 321 Minyanka 26, 33, 57, 62-63, 99, 103, 109, 115, 121, 151, 153, 179, 192, 215, 246, 321 miscarriage 194 misogyny 315 modesty, female – 17, 41, 67, 73, 77, 96, 187, 191, 259, 278, 297, 308 Mohammed, Prophet – 90, 110 Moldovan 43, 321 currency 37, 44, 51, 63, 71, 79, 91-95, 99, 119, 125, 151-153, 171, 177, 181, 187, 198, 213, 215-216, 218, 230, 237, 245, 252-254, 265 select in addition to riches Mongo 87, 114, 117, 133, 139, two hundred, 211, 257, 260, 321, 332 Mongolian 41, 46, 117, 128, 164, 173, 184, 192, 197, 266, 291, 321, 332 monogamy twenty eight, 110, 117 Moorish 321 Mordvin 49, 279, 321 Mossi 70, 149, 155, 179-180, 220, 238, 245246, 318, 321 motherhood 16, 53, 56, 61, 101, 107, 140, 193-194, 197, 201, 205, 218, 278, 286 compared to. fatherhood 281, 299 moustache 54-55 Multani 70, 321 Muslim 16, 90-91, 182, 302, 310, 318

Pashto 71, 74, 78, 96, 99, 122, 126-127, 134136, 165-166, 177, 199, 288, 322 welfare varför Svenska kvinnor är så vackra 50, 82, 84, 155, 158, 164-167, 171, 174, 237, 314 passive (f) versus

misconception 14-17, 140, 212, 223, 230-231, 294, 305, 329, 332 Nama 97, 321 Nandi 52, 321 national twenty-two, 23 character 69, 72, 76, 86, 133, 177, 231, 296 (f) compared to. society (m) sixteen women – 40-41, 105, 211, 240, 282 men – 33, 112, 181 Ndebele 116, 238, 321, 335 Nenets 69, 225, 321 Neo Aramaic 14, 79, 299, 321 Nepalese 79, 96, 158, 321, 336 Ngaka Bali-Nyonga 220, 321 Ngbaka 34, 139, 186, 321, 338 Ngwana 114, 321 Nogay 108, 144, 205, 295, 321 standard(s) 20, 23, thirty-two, 55, 67, 70, 86, ninety, 98, 100, 110, 136, 157, 159, 168, 171, 174, 180, 187, 191, 243, 250-251, 261, 290, 303, 311, 313. subject (m) 20, 35, 44, 63, 85-86, 94, 98, 111, 156, 176, 209, 261, 267, 272-273, 287, 296-297, 301-302 Odes, Guide regarding – 41 oral, society 17, 21, 23, 305-306 literary works sixteen, 18, 307, 326, 329, 331 supply eleven, 18, 21, 30, 305 text message fourteen, 16-17, 306 customs fourteen, 16-17, 21-24, 37, 53, 272, 303, 305, 308, 310 orality 13-fourteen, 22-23, 238, 305 Oromo twenty six, twenty-eight, 32, 34, 41, 47, 52, 57-59, 67, 74, ninety, 97, 100, 103, 107-108, 113, 127, 131, 151-152, 154, 159, 172, 182-183, 188, 191, 194, 199-203, 205-206, 211, 216, 221, 252253, 259, 274, 320-321, 328 Ossetian 47, 82, 95, 116, 129, 170, 319, 321 Ovambo 31, 37, 70, 74, 111, 113, 116, 129, 135, 137-138, 150, 166, 179, 205, 239, 267, 297, 321 Palaung 322 palaver twenty five-26, 117 jeans discover shorts Papiamentu 30, 68, 130, 138, 141, 149, 157, 190, 199, 203, 228, 285, 322

productive (m) 94, 111, 186, 188, 202, 207, 275 penis see genitals Persian 25, twenty-eight, 43, 54, 56, 60, 75, 95, 99, 105, 112-113, 116, 144, 147, 161, 163, 165, 173, 177, 183, 205, 215, 220, 226, 235-236, 238, 250, 252, 256, 266, 277, 285, 288, 292, 308, 322, 329, 331, 336-337 perspective, women – twenty seven, 29, thirty-five, 46, 65, 68, 72, 82, 102, 105, 111, 113, 132, 140, 145, 154, 187, 189-191, 195, 198, 200, 225, 229, 254, 267, three hundred, 309 male – 30, 44, 49, 58, 61, 65, 73, 82, 85, 94, 104, 120, 136-137, 152, 155, 165, 174, 186-187, 192, 199, 204, 208, 230, 293, 300-301 petticoat 77, 208-209 Pidgin 159, 322 Polish 33, 41-42, forty five, 79, 83, 93, 101, 118, 126, 163, 172, 176, 188-190, 248-249, 262, 293, 322 polyandry 110-111 polygamy twenty eight, 110-111, 116, 118, 310-311 polygyny 110, 310, 327 Portuguese, European countries forty-five, 67, 71-73, 103, 125, 136, 163, 166-167, 171, 191, 210, 222, 228, 230, 233-234, 236, 240, 244, 258, 264, 271, 274, 292, 322 Latin The united states twenty five, 32, 39, 54-55, 70-71, 73, 75, 92-94, 97, 101, 111, 119, 121-122, 24-125, 127, 131, 141, 147, 154, 165, 170, 176, 183, 185, 197, 209-211, 215-218, 234, 245, 249, 257-258, 265, 274, 294, 322 posterity 34, 57, sixty, 88-89, 101, 109, 112, 161, 194, 197, 213, 274, 289, 295, 309 container-top 24, 273 poverty 30, thirty two, 70, 93, 166, 176, 198, two hundred, 219, 230 medicines 20, 30, 55, 158-159, 184, 187, 252, 259, 299 reputation 22, 33, 81, 85, ninety, 101, 112, 121, 155, 199-200, 202, 206, 208, 242, 265 rates, fiance – 51, 82, 91, 95, 103 personal (f) compared to. personal (m) 18, 20, 31, 38-39, 46, 107, 159, 208, 211, 297, 300-301