CROSS CULTURAL DATING & MATE SELECTION SEMINAR
The Nairs of 1800s India Mate Selection & Polyandry ___
By Shwetha Jayaraj
Abstract: I will briefly examine the history of mate selection during the pre-British colonial Era of Malabar regarding the Nair class. In this essay I will compare this era with the modern era of mate selection in the UK, and compare both periods to mate selection in the US. Particular detail is explored on Nair women polyandry, the militaristic quality of Nair men, as well as education for all Nair children. Nair women in what is now Kerala, India during the pre-British era upheld vastly different mating selection patterns which starkly contrast from the patriarchal practices that we