Africa is a very patriarchal part of the world. In some villages women have to carry water from rivers for miles and men would simply drink all day, however men still have power. This is the case in many countries in Africa; womens soul purpose is to reproduce, take care of the house and family.
It depends if it's a single or a double bar line.
if it's a double bar line it's just there to separate the sections of the music and if it's a single bar line all it does it separate the beats in order to make a measure.
Functionalism, as both were focused on a building being designed based on the purpose of the building itself.
