: If all children are equal then how does a female get rank? A male leads the
: clan but how does any arbitrary female child have any more status than any
: other?

: I suppose a Kaidon could give his wife away but how does she keep her status
: when she is no-longer married to that Kaidon? Does it really work? Here,
: take one of our females and we will have an alliance, somehow.

: In the fiction, private moments between male and female seem to the the only
: time a Sangheli male can show his tender side. The death of a spouse also
: gives them something to want revenge for.

Halopedia says the females primarily choose their mates based on bloodlines, as females are the only ones with knowledge of the males blood lines. I know this doesn't directly answer your question, but I think it's important to the conversation.