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[–] clark@midwest.social 19 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

I thought everyone knew this. Tasks based on sex were not so prevalent until high cultures formed and people started settling down instead of being nomadic.

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 14 points 2 weeks ago

Not just nomadic. Many sedentary societies lack strong gender divisions in labor as well.

[–] Smith6826@sopuli.xyz 0 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

You can downvote me and science, but wake me up if you come up with a real argument disputing the entire field of endocrinology, molecular biology, and the rest of biology by extension. Not to mention archeology and anthropology.

At the very simplest way to understand, you do know the difference between testosterone and estrogen, and their biological mechanisms, correct? Rhetorical.

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

It's the anthropology that proves the claim.

Tell us more about your opinions on high school biology and how no woman ever hunted as much as men in her culture.

[–] Smith6826@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Edit: edited out my petty comment directed towards a miscommunication that is now resolved.

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

So you agree with the meme, great.

[–] Smith6826@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

(I thought) the meme implies all women. Oh I understand your other comment now. My comment is only valid if the meme implied all women, and i had no malicious intent.

If reading as "some", then yes I fully agree. I guess it depends who is reading it, and I'm assuming it was written that way by design, to get people like us to fight over a misunderstanding.

Sending good vibes🤙

Edit: (I thought)

[–] Smith6826@sopuli.xyz -1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Tasks based on sex were not so prevalent until high cultures formed...

Like being pregnant and giving birth (as many times as possible), breastfeeding, and raising those same infants while the men are doing tasks that are unfeasible for pregnant breastfeeding women taking care of infants?, like hunting, building shelters and going to war, among other things? (Which some women did, but the majority did not)

Oh, ya ya, for sure. A lot of people in this thread seem to be sharing the same anti-anthropology delusion. Which is very concerning but not surprising in the age of misinformation. More culture-war BS.

[–] drake@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Anthropology tends to support the fact that women and men pretty much all had equal share of pretty much every task in the palaeolithic and neolithic eras.

You shouldn’t just reject scientific advances because it goes against what you learned at school. What you learned was wrong. Science adapts based on new evidence. You can too.

[–] Steak@lemmy.ca -3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Men definitely did more hunting then woman in most of human history lmao you are insane

[–] drake@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] Steak@lemmy.ca -1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Men are faster and stronger. Men don't spend a good portion of their lives growing children and breastfeeding them. So more free time to hunt. Men's eyesight is literally better at picking up motion than woman's and men have better reflex's and hand eye coordination. Men outperform woman in almost all aspents of what it takes to be a great hunter back in the early human days.