SOCSCI 2Q03 Lecture Notes - European Canadian, Menopause, Neolithic
6 Mar 2013
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There seems to be an ever-present male dominance that existed given research. Men had superior strength and they took advantage of that. Women had the ability to pro-create, more and more pregnancies. Men did not know that sex was able to produce a child. Women were viewed as onus because they had the sole ability to create a society. Women assumed responsibility for the child (sole parent). This results in a very powerful status for them. Men in fact believed that they could be the dominant individuals based on their strength. 10-15 thousand years ago 65 researchers concluded that men and women were connected based on the child. We know this based on cave walls drawings depicting the life cycle of antelopes. There are no institutionalized families just clans that hunted and gathered together. From early researchers, hunters had the more important role. Women constantly gathered thus playing an important role. Women may seem under-valued because hunters are superior.
