Posted: Apr 08, 2012 3:58 am
I've read too that in these tribal societies, children were raised by the grandparents while the more able and agile younger folk did the hunting and gathering.
Also that agriculture was not a chosen improvement in lifestyle, it was an uncomfortable necessity due to increasing population that likely started the patriarchal system by entrenching animal husbandry which grew from hunting in men while entrenching cultivation in women who had been doing more of the gathering. This meant an extreme difference in the workload after agriculture as the men got to sit about while the women did all the freaking work.
Also that agriculture was not a chosen improvement in lifestyle, it was an uncomfortable necessity due to increasing population that likely started the patriarchal system by entrenching animal husbandry which grew from hunting in men while entrenching cultivation in women who had been doing more of the gathering. This meant an extreme difference in the workload after agriculture as the men got to sit about while the women did all the freaking work.