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Originally Posted by blimp
there r some historians that say that before the plough, men and women were equal, but since the plough required raw strength man became more powerful. now that was 8,000 years ago according to wikipedia. how slow do u want the change to be?
i still don't understand why some ppl have to wait to have equal opportunities. |
before the plow in a few societies women were respected because they brought in a majority of the calories among hunter and gatherers. Among agricultural societies women perform most of the drudge work including building houses, raising animals, cooking, farming, raising children and so on. while the men sit and watch for enemies, that usually don't come. in either case, women perform much more work than men. Only in very few hunter gatherer societies such as the San of the kalihari is there a realistic egalitarianism.
what you have to see in Japan is that women have a different type of power than men. there is what's called a division of labor between the sexes, where each has it's roles and responsibilities. Ever notice how women manage the money and give their husband's an allowance, which is rarely as much as they want, even though they earn it?