Shattering the myth of men as hunters and women as gatherers
phys.org
Analysis of data from dozens of foraging societies around the world shows that women hunt in at least 79% of these societies, opposing the widespread belief that men exclusively hunt and women exclusively gather. Abigail Anderson of Seattle Pacific University, US, and colleagues presented these findings in the open-access journal PLOS ONE on June 28, 2023.

Analysis of mounting archaeological evidence from across human history and prehistory is challenging the widespread belief that men exclusively hunt and women exclusively gather.

Analysis of data from dozens of foraging societies around the world shows that women hunt in at least 79% of these societies, opposing long-held perceptions about gender roles in foraging societies.

Gender stereotypes have influenced previous archaeological studies, with, for instance, some researchers reluctant to interpret objects buried with women as hunting tools.

There is a call for reevaluation of such evidence and caution against misapplying the idea of men as hunters and women as gatherers in future research.

    •  Tight-laced   ( @Tight-laced@kbin.social ) 
      5•1 year ago

      I’ve done martial arts for nearly 30 years now. Being female, I’m happy to fight whoever is in the class that day, I can’t be picky about gender and it makes me a better fighter.

      I can tell you that women are by far the more devious fighters. Men rely on strength/size and think that will see them through. Women can’t, so we get clever, get dirty, use speed, agility, anything we can to our advantage. Fighting a man is actually easier in my experience, but boy they get butthurt when they don’t win.

      •  antsp   ( @antsp@kbin.social ) 
        3•1 year ago

        I have yet to see competition group mixed session (kickboxing or bjj) where women could match up to men, even with no or very small weight disparity. Most cases its not even close. Maybe its just the gyms I have trained.

        It is very common practise that you go much easier if your sparring partner is smaller than you, no matter if its a teen boy, smaller man or a woman.

        Are you completely sure that some of the time this “butthurt” attitude is not because you suddenly changed the intensity of sparring session out of nowhere and might have caused injury risk? Because this has happened to me several times when doing light sparring with girls (and young guys) who have something to prove. Note that I did not get “butthurt” regardles, just noted to be more carefull.

        Edit: I wanted to include young guys as well.