Women Hunt in Most Foraging Societies, Using Their Own Tools And Strategies

[Warpy]

(Another stupid and damaging trope bites the dust)

Hunter-gatherer roles in human society are not nearly as gendered as anthropologists and archaeologists have traditionally believed, with narratives of 'man the hunter' and 'woman the gatherer' crumbling in the face of new evidence.

In recent years, ancient sites around the world strongly suggest that women have been fishing, hunting big game, and going to war alongside men for many millennia.

In fact, they still are.
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In addition to weapon choices, women further employ a greater flexibility of hunting strategies compared to men," the researchers note.

https://www.sciencealert.com/women-hunt-in-most-foraging-societies-using-their-own-tools-and-strategies

High time for this to come out. We already knew women supplied 80% of the calories and now we know that includes proteins. It makes a lot of sense, "man the fearless and intrepid hunter" didn't come out of thin air, he had to be trained by his Mom.

[SYFROYH]

1. There have always been a lot of assumptions about gender in societies.

This is good news for our collective understanding.