roastedDeflator@kbin.social to Archaeology@mander.xyz · 5 months agoThe Theory That Men Evolved to Hunt and Women Evolved to Gather Is Wrongwww.scientificamerican.comexternal-linkmessage-square31fedilinkarrow-up188arrow-down122file-textcross-posted to: news@lemmy.world
arrow-up166arrow-down1external-linkThe Theory That Men Evolved to Hunt and Women Evolved to Gather Is Wrongwww.scientificamerican.comroastedDeflator@kbin.social to Archaeology@mander.xyz · 5 months agomessage-square31fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: news@lemmy.world
The influential idea that in the past men were hunters and women were not isn’t supported by the available evidence
minus-squareHegar@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·5 months agoTry watching 90s sitcoms. Gender essentialism was still ok in public discourse so you hear a lot of ‘because men were designed to hunt’ to explain unrelated behaviour.
Try watching 90s sitcoms. Gender essentialism was still ok in public discourse so you hear a lot of ‘because men were designed to hunt’ to explain unrelated behaviour.