Women aren’t genetically more empathetic than men; the way power has been traditionally distributed since civilisation began, it has always been the burden of women to understand men. —Rutger Bregman, Humankind: A hopeful history
Reminded me of this excerpt from a somewhat optimisitic but delightful read about how the transition from hunter-gatherer nomadic/“the commons” to agricultural/private property created numerous cascading effects — one of which was how women went from active equal members (yes, even hunting) to being secondary members and essentially property. Women, even to this day, have the onus to understand men/others while men have historically had the expectation to not understand women or others.
Yes this is why pre-civilization / indigenous worldview perceives women with reverance for being able to bring new life and in their role as a central focal point of community.
Reminded me of this excerpt from a somewhat optimisitic but delightful read about how the transition from
hunter-gatherernomadic/“the commons” to agricultural/private property created numerous cascading effects — one of which was how women went from active equal members (yes, even hunting) to being secondary members and essentially property. Women, even to this day, have the onus to understand men/others while men have historically had the expectation to not understand women or others.edit: repetitive grammar
Yes this is why pre-civilization / indigenous worldview perceives women with reverance for being able to bring new life and in their role as a central focal point of community.