Trusted, Automoderated users
17,538
edits
Line 7: | Line 7: | ||
===<span style="font-family:'Linux Libertine, Georgia, Times, serif'; font-size: 24px; line-height: 1.2; font-weight: normal;" id="Women_were_historically_predominantly_involved_in_cooking_and_they_never_dominated_men">Women were historically predominantly involved in cooking and they never dominated men</span>=== | ===<span style="font-family:'Linux Libertine, Georgia, Times, serif'; font-size: 24px; line-height: 1.2; font-weight: normal;" id="Women_were_historically_predominantly_involved_in_cooking_and_they_never_dominated_men">Women were historically predominantly involved in cooking and they never dominated men</span>=== | ||
<div class="navbar" style="padding-left: 4px; margin-top: 3px; background: #EAEAEA; color: #555; border-top: 2px solid #444; border-bottom: 1px solid #444; font-size: 13px">[[#Women_were_historically_predominantly_involved_in_cooking_and_they_never_dominated_men|permalink]] | [[#tocFeminism|category: Feminism]] | [[#tocWomen_were_historically_predominantly_involved_in_cooking_and_they_never_dominated_men|table of contents]]</div> | <div class="navbar" style="padding-left: 4px; margin-top: 3px; background: #EAEAEA; color: #555; border-top: 2px solid #444; border-bottom: 1px solid #444; font-size: 13px">[[#Women_were_historically_predominantly_involved_in_cooking_and_they_never_dominated_men|permalink]] | [[#tocFeminism|category: Feminism]] | [[#tocWomen_were_historically_predominantly_involved_in_cooking_and_they_never_dominated_men|table of contents]]</div> | ||
On her book Kinship and Gender (2010), anthropologist Linda Stone writes that, "Today anthropologists generally agree that cases of true matriarchy do not exist in human society, and that they most probably never have." | On her book Kinship and Gender (2010), anthropologist Linda Stone writes that, "Today anthropologists generally agree that cases of true matriarchy do not exist in human society, and that they most probably never have." In the most matriarchal societies like the Balinese, women have been very active in the market place, but men lead politics and the military. | ||
Murdock & Provost (1973) analyzed task division between the sexes among a wide variety of historical human societies (N = 185). It is noticeable that men were much more involved in the organization of resources extraction, often far away from home, whereas women were primarily involved in | Murdock & Provost (1973) analyzed task division between the sexes among a wide variety of historical human societies (N = 185). It is noticeable that men were much more involved in the organization of resources extraction, often far away from home, whereas women were primarily involved in the easy tasks close to the home or community. This proves that women have been overwhelmingly dependent on men organizing pretty much everything. This sex difference in public vs private orientation is also noticeable in sex differences in gossip: Women are twice as talkative in small groups and gossip more about close acquaintances and friends (especially about the looks of other females), see the [[#tocTee-Hee|tee-hee]] section. The table below is recreated from Table 1 in the study. 'Male index' is a weighted sum of the percentages with 1.0 for 'Males only', 0.8 for 'Males mainly', 0.5 for 'Equal', 0.2 for 'Females mainly' and 0.0 for 'Females only'. | ||
Wood & Eagly (2002) further summarized how women have been much more involved in rising the offspring. Quite often older sisters cared for their younger siblings. | Wood & Eagly (2002) further summarized how women have been much more involved in rising the offspring. Quite often older sisters cared for their younger siblings. |