RichardJun 29, 2023

Shattering the myth of men as hunters and women as gatherers

https://phys.org/news/2023-06-shattering-myth-men-hunters-women.html

"They found that women hunt in 79% of the analyzed societies, regardless of their status as mothers. More than 70% of female hunting appears to be intentional—as opposed to opportunistic killing of animals encountered while performing other activities, and intentional hunting by women appears to target game of all sizes, most often large game."

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Shattering the myth of men as hunters and women as gatherers

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.

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Show threadSatan - PaulJun 29, 2023
@self Honestly it makes sense
Women are built for survival aka they have more fat, which means more energy in storage which means you can go longer periods of time without food (of course, the topic is much more complex than that), but also misogyny would absolutely portray women as ah so fragile and literally can't do anything themselves :'((( which obviously is fucking bs
Show threadCallisto
@Satanic_catboy @self tbh I always assumed that people without uteruses had to do stupid and dangerous stuff to equalize life expectancy with the risk of childbirth. Only antibiotics and bleeding control changed that balance, barely 100 years ago.
Jun 29, 2023 at 11:19pmWeb
Show threadSatan - PaulJun 30, 2023
@callisto @self Actually that completely makes sense lmao
Transmen are so underrepresented cuz we die both from our baginas and being stupid guys đŸ˜”
Show threadCallistoJun 30, 2023
@Satanic_catboy @self đŸ˜­