Why have women been oppressed throughout history? As in - why did the female gender get that role and not the male?
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Also: do we have any evidence of systemic sexism occurring in animals, considering there is frequently strong sexual dimorphism?
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Hard to know what would constitute a "sexist" attitude in animal, given that we don't understand if they can have biases…
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Animals don't have systems. Their system consists of "I do what i can get away with."
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biological/temperamental differences on *average* along with our evolving intelligence led to false assumptions and convictions.
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Men started to dominate due to city-building and war. The great apes all show male dominance, but not all monkeys do.
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I may have mentioned this before but Robert Sapolsky has a great book on male aggression: amazon.ca/Trouble-Testos
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Q1: I think it's because historically they've been more directly involved with childcare; it's an easy thing to manipulate.
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there aren't many animals involved in childcare for 10+ years. Wean 'em and kick them out, maximum.
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It's totally cultural in humans: matriarcal cultures have no woman oppression, and far rarer rapes. Look en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosuo