If your serious, the reliance on strength to farm in early times (plow, sew, harvest) made men more valuable for that work. (1/2)
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In a hunt/gather tribe, men hunted while women foraged. Both sexes had an important role.
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Perhaps more males not dying during hunts and/or people had more time to contemplate & complain about their situation...
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Off-the-cuff guess: the physical demands of hunting and gathering prevented men from settling into lifestyles in which they could turn their
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strength against others to rule over them? Like, previously people had to cooperate too much to play political power games?
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i remember hearing that hunter gatherers had a ton of free time tho, but i know nothing
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there's a gargantuan difference between truly free time and time when you can't do anything for one reason or another
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Guess: agriculture => property (land) ownership => need for inheritance structure. Less real property ownership among hunter-gatherers.
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The gatherers brought in more resources than hunters. Females were often actually in hunting parties to scout, track and corral prey
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Agriculture also gave rise to the idea of personal ownership which has been wrongfully applied to mates
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