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Lots of matrilineal societies out there, including the Iroquois and a lot of other North American First Nations. And a theory like hers is not just rectally sourced, it would be based upon observations made of modern and historical societal groups as well. It's called "Anthro 101"
Originally posted by Violater1
But to allude to “families may have even traced their descent through the female line” is preposterous, especially when the dominant males were the ones battling it out, and bringing the meat to the table.
Originally posted by JohnnyCanuck
Lots of matrilineal societies out there, including the Iroquois and a lot of other North American First Nations. And a theory like hers is not just rectally sourced, it would be based upon observations made of modern and historical societal groups as well. It's called "Anthro 101"
Originally posted by Violater1
But to allude to “families may have even traced their descent through the female line” is preposterous, especially when the dominant males were the ones battling it out, and bringing the meat to the table.
S&F for the thread, though!edit on 8-3-2013 by JohnnyCanuck because: ...just because, eh?
Originally posted by MystikMushroom
reply to post by Spider879
With very early modern humans, no one really knew what kid was who's. Everyone just sort of mated and kids popped out. I don't think materalism and a "mine!" dominated culture existed ages ago.
I believe with the introduction of fermented alcohols came the male-dominated, materlistic culture we have today.edit on 8-3-2013 by MystikMushroom because: (no reason given)
Alcohol has the effect of being libidinally stimulating at moderate doses at the same time that the ego feels
empowered and social boundaries are felt to lose some of their restraining power. Often these feelings are
accompanied by a sense of verbal facility ordinarily out of reach. The difficulty with all of this is that
research findings suggest these fleeting effects are usually followed by a narrowing of awareness, a
diminishing of ability to respond to social cues, and an infantile regression into loss of sexual
performance, loss of general motor control, and consequent loss of self-esteem.
Moderation in drinking seems the obvious course. Yet alcoholism is a major and unremitting problem
throughout global society. I believe that the alcohol abuse syndrome is symptomatic of the state of
disequilibrium and tension existing between men and women and between the individual and society.
Alcoholism is a condition of ego obsession and inability to resist the drive toward immediate gratification.
The social domain in which the repression of women and the feminine is most graphically and brutally
realized is that of the drunken episode or lifestyle. The darkest expressions of the terror and the anxiety
engendered by severance from the maternal matrix have traditionally been acted out there. Wife beating
without alcohol is like a circus without lions.
Originally posted by MystikMushroom
reply to post by Spider879
With very early modern humans, no one really knew what kid was who's. Everyone just sort of mated and kids popped out. I don't think materalism and a "mine!" dominated culture existed ages ago.
I believe with the introduction of fermented alcohols came the male-dominated, materlistic culture we have today.edit on 8-3-2013 by MystikMushroom because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by MystikMushroom
reply to post by Spider879
I've heard of the show, but im probably to young...product of the 80's am I!
I had the chance to visit the San Bushmen tribe in South Africa who live today just like their ancestors have done for the past 30.000 years. They are very monogamous. A young man will pick a female companion from a neighboring tribe and if she accepts him, they are together for life. They do not know the concept of divorce. Raising children is more of a communal effort for them though. I think we tend to exaggerate the gap between us and early man. We hardly changed in the past 100.000 years. If we are monogamous today, they probably were as well. Same biology means same feelings and same thoughts and desires.