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Since author is so preoccupied with class, sexism and progressive issues, I wonder how consent culture was in hunter gatherer communities. If a women said no to big-muscle-abe, did it mean no?

Good thing author doesn't need to worry about their next meal, and has time to write such bullshit.

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Betcha that women tend to be protein deprived in hunter-gatherer groups, at least the ones where they don't get to run a bunch of buffalo off of a cliff. I should look around for a study based on dental remains.

I've always been amused by the concept of egalitarianism in tribal societies. Prison (or high school) should teach you otherwise

Those women were all nursing the children they had with the men, so the men had a strong motivation to keep them well fed.

Besides that, the gathering side of the equation, which the women were in charge with, is generally a lot more reliable on a daily basis than hunting.

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