I fucking knew it. People have this idea that human roles are defined by biology. No, they are defined by competition. When we compete against the environment, being 20% weaker or smaller doesn't matter; you can throw a spear just as fine as the biggest person. When we compete against each other, being 1% stronger is a gigantic, monumental advantage.
This nonsense about gender roles is from lampooning nobility post-enlightenment. Us peasants have always just did what needed to be done.
Gender stereotypes have influenced previous archaeological studies, with, for instance, some researchers reluctant to interpret objects buried with women as hunting tools.
Interesting actually, what are some ways stereotypes affect any academic field?
Asking in good faith and with genuine curiousity. I have never thought about things in this way. Don't be a redditor and shoo me for not knowing. Cheers
“The dorsal nerves of the clitoris were omitted from every anatomy textbook I could find. They were omitted from every OB/GYN textbook I could find. They were nowhere described in plastic surgery or OB/GYN literature. They were nowhere considered in literature on female genital cosmetic surgery. Surgeons were operating blind to nerves.”
Well, one good example is the idea that women weren't warriors. For a long time, every time someone opened up a tomb of someone that was buried in the style of a great warrior, with weapons and armor and other such and sundry stuff, they just assumed the skeleton was of a man and didn't even check it.
Going back, turns out, more than a handful were women.
I've done martial arts for nearly 30 years now. Being female, I'm happy to fight whoever is in the class that day, I can't be picky about gender and it makes me a better fighter.
I can tell you that women are by far the more devious fighters. Men rely on strength/size and think that will see them through. Women can't, so we get clever, get dirty, use speed, agility, anything we can to our advantage. Fighting a man is actually easier in my experience, but boy they get butthurt when they don't win.
I have yet to see competition group mixed session (kickboxing or bjj) where women could match up to men, even with no or very small weight disparity. Most cases its not even close. Maybe its just the gyms I have trained.
It is very common practise that you go much easier if your sparring partner is smaller than you, no matter if its a teen boy, smaller man or a woman.
Are you completely sure that some of the time this "butthurt" attitude is not because you suddenly changed the intensity of sparring session out of nowhere and might have caused injury risk? Because this has happened to me several times when doing light sparring with girls (and young guys) who have something to prove. Note that I did not get "butthurt" regardles, just noted to be more carefull.
I would put plexiglass as the floor. While sitting down for dinner I'd just look down and say "thanks for coming over, Olaf, "and proceed to eat my fermented shark that's been sitting outside for a month.
The “pizza” looks very similar to a Lebanese item I get from a local place. I forget what it’s called, but it has herbs and spices like the image. I’m sure they come from the same Mediterranean traditions that stretch back millennia.
Really interesting article - a lot of the technical stuff flew right over my head, but I love how excited and enthusiastic everyone involved is. The word is “purple” btw. It’s apparently rare in ancient texts.
I’m over here on the west coast of the US, metal detecting up some 30 year old nails and 10 year old bottle caps…
At least I don’t have to worry about bombs, or land mines, I guess.
Be exciting to see what we can learn but kind of goes without saying. Much easier to imagine turning some wood into a shelter than napping a bit of flint into a hand axe. Which we have been doing for a million years.
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