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Rigby5 said:
"What I have read by anthropologists is that the "traditional" role of women was a matriarchy, since the men were usually out of camp on hunting or trading trips.
It was only when desertification in the Mideast caused constant war, that males took over the lead role." R5 #2,900
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The complication is the time-scale disparity.
A transition from matriarchy and patriarchy can take place in a generation or two.
The evolutionary time-scale is orders of magnitude longer.

The complication is the statistical component. Even in a matriarch-dominant culture there may be a family or two with a passive wife, and a dictatorial husband.
Thus it ends up being a quibble over ratios, in a transition that may not leave much paleontological evidence of the culture being characterized.
 
sear said:
The complication is the time-scale disparity.
A transition from matriarchy and patriarchy can take place in a generation or two.
The evolutionary time-scale is orders of magnitude longer.

The complication is the statistical component. Even in a matriarch-dominant culture there may be a family or two with a passive wife, and a dictatorial husband.
Thus it ends up being a quibble over ratios, in a transition that may not leave much paleontological evidence of the culture being characterized.
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The way I understand it is that females evolved for compassion while males evolved for aggression.
So the women raise the children and gardens, while the male is like the pit bull you chain in the back yard.
Males are needed when there is a threat, but otherwise you send them off on long trips to keep them out of trouble.

The problem was that by around 8000 BC in the Mideast, intertribal conflicts increased to the point the male temporary war chief became permanent.
Hawaii was likely about the last matriarchy.
 
Not sure it matters, but as I understand it human female chromosomes are normally paired.
Similar story for men EXCEPT instead of two X, men have one X and one Y.
This suggests to me it's the male, not the female that departed from the original evolutionary line.
Rigby5 said:
"The way I understand it is that females evolved for compassion while males evolved for aggression.
So the women raise the children and gardens, while the male is like the pit bull you chain in the back yard." R5 #2,902
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Humans are mammals. That means mammary glands.
Women lactate. Men lack t'aint. [You're welcome S2 :( ;) ]
A nurturing gland like that would be of little if any evolutionary benefit if women weren't inclined to suckle their offspring.

Though both men & women may have testosterone, men generally have more.
It's somewhat akin to a turbocharger, stronger performance, at the cost of engine longevity.
Women tend to live longer than men. Testosterone may be part of the reason.
 
sear said:
Not sure it matters, but as I understand it human female chromosomes are normally paired.
Similar story for men EXCEPT instead of two X, men have one X and one Y.
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Genetics is far more complicated than the stuff we all learned in grade school, much of which was wrong in any case.

In addition to XX and XY there are a number of other possible combinations. And it's not as simple as XX=female and XY=male.

There are XX men and XY women. And an XY woman can mature normally, experience menses, become pregnant, and give birth to healthy children.
 
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For years, teaching was seen as a respected profession, and teachers were valued for the work they did.
Now many teachers are overwhelmed, under-supported, blamed for problems they did not create, and expected to absorb more with fewer resources and less authority.
And despite all of that, they still show up.
They still encourage students.
They still stay late.
They still spend their own money on classrooms.
They still try to help children succeed, even when the system around them makes the job harder every year.
Meanwhile, more teachers are burning out.
More are leaving.
And fewer young people are choosing the profession at all.
That should concern everyone.
Because when experienced teachers walk away, students lose too.
Society depends on people willing to educate the next generation.
And if conditions continue to decline, eventually there will not be enough people willing to do the job anymore.
If society truly values education, it has to start valuing the people who make it possible.
Teachers do not need to be treated like heroes. They need to be supported like professionals
 
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