juliaoceania
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Joined: 4/19/2006 From: Somewhere Over the Rainbow Status: offline
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so you're a dork, too? Awesome. :D No, I am not a "dork" because I know these things, I have studied them for years academically. I am a dork because I enjoy South Park, Star Trek, and MMORPGs quote:
But do they really men didn't like going out and hunting? Hell, if there weren't video games, every boy in America would probably have a BB gun and be shooting squirrels right now! (Or/and each other.) Heh.. I remember my uncle telling me about that. As a former Boy Scout, I know that going out and camping can be a lot of fun, as we went out of our way just for the ability to be able to do so! But hunting trips are something entirely different, a tier above that to some. They have that adventerous, meaningful aspect to them. I am sure men enjoyed hunting and male rites of passage associated with it. I also think that these rites and rituals and sense of belonging that men experience when away from the womenfolk ease the loneliness of being away from hearth and home.. of not being with the wee ones, of not having the comfort of a wife to hold at night. Men also glorify war. Most men would not sign up for going to war unless it was glorified. People tend to glorify the brave warrior and the brave hunter precisely because it is not easy, it can be dangerous, and sleeping in foxholes ain't fun. If there was no societal reward for such things, men probably wouldn't do them. Women are as capable as men of hunting and being soldiers, but women of wee one bearing age have better uses. Pregnant and nursing women are a drag on the trail when one has to keep up with the prey. quote:
(not that I would know better on the specifics, just I imagine we're all left to speculation there), Not really, we know what people ate, we have found caches, we know how well nourished people were, how long they lived, etc etc etc. We even know how far trade for certain items went... and where the trade routes were at certain times... there are a lot of things one can tell about the well being of people just by what they left behind
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