When looking back through time, even our neanderthal relatives believed this. Their societies were egalitarian. Women hunted. Men raised babies. Men foraged alongside women. Everyone was included.
It’s theorized that when the plow became the object we used for a lot of our agrarian needs that gender roles started appearing. The plow took a lot of upper body strength, which men had more of, and that left women sorta without a job, so they ended up minding the home and children more often. Not to say women couldn’t handle the plow, it was just harder.
When looking back through time, even our neanderthal relatives believed this. Their societies were egalitarian. Women hunted. Men raised babies. Men foraged alongside women. Everyone was included.
It’s theorized that when the plow became the object we used for a lot of our agrarian needs that gender roles started appearing. The plow took a lot of upper body strength, which men had more of, and that left women sorta without a job, so they ended up minding the home and children more often. Not to say women couldn’t handle the plow, it was just harder.