How long have men been dominant in the history of humanity?
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the turning point was the invention of the plow.
Prior to the plow, most of the evidence indicates that while there were hierarchical hunter-gatherer tribes, the majority of them appear to have been egalitarian, with no real authority and resources shared in common. This did not end with agriculture, as both men and women contributed approximately equally in farming with hoes and digging sticks.
Plows are ultimately a far more efficient way to farm than using hoes and sticks, and they require a great deal of upper body strength to either push them or control the animal that is pulling them. Men have an advantage in this. Over time, farming became the domain of men.
When marriage arrangements were made, it tended to make more sense for women to leave their families to join men on farms they'd been working for years than for men to abandon their farms to join their wives. Thus, a pattern emerged from the circumstances wherein women were repeatedly removed from their circles of social influence while men were not. This gradually led to men as a group having more social influence than women.
It is only after the invention of the plow that we begin to see the development of male gods in religions. Prior to this religions appear to have primarily worshiped female mother/fertility goddesses. It is also after this time we begin to see the first state-level societies, which were all male-dominated and all used religion to justify their rule, usually labeling the head of state as a god.
This explanation also explains why societies with heavier emphasis on agriculture have tended to be more patriarchal, and why societies with a less substantial emphasis (such as the Norse countries, which relied more heavily on fishing) were/are more egalitarian.
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the turning point was the invention of the plow.
Prior to the plow, most of the evidence indicates that while there were hierarchical hunter-gatherer tribes, the majority of them appear to have been egalitarian, with no real authority and resources shared in common. This did not end with agriculture, as both men and women contributed approximately equally in farming with hoes and digging sticks.
Plows are ultimately a far more efficient way to farm than using hoes and sticks, and they require a great deal of upper body strength to either push them or control the animal that is pulling them. Men have an advantage in this. Over time, farming became the domain of men.
When marriage arrangements were made, it tended to make more sense for women to leave their families to join men on farms they'd been working for years than for men to abandon their farms to join their wives. Thus, a pattern emerged from the circumstances wherein women were repeatedly removed from their circles of social influence while men were not. This gradually led to men as a group having more social influence than women.
It is only after the invention of the plow that we begin to see the development of male gods in religions. Prior to this religions appear to have primarily worshiped female mother/fertility goddesses. It is also after this time we begin to see the first state-level societies, which were all male-dominated and all used religion to justify their rule, usually labeling the head of state as a god.
This explanation also explains why societies with heavier emphasis on agriculture have tended to be more patriarchal, and why societies with a less substantial emphasis (such as the Norse countries, which relied more heavily on fishing) were/are more egalitarian.
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