Nah… It’s simpler than that. Back then, before the invention of Penicillin and Tylenol most babies never made it to toddler stage and at 35 you were the tribal elder, so people had to have lots of children as quickly as they can to keep the tribe going.
Now ask yourself: How many children can 20 women and 20 men have? About the same as 20 women and 5 men. Since reproductively men are expendable, they had to take on all the jobs that were likely to get you expended. Hunting the giant Watsis, guarding the cave from those animals which figured that while mankind is insipid his children are palatable.
As the numbers dwindle the law of supply and demand kicked in. Nobody really likes bread, but if I have the only loaf, I can probably get a goat and a pile of cabbages for it.
Likewise those few surviving men would only deal in violence and sex. Let the women, plow the fields, cook the food, clean the cave, mend the loincloths etc… The men would work, 2 days a week and spend the other 5 days smoking sugarcane and drinking tobacco tea (it took a while to figure out the proper use for everything).
If you go to a primary school you’ll find many girls far bigger and stronger than a large number of the boys. Bigger, stronger, and brighter.
As soon as the hormones kick in the females realise that they can slack off, using their gender as an excuse… so the boys are sent to lift and carry, remove dead animals, etc. and the girls, many who are bigger than the boys, watch
Girls had to reach sexual maturity and adult size faster so they could start having babies. (see my 1st comment). The girls who start 1st and have the most children pass on those traits, so women evolved this way.
For the males however, the limiting factor for reproduction was the ability to survive Whatsis hunts and other such adventures. The bigger, stronger, smarter and faster men had better odds, hence the male of the species evolved to be bigger, stronger, smarter and faster.
For the female, her survival depended on her ability to convince men to hunt the Whatsis. Intelligence, beauty and a delicate balance between looking too fragile to do anything and looking sturdy enough to bare children were the key survival traits.
So back to your example. A 12 year old female is physically a woman. A 12 year old male is a boy. One is at 90 to 100% her adult size the other 60% to 80% of his.
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On October 14, 2009 at 9:34 am
And the trend still goes on, woman adding flattery to everything and allowing men to feel superior.
Kevin Forge
On October 14, 2009 at 9:54 am
Nah… It’s simpler than that. Back then, before the invention of Penicillin and Tylenol most babies never made it to toddler stage and at 35 you were the tribal elder, so people had to have lots of children as quickly as they can to keep the tribe going.
Now ask yourself: How many children can 20 women and 20 men have? About the same as 20 women and 5 men. Since reproductively men are expendable, they had to take on all the jobs that were likely to get you expended. Hunting the giant Watsis, guarding the cave from those animals which figured that while mankind is insipid his children are palatable.
As the numbers dwindle the law of supply and demand kicked in. Nobody really likes bread, but if I have the only loaf, I can probably get a goat and a pile of cabbages for it.
Likewise those few surviving men would only deal in violence and sex. Let the women, plow the fields, cook the food, clean the cave, mend the loincloths etc… The men would work, 2 days a week and spend the other 5 days smoking sugarcane and drinking tobacco tea (it took a while to figure out the proper use for everything).
A. Fool
On October 14, 2009 at 10:32 am
If you go to a primary school you’ll find many girls far bigger and stronger than a large number of the boys. Bigger, stronger, and brighter.
As soon as the hormones kick in the females realise that they can slack off, using their gender as an excuse… so the boys are sent to lift and carry, remove dead animals, etc. and the girls, many who are bigger than the boys, watch
Kevin Forge
On October 14, 2009 at 12:32 pm
Girls had to reach sexual maturity and adult size faster so they could start having babies. (see my 1st comment). The girls who start 1st and have the most children pass on those traits, so women evolved this way.
For the males however, the limiting factor for reproduction was the ability to survive Whatsis hunts and other such adventures. The bigger, stronger, smarter and faster men had better odds, hence the male of the species evolved to be bigger, stronger, smarter and faster.
For the female, her survival depended on her ability to convince men to hunt the Whatsis. Intelligence, beauty and a delicate balance between looking too fragile to do anything and looking sturdy enough to bare children were the key survival traits.
So back to your example. A 12 year old female is physically a woman. A 12 year old male is a boy. One is at 90 to 100% her adult size the other 60% to 80% of his.
A. Fool
On October 14, 2009 at 3:41 pm
Hence, if women hadn’t evolved to be smarter, they’d be out hunting whatsits