I would like to live long enough to see if the patriarchal hierarchy was an arbitrary tradition or is based on an understanding of social dynamics that we don't understand anymore.
I think we who study science understand it.
It's biological.
The males of almost every species of vertebrate are the food gatherers, the nest-builders, the "providers"...the larger, wiser, and stronger thrived, the weaker/smaller struggled. The female of nearly all vertebrates are the nest maintainer, the birther, the child-nourisher. Notable exceptions are the Seahorse.
@Robecology Time will tell if that's all there is to it!
Posted by backtobasicsHow the Puritans Thanksgiving should have gone.
Posted by glennlabLeave the kids alone.
Posted by mistymoon77Get your mind out of the gutter.. just passing along some tidbits of knowledge here.. ;)
Posted by KilltheskyfairyI like it! Also good way to use churches that are closed for 6 days!
Posted by KilltheskyfairyWhat up with that?
Posted by glennlabLet's give peas a chance.
Posted by backtobasicsThe shortest distance between two points is a straight line... Unless you are traveling on a the surface of a sphere.
Posted by bookofmoronsGoing for Level 9. maybe this road will help
Posted by glennlabDeath is nature's way of telling you it is time to slow down.
Posted by glennlabOctober's PSA
Posted by glennlabWe haven't had any pot posts in awhile
Posted by bookofmoronsWhen a picture is worth a thousand words
Posted by noworry28Evangelicals and Conservative Christian Nationalists today.
Posted by glennlabMy heart goes out to those suffering in the wake of both the recent hurricanes, Will the idiots that don't want to help stop lying.
Posted by glennlabGood old Betty calling a spade a fucking shovel.
Posted by bookofmoronsspeaks for itself