Chapter
The Plow's Effect on Women
13:31 - 18:21 (04:50)
Anthropologist Helen Fisher argues that the plow is the worst thing to have happened to women as it has stripped them off their freedom to explore and be autonomous. Men have an advantage over women in the form of upper body strength.
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Women in hunter gatherer societies provided most of the calories through gathering and this gave them a lot of power and autonomy.
13:31 - 14:54 (01:23)
Summary
Women in hunter gatherer societies provided most of the calories through gathering and this gave them a lot of power and autonomy. However, with the invention of the plow, men gained an advantage that shifted the balance of power.
ChapterThe Plow's Effect on Women
Episode782 Sex and Love, Lust and Infidelity with Wednesday Martin
PodcastThe School of Greatness
Plow agriculture shifted the gender roles from women being the primary producer to men being the primary producer where women were taken from their kin network and put into individual situations living with one man, resulting in a gendered division of labor in which women became the secondary producer in the home.
14:54 - 16:08 (01:14)
Summary
Plow agriculture shifted the gender roles from women being the primary producer to men being the primary producer where women were taken from their kin network and put into individual situations living with one man, resulting in a gendered division of labor in which women became the secondary producer in the home.
ChapterThe Plow's Effect on Women
Episode782 Sex and Love, Lust and Infidelity with Wednesday Martin
PodcastThe School of Greatness
Anthropologist Helen Fisher believes that the introduction of the plow was the worst thing that ever happened to women because it increased fertility rates, leading to increased dependence.
16:08 - 18:21 (02:13)
Summary
Anthropologist Helen Fisher believes that the introduction of the plow was the worst thing that ever happened to women because it increased fertility rates, leading to increased dependence. Hunter-gatherers had a kind of natural birth control because they were gathering food all the time.