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Also one of the defining traits of our species is our propensity to try varied means of social organization. To act like hunter gatherer H. sapiens were all modeling their societies the same way in regards to gendered division of labor flies in the face of what has been observed in the historical and archeological records.
The Dawn of Everything goes heavily into this and is a fascinating book
@captainlezbian @laughingsquirrel this is quite interesting
May read that eventually (if I finish my other books)
I highly recommend it. I've been on a Graeber kick lately and the whole book has been just challenging the assumptions baked into anthropology in a way that's making me reevaluate how society can work and how I see people of the past
@captainlezbian woah that sounds cool