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Patriarchal civilizations only began to outcompete non-patriarchal ones with the relatively recent advent of grain agriculture. There were many hundreds of thou

by 1980phipsi 5y ago

Patriarchal civilizations only began to outcompete non-patriarchal ones with the relatively recent advent of grain agriculture. There were many hundreds of thousands of years where men were stronger physically and patriarchy wasn't dominant (I mean that some civilizations were patriarchal and others were non-patriarchal).

fullstop 5y ago
Right, this rings a bell from an ancient civilizations class that I took decades ago. I wish that I remembered more from that class, but it's been so long. I guess it's time to crack open the text books that I kept.
quartesixte 5y ago
Always a fascinating Alt-History scenario to me: what if the patriarchal societies didn’t win out early on? How drastically different would history had become?
- elliekelly 5y ago
  There's a fantastic (and quite funny!) French film "I'm Not An Easy Man"[1] that sort of explores this idea but from the perspective of what society would look like today if gender roles were flipped. I think it's available on Netflix. [1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Am_Not_an_Easy_Man https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Am_Not_an_Easy_Man
  - bananamansion 5y ago
    thanks for the recommendation
  - SuoDuanDao 5y ago
    Funnily enough, I wrote a short erotic story in which the protagonist gets transported from the sort of world depicted in that film to ours. In my telling she leverages her sexual aggression and insight into male psychology to become a successful Twitch streamer.
- datavirtue 5y ago
  They didn't early on. They won out late and we are still very much steeped in it. The line was crossed during the "one true God" push where the sun god (single god) creator cults gained state-derived power.
- SuoDuanDao 5y ago
  there's an interesting documentary on a modern-day matriarchy, gave me a good idea of what one can imagine in such a situation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_l9D7tEixc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_l9D7tEixc Different in regards to what is probably the relevant question, economic history? Military? Human Genetics? I don't imagine much would look the same.
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fullstop 5y ago

Right, this rings a bell from an ancient civilizations class that I took decades ago. I wish that I remembered more from that class, but it's been so long. I guess it's time to crack open the text books that I kept.

quartesixte 5y ago

Always a fascinating Alt-History scenario to me: what if the patriarchal societies didn’t win out early on? How drastically different would history had become?

elliekelly 5y ago
There's a fantastic (and quite funny!) French film "I'm Not An Easy Man"[1] that sort of explores this idea but from the perspective of what society would look like today if gender roles were flipped. I think it's available on Netflix. [1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Am_Not_an_Easy_Man https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Am_Not_an_Easy_Man
- bananamansion 5y ago
  thanks for the recommendation
- SuoDuanDao 5y ago
  Funnily enough, I wrote a short erotic story in which the protagonist gets transported from the sort of world depicted in that film to ours. In my telling she leverages her sexual aggression and insight into male psychology to become a successful Twitch streamer.
datavirtue 5y ago
They didn't early on. They won out late and we are still very much steeped in it. The line was crossed during the "one true God" push where the sun god (single god) creator cults gained state-derived power.
SuoDuanDao 5y ago
there's an interesting documentary on a modern-day matriarchy, gave me a good idea of what one can imagine in such a situation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_l9D7tEixc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_l9D7tEixc Different in regards to what is probably the relevant question, economic history? Military? Human Genetics? I don't imagine much would look the same.

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