One thing that many modern takes on hunter gatherers gloss over is the way women were treated. There was profound sexual inequality. Often hunter gatherer soci

One thing that many modern takes on hunter gatherers gloss over is the way women were treated. There was profound sexual inequality. Often hunter gatherer societies practiced polygyny. Women were mainly valued for their ability to bear children. Women were often seen as a possession - first to their fathers who would sell them (bride price) to their husbands. Often there was no consent. In addition, the modern states that these hunter gatherer societies are a part of don’t allow them to practice unrestricted warfare quite like they used to. So bands can’t go around killing all the males and taking the conquered tribe’s women and supplies. Because of this, looking at hunter gatherer societies that exist now is not necessarily reflective of how it actually was.