the_dunk_tank @hexbear.net KobaCumTribute [she/her] @hexbear.net 1 yr. ago

An anthropological study refutes the idea of strict gender roles in hunter/gatherer societies, evopsych redditors in full meltdown

old.reddit.com A new study rebukes notion that only men were hunters in ancient times. It found little evidence to support the idea that roles were assigned specifically to each sex. Women were not only physically capable of being hunters, but there is little evidence to support that they were not hunting.

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A new study rebukes notion that only men were hunters in ancient times. It found little evidence to support the idea that roles were assigned specifically to each sex. Women were not only physically capable of being hunters, but there is little evidence to support that they were not hunting.

They're mostly getting dunked on, but they're wriggling around all over the thread raging about science being made "political."

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Isn’t there quite a big difference between strict gender roles and each sex having a preference on aggregate?

I had always assumed it was the latter, it seems obvious given how unique people are
- it seems obvious given how unique people are
  
  People are so unique that you still want to pigeonhole them into a pair of preset biotruthy castes.
  
  No I don’t? What are you on about?
  
  Then what were you saying? Take a stand instead of shuffling around holding the goalposts until you appear like the superior one in the room.
  
  Emergent behaviours emerge from simple observations, the existence of exceptions to an observation isn’t a statement about the emergent behaviour of the population
  
  Your straw manning isn’t me moving goalposts, if you feel the need to resort to name calling in a discussion, it’s probably worth taking a step back from the monitor for a few minutes
  
  Emergent behaviours emerge from simple observations
  
  I don't think it's possible to deliver that in a more condescending and Reddity way while providing less explanation of where you actually stand.
  
  Your straw manning isn’t me moving goalposts
  
  Your masturbatory sense of inflated self-regard would make you plenty of fairweather friends in a lower division STEM class, but otherwise all I see is a "nuh uh."
  
  isn’t a statement about the emergent behaviour of the population
  
  All I see is
  
  I believe that FEEEEEMALES statistically select for conveniently helpmeet roles in a way that makes exceptions and different cultures irrelevant because biotruths, and I do it in a plausibly deniable way that doesn't sound like misogyny, bucko.
  
  it’s probably worth taking a step back from the monitor for a few minutes
  
  You first, and take your fedora with you after tipping it.
  
  Wow. I hope you find whatever you’re searching for in life, it isn’t here
  
  I hope you find whatever you’re searching for in life
  
  Reddit-brained "totally not misogynist, buuuuuuuuuuut" misogynists try to walk away from arguments without smug concern trolling attempts challenge. Difficulty level:

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