The Power of Women in an Immediate Return Hunting and Gathering Society

Men who want to dominate women in an immediate return hunting gather society just don't have any practical means to do so. Women can form large coalitions of all the women in the camp which they can call on to defend their rights and ostracize any bully that's trying to harass them. Meanwhile, in those neighboring patriarchal pastoralists and farming communities, women are much more restricted in how they can respond to bullying.

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