AI-powered
podcast player
Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features
10min chapter
The Persistent "Man the Hunter" Myth / Faye Flam
This Is Hell!
The Impact of Wealth Accumulation and Gender Roles
This chapter explores the influence of wealth accumulation on the rigidity of gender roles, contrasting farming communities that enforced obedience, domestic violence, and gender inequalities with hunter-gatherer societies that valued freedom. It also delves into the role of grandmothers in hunting and gathering groups, suggesting a possible link between the importance of older women and the evolution of menopause in humans.
00:00
Transcript
Episode notes
Get the Snipd
podcast app
Unlock the knowledge in podcasts with the podcast player of the future.
AI-powered
Discover
highlights
Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode
Save any
moment
Hear something you like? Tap your headphones to save it with AI-generated key takeaways
Share
& Export
Send highlights to Twitter, WhatsApp or export them to Notion, Readwise & more
AI-powered
podcast player
Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features
Discover
highlights
Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode