>Debra--
>
Aside from that, hunting was mainly a
>male activity. There was definitely a "men belong in the forest; women
>belong in the town" dichotomy. (An interesting contrast to the usual
>women=nature men=culture line of thought.
Yeah, this bugs me. It is absolute 'bullsh*t' that men hunt and women
gather. Sorry but true. Please read some anthropological stuff before you
start trying to sound intelligent on this subject. In Australian
Aboriginal tribes, for instance, women hunt small mammals and reptiles and
men hunt 'roos and spear fish. women do 90%of the food gathering as is the
case with nearly all populations. In Central Africa the BaMbuti pigmies
share the hunting and gathering tasks in a way that should shame the rest
of us. The women men and children all go out and hunt, gather, laugh, and
live. There appears to be no division of labour. there is however womens
and mens secret business as there is in Aust Aborig tribes. But in the
BaMbuti the women and men are equal in power. They contribute equally to
the well being of the tribe. Quite a difference from other tribes.
It may be the case that many indigenous people had women doing a lot of the
hunting. Just becasue mens hunting has been glorified does not mean that
women did nto engage in it.
> Why would it be any more ethical for a man to hunt than for a woman
>to hunt? This line of reasoning is starting to bother me. Are women
>supposed to live by a separate ethical standard than men, simply because
>we are women?
>
Yeah, absolutely. If women have to live by different standards to men, how
is this not teh same as any other oppression we have suffered. Either a
thing is wrong or not. We have no right to say that men are morally
inferiour to us and therefore they can do stuff we knwo to be wrong. I'm
sure the men on this list would take offense to that notion.
Kylie.
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