teacup Wrote:
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> Duncan Craig Wrote:
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> > I don't believe that it has much to do with
> gender
> > othe than a difference in neural wiring.
> There is
> > something deep in the psycho-biology of men
> that
> > manifests as 'brotherhood' and its attendent
> Moose
> > Lodges, Masons, Carpenters Unions, Skull and
> > Bones, the Philadelphia Eagles and
> Association of
> > Retired Plumbers. There are women who have a
> sense
> > of 'brotherhood'. It isn't simply a gender,
> > survival, or political-economic phenomena.
>
> Hi Duncan
>
> That is my inclination as well. I've been
> struggling with it, so thanks.
>
> t.
>
>
>


Could this go all the way back to the times when the men had to go and hunt dangerous food and the bond that formed between the hunters trusting each other with their lives. And with the women they also had their trusts between the women when it came to keeping each other, and their families, safe and alive.

By virtue of the difficulty of finding food sources, the men would probably tend to keep a good location secret. Even from neighboring tribes/clans thereby ensuring their own tribe was well set in the food dept. And if they somehow came up with a better weapon, or an improvement on the old style, which helped them become more successful in the hunts, then they could probably use the excess in trade for other goods from closeby tribes/clans. This would help them get what they might be lacking in and put the other tribes/clans beholding to the 1st group.

With the women they could have found similar places for good forage(safer,more plentiful,etc.), better way to cook food, preserve food, tan hides better, making better/warmer/longer lasting clothes,etc. The women of this group could use this knowledge and make themselves also of a higher calibur over the neighboring tribes/clans.

By not divulging these secrets they placed themselves, and families, in a better position in the area they inhabited. After awhile it would become ingrained in the psyche! Of course this could continue on back to the primates that would eventually become the human race.

Regards,
Lobo-hotei
lobo


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