Feminism in prehistoric times / primitive culture

[Regina]

Valkyrie,

You seem to be saying that gender roles were not practiced in primitive times, and that they started to be practiced when religions came onto the scene. You also mention society becoming complicated. What are you referring to when you say that?

No I think what Valks is saying (and I certainly agree with this) is that, while some biological basis for gender has always been there, prehistoric cultures were not organised hierarchically to a degree where gender roles could be strictly enforced.

Most people do naturally follow biological gender roles to some degree (which is why most prehistorical men went hunting while most of the women protected the kids). As much as it might trigger some on the very far-Left, there is neurological basis for saying there's a general way men behave and a general way women behave (with exceptions for both). However, in a prehistoric non-society where there was no authority over you to say "you are a man or woman and you must do X", and where people were valued more as individuals based on what they brought to the survival effort, people who were not strictly gender conforming probably had more room to explore and contribute in their own odd ways that were valued.