Article 70HKQ Was prehistory a feminist paradise?

Was prehistory a feminist paradise?

by
Laura Spinney
from Science | The Guardian on (#70HKQ)

Visions of matriarchal utopia may be wishful thinking, but there's growing evidence of women wielding power

There is a stubborn and widely held idea that in some earlier phase of our species' existence, women had equal status to men, or even ruled, and societies were happier and more peaceful for it. Then along came the patriarchy, and much bloodshed and oppression later, here we all are.

This notion of matriarchy and patriarchy as polar opposites - with a switch having been thrown between them - was seeded in the 19th century by Marxist theory, taking root in archaeology without much evidence. From there it spread to public consciousness.

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