In Braiding Sweetgrass the author mentions this Native American tribe where hunting is predominantly done by men but is only taught to boys by grandmothers. They de-masculinise it so that it doesn't become a toxic competition for male virtues. Instead it's taught as doing a hard but necessary thing in the context of stewardship and reciprocity for the land. They're also learning the plants from the predominantly female gatherers since that's necessary information when you're away from camp. Segregating information based on sex only makes sense if one side is so disproportionately powerful that they think they can completely subjugate the other. That's stupid when you have a limited number of hands and a set number of tasks required to survive.
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
replies:
