Female societies less prone to violence, study says.
 

Anybody who thinks women are less violent then men should spend a night out in newcastle, classy girls.

In my experience some women are good at getting their fellas into fights.

Why would you want to read the link?

There would be universal peace and love and a monthly all out war to the death. But mostly far superior peace and love. http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...milies/nod.gif

It's showing up in Wired, too.

So it seems that just becaus one sex is more 'sensitive', that doesn't necessarily mean they're any less violent--socially or physically.

More studies would be needed, of course, but.

Well there's my house. http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...es/frownno.gif

Whimen stir in every direction, men stir more often than not in one.

jeez being a woman i have thought them to be more cut throat and back stabbing not giving a flying fuc$ if they hurt ya in the end http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...s/confused.gif

Originally posted by The Emperor Fabulous
When studying anthropology, we discussed the transition from the prehistorical matriarchal societies to the patriarchal ones. It is within this shift that we see territorialization and female subjugation simultaneously take hold. I.E. Progress

Originally posted by Mrs. Tuberski
jeez being a woman i have thought them to be more cut throat and back stabbing not giving a flying fuc$ if they hurt ya in the end http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...s/confused.gif But Mrs. Tuberski!

Women are supposed to be more 'sensitive'! They should care if they hurt you in the end! It's a FACT of your gender because of some **** about the brain structure and what not!

Originally posted by Mrs Snuggles
Now, regarding territorialization, it's not necessarily proven, I suppose, that that didn't happen with female-dominated societies; I'm waiting for more of the study to be released, but aren't bonobos usually somewhat territorial, anyway? You're talking modern day bonobos. I'm talking human societies before even the Old Testament was written. When the woman's name was passed. When the Village Mother was the head of the family. When humans were hunter/gatherers rather than militias.

There is a sudden shift in humankind once we move out of the hunter/gatherer phase to a male-dominated society.

And female subjugation--it makes sense that shifting from a matriarchy to patriarchy might lead to that. After all, to cement a group's power, isn't it typical to enforce harsh restrictions on the previous ruling class? Um, it is typical, but its been all male-dominated societies since then, so its all males subjugating what came before. And it came strongest with the advent of Christianity, although the Greeks were the sowers of the seeds. Basically, Western attitudes towards women.

Originally posted by The Emperor Fabulous


When studying anthropology, we discussed the transition from the prehistorical matriarchal societies to the patriarchal ones. It is within this shift that we see territorialization and female subjugation simultaneously take hold. Is there any hard data available that anything like this ever happened, or even that any society, prehistoric or not, was ever matriarchal?

Originally posted by aneeshm


Is there any hard data available that anything like this ever happened, or even that any society, prehistoric or not, was ever matriarchal? There's plenty of data. But I'd be hard pressed to find it, considering I haven't studied anthropology for 5+ years, and I have no idea where the text books or notebooks are.

But there was a great deal of data regarding matriarchal societies, especially for them as the foundation of civilization.

Im not sure bout the brain structure but i have known more woman ready to fight then i do men, Especially if there is alochol involved. I have also seen more women murder their mates then the opposite. Men may be more prone to be violent, but women plan more devious violent ones. This is my opinon of course.

Originally posted by Mrs Snuggles

Admittedly, these are bonobos, What's this have to do with Sunny Bono?

If women put out to any man that asked, all violence would end tomorrow. That's why women are really responsible for all the wars and **** we've had.

But Christianity, as it was taught to Celts, Gauls, and Goths, attributed to their eventual removal of women from the forefront of their societies, which built Europe as a typically bad place for women. Women were never the head of any of those three society is a group sense, as any casual reasing of their history will show. Why do you think this?

Originally posted by Patroklos


Women were never the head of any of those three society is a group sense, as any casual reasing of their history will show. Why do you think this? Oh ye of little knowledge, know you nothing of the sacred goddess?

http://www.uiweb.uidaho.edu/student_.../celtic/women/

"Women were highly honored, female symbolism formed the most sacred images in the religious cosmos, and the relationship with motherhood was the central elements of the social fabric; the society was held together by common allegiance to the customs of the tribe loosely organized around the traditions of the goddess" (28).

What appears to have dismantled this society was the warrior culture and the spread of Christianity into Ireland.

Originally posted by The Emperor Fabulous


There's plenty of data. But I'd be hard pressed to find it, considering I haven't studied anthropology for 5+ years, and I have no idea where the text books or notebooks are.

But there was a great deal of data regarding matriarchal societies, especially for them as the foundation of civilization. Well, given what you know, I don't think you'll have any problem finding stuff on the internet. Could you humour me for a moment and try?