Most societies and cultures knew not to risk the women because they give birth, you lose half your men, you still survive. Half your women and you suffer massive population decreases.
It's also why women were more in homemaking roles, because they couldn't risk being in danger, they were put to improve the camp/home. Thanks to automation taking care of those roles, they now need to imply they had more of a presence in men's roles than they did.
Not even just that.
We are physically inferior. I said it. And that is just ignoring the fact we are in a sub-optimal state compared to ourselves regularly.
Like you need zero thought about procreation and how it works (Which... I'm not sure cavemen really understood), yet you would notice that CERTAIN members of your tribe are a fucking mess quite a lot.
For example the pelvis of women allows them to give birth to babies with larger skulls (which is great for babies) but at the sacrifice of leg strength, due to leverage.
Women (in general) have a higher percentage of body fat to lean muscle; This allows them to have the energy reserves to (more often) carry a healthy baby to term with an uncertain food supply.
Women are phytologically different, in ways that make them much more likely to love and care for children and they needy; which optimizes them to raise an incredibly demanding baby to independence.
Men are fantastically motivated to make women happy. Men went to the moon basically to impress ladies and have children. Men run down antelope in their bare feet because someone told them it impresses chicks.
Essentially, at a simple level, if a man is slashed across the chest by a big cat, good chance he'll survive, have a few scars and that'll be it.
Woman same injury, dear god the amount of damage that could cause. Better keep them in the cave cleaning up the place while the guys that can run faster, use more strength and survive worse injuries and keep fighting di the hunting.
Really makes you glad to the first genius who decided 'wonder if I can make food here so I no longer need to hunt and gather' though more questioning the guy that went 'I know it's another animals milk but I'm gonna try it'
That's before you account for all the medieval peasants that literally shit in their own water supply.
Before major sanitation projects, as population grew, the Thames flowing through London would turn into a near-solid garbage sludge when water levels were low.
Even this measured statement is wrong. Women weren't even allowed to touch spears or arrows, let alone a "small minority."
Throughout most of human history a woman trying to take a man's role would get her a swift beating.
edit I'll add one exception: Spartan women were trained in combat and athletics on the belief that every able-bodied adult should defend the town when attacked, but they were highly unusual for this practice.
It also depends on what you're considering to be hunting. There's not much danger or strength required to throw rocks at small animals damaging the crops.
Were there women who were hunters: Yes
Were they an incredibly small minority: HELL YES
Most societies and cultures knew not to risk the women because they give birth, you lose half your men, you still survive. Half your women and you suffer massive population decreases.
It's also why women were more in homemaking roles, because they couldn't risk being in danger, they were put to improve the camp/home. Thanks to automation taking care of those roles, they now need to imply they had more of a presence in men's roles than they did.
Not even just that.
We are physically inferior. I said it. And that is just ignoring the fact we are in a sub-optimal state compared to ourselves regularly.
Like you need zero thought about procreation and how it works (Which... I'm not sure cavemen really understood), yet you would notice that CERTAIN members of your tribe are a fucking mess quite a lot.
Women are optimized for different functions.
For example the pelvis of women allows them to give birth to babies with larger skulls (which is great for babies) but at the sacrifice of leg strength, due to leverage.
Women (in general) have a higher percentage of body fat to lean muscle; This allows them to have the energy reserves to (more often) carry a healthy baby to term with an uncertain food supply.
Women are phytologically different, in ways that make them much more likely to love and care for children and they needy; which optimizes them to raise an incredibly demanding baby to independence.
Men are fantastically motivated to make women happy. Men went to the moon basically to impress ladies and have children. Men run down antelope in their bare feet because someone told them it impresses chicks.
I wouldn't trust a woman to hunt a sandwich in a kitchen, much less trust her to hunt anything in the wild.
Essentially, at a simple level, if a man is slashed across the chest by a big cat, good chance he'll survive, have a few scars and that'll be it.
Woman same injury, dear god the amount of damage that could cause. Better keep them in the cave cleaning up the place while the guys that can run faster, use more strength and survive worse injuries and keep fighting di the hunting.
Really makes you glad to the first genius who decided 'wonder if I can make food here so I no longer need to hunt and gather' though more questioning the guy that went 'I know it's another animals milk but I'm gonna try it'
Considering how dangerous dysentery was before modern sanitation, sucking another animal's tit was the lesser evil. The goat acts as a natural filter.
That's before you account for all the medieval peasants that literally shit in their own water supply.
Kinda sad that knowledge was not picked up from the Romans as they knew the value of clean water and sanitation.
Before major sanitation projects, as population grew, the Thames flowing through London would turn into a near-solid garbage sludge when water levels were low.
"Create a little dysentery among the ranks!"
-Sun Ta-zoo, the Chinese Prince Matchabelli
Look, milk is milk, and cows respond better when you grab a dispenser and go to town on it. Our ancestors were smart.
It's 50/50 as long term incredibly smart decision
Short term, our bodies weren't used to it so we tended to puke a lot until we built up a tolerance to it.
Seeing your mate puking after drinking an animal's milk and seeing him continuing may make you question if he's making the right choices in life lol.
The Mongols used to do it - when all you have is grass, sheep's and horse's milk are some of the few sources of food fit for human consumption.
Lies, there are no grills on the internet.
Even this measured statement is wrong. Women weren't even allowed to touch spears or arrows, let alone a "small minority."
Throughout most of human history a woman trying to take a man's role would get her a swift beating.
edit I'll add one exception: Spartan women were trained in combat and athletics on the belief that every able-bodied adult should defend the town when attacked, but they were highly unusual for this practice.
It also depends on what you're considering to be hunting. There's not much danger or strength required to throw rocks at small animals damaging the crops.