Guest guest Posted December 7, 2003 Report Share Posted December 7, 2003 > The hunters were not necessarily bigger meat eaters > than people in agricultural societies... not having high-powered > rifles makes killing animals difficult for people, there is no way > anyone completed sustained themselves on meat. Dead right! Actually, I've always kinda suspected that going a-hunting was, for early man (not humankind) a version of going off to play golf with the boys, since the gals stayed home with the kids and probably had an early version of a kaffee klatsch. But I fantasize ;=) Best, Pat -- SANTBROWN townhounds/ vegetarianslimming/ HOMEPAGE: http://www.angelfire.com/art/pendragon/ ---------- * " I will not let anyone walk through my mind with their dirty feet " - Gandhi * " The time will come when men such as I will look upon the murder of animals as they now look upon the murder of men " - Leonardo da Vinci ---------- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 8, 2003 Report Share Posted December 8, 2003 In the few hunter gatherer societies that still exist, it the gatherers (women) who often provide most of the food. If you read " The Sexual Politics of Meat " it goes into how in many cultures (including our own) meat is considered man food and when it is scarce it is supposed to go to men first because they " need it to be strong " . Meat is a lot less likely to be scarce when you raise animals for slaughter. But back in the " good ole days " before corporate welfare, meat was a luxury for poor people... except, I heard that butcher's used to give away ribs for free because rich people thought it was gross. , Sant & Brown <santbrown@l...> wrote: > > The hunters were not necessarily bigger meat eaters > > than people in agricultural societies... not having high-powered > > rifles makes killing animals difficult for people, there is no way > > anyone completed sustained themselves on meat. > > Dead right! Actually, I've always kinda suspected that going a- hunting > was, for early man (not humankind) a version of going off to play golf > with the boys, since the gals stayed home with the kids and probably had > an early version of a kaffee klatsch. But I fantasize ;=) > > Best, > Pat > -- > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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