Gender Roles During The Prehistoric Era

Throughout our recorded history the world has been ruled by male dominance, but what about before then. Were there stereotypical gender roles during prehistoric times, or was there an equality that we lost along the way? Women have had to fight for equal rights at home, in public, and the work place. While this has been the case for 1000s of years, there are those who think it was different during the prehistoric era. It goes without saying, women have made immense contributions to our society and keep doing so.

Surviving is every species main goal in life. Where and how you live is one of the main factors in any species survival. Depending on what kind of society you live in there can be an abundant of choices on how you live your life. You can chose to educate yourself, and decide the kind of life style you want to live. Sometimes we’re successful with our choices, and sometimes we run in circles trying to reinvent ourselves. There are also many societies where you don't have a choice. You live in poverty because you were born into poverty. You’re oppressed because you were born in an oppressive society. In either society women tend to have the least amount of choices as men
Soffer, is one of the world’s leading authorities on Ice Age hunters and gatherers, and an archeologist at the University of Illinois in Champaign-Urbana. Soffer, believes their survival was based largely on women, plants and different types of hunting like using nets to catch their prey. “This is not the image we’ve always had of Upper Paleolithic macho guys out killing animals up close and personal, Soffer explains. Net hunting is communal, and it involves the labor of children and women. And this has lots of implications.” Even though there was some backlash from her colleagues, she has gained much support with this new way of