it’s quite possible that it got started inside ancient primate matriarchies, with males trying to get in on female power. And over time, sex rules became a part of how human beings built modern human culture. Maintaining those rules helped us take control of our reproductive systems, but the rules also destroyed the legacy of the matriarchies. Modern female coalitions are scattered, vulnerable, brittle.[*27] But today, no one is really aware that they traded anything, or that we’re continuing to re-up this contract with each generation. That’s because the way human behavior produces human
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