Comments on: Evolution of Women in Anthropology http://anthropology.net/2006/07/22/evolution-of-women-in-anthropology/ Beyond bones & stones Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:33:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: capucaccino http://anthropology.net/2006/07/22/evolution-of-women-in-anthropology/#comment-27776 Thu, 06 Oct 2011 19:58:43 +0000 http://anthropology.net/2006/01/22/evolution-of-women-in-anthropology/#comment-27776 R U kidding? It is offensive no matter what….. this picture has no sense whatsoever andshouldn’t be used anywhere, even if writer IS trying to prove a point.

]]> By: uday yadav http://anthropology.net/2006/07/22/evolution-of-women-in-anthropology/#comment-23729 Fri, 29 Apr 2011 08:07:00 +0000 http://anthropology.net/2006/01/22/evolution-of-women-in-anthropology/#comment-23729 My hypothesis of human evolution suggests that menstruation is abortion evolved. Women suffered only cruelty during human evolution

]]> By: Leslie http://anthropology.net/2006/07/22/evolution-of-women-in-anthropology/#comment-23272 Wed, 13 Apr 2011 13:55:28 +0000 http://anthropology.net/2006/01/22/evolution-of-women-in-anthropology/#comment-23272 Women in anthropology have such a chip on their shoulder…

]]> By: roy ruser http://anthropology.net/2006/07/22/evolution-of-women-in-anthropology/#comment-22790 Thu, 24 Mar 2011 17:56:43 +0000 http://anthropology.net/2006/01/22/evolution-of-women-in-anthropology/#comment-22790 just maybe, why there is no evolution of women is, ( but first consider, man/women has one kind of skin, animals have another, birds another, and fish another, in each species, the male and female complement each other, it would take an incredible amount of imagination or science-fiction, if man evolved from a monkey as we have been taught, that a beautiful women coming from who knows ware, could so complement a man, with having the exact parts to not only delight a man, but also to carry his and her child, sperm and egg join together, new life in 9 months, not over millions or billions of years, and then she is able to nurse the new life, being male or female, ) that evolution is a man made religion, that men want to feel so superior, they even exclude women.
roy ruser

]]> By: anh http://anthropology.net/2006/07/22/evolution-of-women-in-anthropology/#comment-22540 Mon, 07 Mar 2011 07:05:26 +0000 http://anthropology.net/2006/01/22/evolution-of-women-in-anthropology/#comment-22540 Ah I came across this page while searching for evolution. And I have to admit, this post really speaks my mind. Yes I’m still a student, and yes I know I might attract some pompous trolls. You don’t have to, I am ignorant. I’m not in the anthropology field. I’m a math student. So there you go, I’m an objective outsider, looking at anthropology and finding no trace of any discussion on woman’s evolution, except for the recent “finding” that women are becoming more beautiful, pathetically.

I do believe that women and men have different evolution paths, for they have different biological functions, for starter. They also have different social/political pressures which might influence their evolutions (and maybe that’s why men are still hairy and women become more beautiful perhaps?).

I find it offensive when some comments suggested that the post is influenced by sex-centric culture. Well, grouping two different things together and trying to concoct a presumably representative model for both are not scientific either. (Unless social science isn’t really science, eh?)

Anthropology is not alone; other social sciences are doing the same thing, excluding the female image and/or trying to group female/male together. Well, if we can really group ourselves together, we won’t call ourselves “male/female” any way. Last time I watched a NatGeo episode on homosexuality only to find they only talked about male homosexuality. How do I know? The reason they gave only applies to males.

Social science, pathetic (Pardon my French). I am waiting for your evolution.

]]> By: m s dinakar http://anthropology.net/2006/07/22/evolution-of-women-in-anthropology/#comment-22227 Thu, 24 Feb 2011 20:42:40 +0000 http://anthropology.net/2006/01/22/evolution-of-women-in-anthropology/#comment-22227 The modern image of evolution with a woman cleaning forever is blatantly “sexist”! Portrayal of men alone – whether due to patriarchal influence or oversight – is clearly biased and need suitable correction. Allowing this ‘masculine bias’ to persist is what ‘politicization’ of anthropology is all about.

]]> By: Grumsch http://anthropology.net/2006/07/22/evolution-of-women-in-anthropology/#comment-18215 Sun, 26 Sep 2010 02:28:11 +0000 http://anthropology.net/2006/01/22/evolution-of-women-in-anthropology/#comment-18215 I think this image does a pretty good job at portraying both male and female c0-evolution, with equal importance of both sexes (like it should be…).

Plus, I think it is funny :)

http://ockhamsbeard.files.wordpress.com/2009/05/tomrhodes-evolution-final-small1.jpg

]]> By: Zelda http://anthropology.net/2006/07/22/evolution-of-women-in-anthropology/#comment-18112 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 05:32:24 +0000 http://anthropology.net/2006/01/22/evolution-of-women-in-anthropology/#comment-18112 I saw the photo of the evolution picture, this dose not surrprise me at. all people should have respect for one another but its just a picture and a picture can not change who you are. This can be offensive and to alot of people it is inculding but you shouldn’t get all worked up over a picture

]]> By: truth http://anthropology.net/2006/07/22/evolution-of-women-in-anthropology/#comment-17824 Fri, 23 Jul 2010 21:06:25 +0000 http://anthropology.net/2006/01/22/evolution-of-women-in-anthropology/#comment-17824 The evolution of women IS studied. So, invalid point.

I think if anyone can rub two neurons together, they can realize there are no depictions of female evolution because:

a. It’s pretty much the same. Just imagine a female version.

b. Society has this idiotic thing with breasts. Do you honestly think women evolved with fig leaves or hair strands strategically placed over their nipples?

]]> By: pastavangelist http://anthropology.net/2006/07/22/evolution-of-women-in-anthropology/#comment-17484 Fri, 28 May 2010 01:24:55 +0000 http://anthropology.net/2006/01/22/evolution-of-women-in-anthropology/#comment-17484 After doing a “search similar images” for the traditional male evolution pic, and finding no females represented for several pages, I just typed in “women’s evolution”.

Google was helpful by asking, “Did you mean men’s evolution?”

I think this just goes back to the Adam and Eve mythos. Obviously the story didn’t cause patriarchy, but it did reinforce male supremacy in the West over the centuries. Man was created in God’s image, and woman was a flawed sexual accessory. Women’s bodies are unclean in Judeo-Christian-Islamic tradition and so it is no wonder that school books and artists are uncomfortable portraying the “aberrant/weaker” half of humanity as representative of the species.

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