Looking futher. For anyone in class who may need help with the assignment

This blog is created mainly to add more to what I posted for Monday and to recap what was talked about on Monday and what I took notes on. I am also creating this blog to help guide others who may need help or guidance. This blog should help open your mind to the assignment.

After a class discussion, and by looking at other student blogs I have came up with a more detailed and stronger response/stance to the question: "Did the Paleolithic people more egalitarian than modern societies? The answer is without a doubt, Yes! but keep in mind, I am not saying they were completely equal. As I had posted in a comment, no matter what, there will always be people who have more skills in one thing than other or excel better than others. Not everyone shares the same talents and some people are just born to be good at certain activities. This is all true and can bring up a good argument but this does NOT answer the question.

Of course even the Paleolithic people had things that were not always equal. The men would hunt and the women would gather. Normally it wasn't the opposite way around. Also not everyone could heal. It is also implied that the women would fallow the men, as seen in Nisa's story when she said that one of her husbands would want her every night and she would just give in, or she was unsure about it him for several years but she still stayed with him. Also it seems that the women did not have a say on who they get to marry first. More evidence on this is found in Nisa's story. Again, this is all true, but even so it still does not answer the question.

The question is: are the Paleolithic people MORE egalitarian than modern societies? Of course they were. As stated in my earlier blog, either gender may divorce (same with our society though). Gods could be in either the form of a male or female, while today when we speak of God, God is normally described by saying "he" or "him" or "his" like "created in his image". Wives and husbands were able to share themselves with other "lovers". When it came to wealth, the people who lived in the bush are said to have nothing at all. When talking about power, either male or female can heal or be healed in the same way (by doing drugs, silly culture...oh wait...).

This is all significant stuff, but it only comes from one source. This source is through one woman's story, and it may just be describing only her life, while others may live their lives differently. Also this story is a large assumption. Life during the Paleolithic days may have been nothing like this. These are all ideas to consider.

Andrew Murillo