• Z3k3@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    I always read this type of statement as man = species.

    I know this particular thinking is falling out of fashion but it’s not totally dead yet

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      8 months ago

      Thing is, statements like the one in the post are just as ignorant as the claimed “enemy”.

      You know what else takes 28 days? A moon cycle. We have absolutely no context, what this means. A period tracker bone is a perfectly valid hypothesis, but without any proof or context nothing more than this. It could have been used for moon phases, sheep counting, trade, or simply for testing stone knives.

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      8 months ago

      Agreed, when speaking of the distant past, I always assume that by “man” they mean “mankind” aka human… Not males.

      In the grand scheme, I don’t think it matters whether the thing was done by a male or female, the fact that it happened is the interesting thing about it.

      I’m 100% positive that both men (males) and women contributed to these things, and it is impossible to know how much influence each sex had on any given thing, so I’m not sure why the sex of the ancient person who did it, matters.

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        8 months ago

        I’m not sure why the sex of the ancient person who did it, matters.

        Make that a common sentiment and a good chunk of the division surrounding modern discourse goes away. People care way too much about genitals both in the past and present.