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Anthropology

TreasonousBastard

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2. Of course they did...

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Wed Jun 10, 2020, 03:02 AM

Jun 2020

A subsistence culture would have to divide work for survival, and women were smaller, often pregnant or nursing, and so not as well suited for war.

But recent research shows Viking women to be warriors when out to sea, and we know of women like Boudicca and Zenobia. And Joan of Arc. There were even a few female samurai.

And don't forget Grace O'Mally, and the other women pirates.

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Skeletons hint that ancient societies had women warriors [View all] Judi Lynn Jun 2020 OP

I knew that women could be warriors. iemitsu Jun 2020 #1

Of course they did... TreasonousBastard Jun 2020 #2

I thought this had... Alacritous Crier Jun 2020 #3