Whenever I look up how male-dominated history is, I wonder how much of that is a societal thing and how much our primate ancestors have to do with it.
Basically, which of these is more accurate than the other:
- Males have probably dominated in recorded history more because that was a trend started in the most ancient civilizations, and over time this became a norm to the point where females became lesser and lesser regarded as eligible spot-fillers.
Or,
- Males have probably dominated in recorded history because it is a ‘thing’ hard-wired into us that our pre-homo sapien ancestors had in them for x number of reasons. The ‘thing’ being anything from ‘alpha behavior’ to ‘males had more x than females did.’
Or, could you say it’s pretty even? Or perhaps too out of reach to really say either way?
Thanks for any help :]