First evidence of war- Mesolithic, 12,000 years ago
Ice Age- all animals died offadvent of human hunter
Humans and animals hunt; as a way of reenacting the primal transformation from prey to predator
War and violence reassure the fact that people are no longer prey
With decline of wild predator and game populations, there would be little to occupy the male who specialized in hunting-p. 123
Because farming was a major food source; no uniquely male occupation left- woman could care for domesticated animals- 124
Men who failed as warriors have been reviled as "woman"-p.126- woman looked upon as inferior gender
War-making is not another occupation that men have monopolized, it is an activity that has defined manhood itself
Male leadership, just like adult male status in general, must be proved with blood
Woman are not incapable of fighting
No compelling biological or natural reason who men have starred in the drama of war
Men make war to......
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