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Re:Why Do So Many Incompetent Men Become Leaders? (2013) by trhway on Monday February 20, 2017 @04:13PM (#13690954)
>The principle of sexual inequality (and male superiority) appears to be a relatively recent phenomenon

Recent? Even gorilla have males bigger (and thus leading the pack) than females and so far prehistoric humans are known to have been that way too.

It is exactly the rise of civilization(agriculture, technology, complex social structure, etc) which allowed for situations with female leadership.

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Re:Why Do So Many Incompetent Men Become Leaders? (2013) by noobiemcfoob on Monday February 20, 2017 @04:41PM (#13691213)
Gorilla males are about 50% larger compared to human males being about 20% larger. There is much in our anatomy that implies humans behaved more as polyamorous tribes than solitary male harems.

If you're really interested, look up "Sex at Dawn"

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