How often had I overlooked women's contributions ?

computerscientistI , 4 months ago

A woman invented the windshield wiper. Granted, a man inventes the whole effing rest of the car...

kromem , 4 months ago

Yep. A bit like a 7 day publicly displayed tracker of days on a 28 day lunar calendar cycle.

Was "I am the God of your Father" an editorial attempt to distinguish the deity from the gods of Egypt, or from the god of a Mother?

There's some pretty odd details in that book, like in Isaac's supposed patriarchal blessing which discussed "the sons of your mother bow down to you" or it being the only place there's the male form of gebirah ("Great Lady") - a title first applied in the text to Isaac's mother whose name is based on the word for 'chief.' Who is supposedly later followed by a figure 'Deborah' ('bee') who is a leader of the people around the time we now know bees were being imported into Tel Rehov and regularly requeened to avoid genetic drift with local bee populations. Also weird that the events regarding a "land of milk and honey" supposedly take place in a land with no honey and only one discovered apiary.

That apiary gets burned down right around the time Asa allegedly deposed his grandmother the gebirah ("Great Lady").

akilou , 4 months ago

Man just needs to look at the moon to mark 28 days

Zehzin , 4 months ago

Sometimes it's cloudy. Sometimes you can't tell if that's were 2 or 3 days away from a full moon.

pdnq , 4 months ago

Derek, halt! Unga unga, no cave cuddles now. Me check bone-calendar, unga bunga, big chance for baby bump. We wait, sky spirits nod-nod. Timing everything, unga!

Sure, that was the way for woman to use a calender…

DessertStorms , 4 months ago

Lol, mansplain harder! I'm sure it had nothing to do with wanting to know when their next period was due, to, you know, know when their next period was due, and be prepared for that, without it having anything to do with a man.. 🙄🤦‍♀️😂

Churbleyimyam , 4 months ago

Good trip-up one.
Good old periods.
Good old not getting your girlfriend pregnant.

feedum_sneedson , 4 months ago

yeah, that sounds like an anthropology professor

Thcdenton , 4 months ago

d e e p t h o u g h t s