... they were seen as a failure. * Also many women relied on financial support from their husbands, as they were not allowed to work, so they had to get married just to have a warm place to live, and food to eat. * In an extract from 'The Whole Woman' by Germaine Greer it says 'while the male hunter-gatherer strolled along burdened with no more than his spear and throwing stick, his female mate trudged along after him carrying their infant, their shelter, their food supplies and her digging stick'. This extract is stating that women are just a strong and durable as men when it comes to hard manual work, it's also saying that men see women as a pack animal, and like to take the easy way out. Although many people knew this, women were still not acknowledged as equals. * Most of the male population believed women had the brains ...

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