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to lead forth from within [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pastoral pastoral] living tended to [[create]] a new [[system]] of [[mores]], the [[patriarchal]] type of [[family]] life; and the basis of family [[unity]] under the herder and early [[agricultural]] [[mores]] was the unquestioned and [[arbitrary]] [[authority]] of the [[father]]. All [[society]], whether [[national]] or [[familial]], passed through the [[stage]] of the [[autocratic]] [[authority]] of a [[patriarchal]] order.

to lead forth from within [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pastoral pastoral] living tended to [[create]] a new [[system]] of [[mores]], the [[patriarchal]] type of [[family]] life; and the basis of family [[unity]] under the herder and early [[agricultural]] [[mores]] was the unquestioned and [[arbitrary]] [[authority]] of the [[father]]. All [[society]], whether [[national]] or [[familial]], passed through the [[stage]] of the [[autocratic]] [[authority]] of a [[patriarchal]] order.

84:3.2 The scant [[courtesy]] paid [[womankind]] during the [[Old Testament]] era is a true [[reflection]] of the [[mores]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pastoral herdsmen]. The [[Hebrew]] [[patriarchs]] were all herdsmen, as is [[witnessed]] by the saying, "The Lord is my Shepherd."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Psalms#Psalm_23]

84:3.2 The scant [[courtesy]] paid [[womankind]] during the [[Old Testament]] era is a true [[reflection]] of the [[mores]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pastoral herdsmen]. The [[Hebrew]] [[patriarchs]] were all herdsmen, as is [[witnessed]] by the saying, "The Lord is my Shepherd."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Psalms#Psalm_23]

84:3.3 But man was no more to blame for his low [[opinion]] of [[woman]] during past ages than was woman herself. She failed to get [[social]] [[recognition]] during [[primitive]] times because she did not [[function]] in an [[emergency]]; she was not a spectacular or [[crisis]] [[hero]]. [[Maternity]] was a distinct [[disability]] in the [[existence]] [[struggle]]; [[mother]] [[love]] [[handicapped]] women in the [[tribal]] [[defense]].

84:3.3 But man was no more to blame for his low [[opinion]] of [[woman]] during past ages than was woman herself. She failed to get [[social]] [[recognition]] during [[primitive]] times because she did not [[function]] in an [[emergency]]; she was not a spectacular or [[crisis]] [[hero]]. [[Maternity]] was a distinct [[disability]] in the [[existence]] [[struggle]]; [[mother]] [[love]] [[handicapped]] women in the [[tribal]] [[defense]].

84:3.10 Decreasing [[primitive]] [[warfare]] greatly lessened the disparity between the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Division_of_labor division of labor] based on [[sex]]. But women still had to do the real [[work]] while men did picket [[duty]]. No camp or village could be left unguarded day or night, but even this task was alleviated by the [[domestication]] of the dog. In general, the coming of [[agriculture]] has enhanced [[woman]]'s [[prestige]] and [[Social status|social standing]]; at least this was true up to the time man himself turned [[agriculturist]]. And as soon as man addressed himself to the tilling of the [[soil]], there immediately ensued great improvement in [[methods]] of [[agriculture]], extending on down through [[successive]] [[generations]]. In [[hunting]] and [[war]] man had learned the [[value]] of [[organization]], and he introduced these [[techniques]] into [[industry]] and later, when taking over much of [[woman]]'s [[work]], greatly improved on her loose [[methods]] of [[labor]].

84:3.10 Decreasing [[primitive]] [[warfare]] greatly lessened the disparity between the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Division_of_labor division of labor] based on [[sex]]. But women still had to do the real [[work]] while men did picket [[duty]]. No camp or village could be left unguarded day or night, but even this task was alleviated by the [[domestication]] of the dog. In general, the coming of [[agriculture]] has enhanced [[woman]]'s [[prestige]] and [[Social status|social standing]]; at least this was true up to the time man himself turned [[agriculturist]]. And as soon as man addressed himself to the tilling of the [[soil]], there immediately ensued great improvement in [[methods]] of [[agriculture]], extending on down through [[successive]] [[generations]]. In [[hunting]] and [[war]] man had learned the [[value]] of [[organization]], and he introduced these [[techniques]] into [[industry]] and later, when taking over much of [[woman]]'s [[work]], greatly improved on her loose [[methods]] of [[labor]].

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