HoloDust said:
SuperNova said:
HoloDust said:
Teeqoz said:
Samus Aran said:
Horizon felt forced indeed.
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Horizon isn't set in pre-history. It's set in post-history, and to me it doesn't seem likely that societal norms like that would move backwards just because we lose our technology.
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Technology is precisely what is allowing for modern societal norms, since it generates abundance of resources. Remove that, and even in best case post-apocalyptic scenario you will have common sense of who is most important for procreation winning over any other argument.
In post-historic world like Horizon's, no sane tribe leader would risk many women when there are men at disposal for hunting - people seem to forget that males can't give birth to new tribe members, females can, hence it's vital to keep them alive and healthy. On that, add the fact that on average men are stronger and when it comes to hunting with primitive weapons that counts a lot.
IMO, it really doesn't have anytihing to do with 'eqaulity' or 'oppression', it's just common sense, hence why it would be expected that most, if not all, hunters in Horizon are men. But I'm eager to see how they've set up that world and main heroine's background.
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See my post further above. What you say might hold some merit, or logic to it, but pre-history didn't really follow it.
There's evidence of pre-historic women hunting along with the males. I don't see why post-historic ones wouldn't.
Although your weapon argument would be quite good if the weapons were the deciding factor in the hunt. At least most pre-historc tribes likely simply outrun their prey in long distance. As in, they chased them at a steady pace until the weakest of the herd collapsed and then killed them when they were already down. (Or they herded them into a ravine native american style) This is what humans are evolved to do, were likely the best long distance runners in the animal kingdom.
As for the post historic ones, they seem to have some technology to their weapons so they might be evolved enough that drawing strengh for example is not as vital as general flexibility, or fast reflexes.
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Yeah, I know of those theories, to various degrees they are true, though, generally speaking, in hunter-gatherer societies, men were mostly hunters and women were mostly gatherers, but considering that they were nomadic, hunt was often a whole tribe activity.
Anyway, speaking strictly of Horizon, they're not exactly hunting helpless gazelles, that world seems quite dangerous and their prey has very aggresive and active dinobot guards - as I said, I doubt any sane leader in such a harsh world would risk women for such tasks, just for the sake of equality, but, I'm eager to see what story for that devs have come up with, that is, if any.
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