The Plough and Now

Usually I am very swift when it comes to picking up social media, however, tonight was a challenge. After fidgeting with this website for quarter of an hour and doing a few Google searchers, I finally figured out how to post something. The first article I read was "The Plough and Now". After reading the article, right off the bat I noticed that the article provides some confirmation to the quote we learned on Monday. I think the quote was "history determines who we will become". The article discussed how societies which had plows usually had men be the majority of the working force. Even  in societies where plough have existed, but may no longer be used, men continue to be the majority of the work force. Because men have been the majority of the work force, they will continue to be the workforce cause history has started a precedent. While I agree with the article that places with ploughs are more likely to have men be the driving work force, I don't agree that the plough would cause a patriarchy. In the second article "The Worst Mistake in Human History", the article mentions that in New Guinea women do the hardest labour such as carrying bags of rice that weigh more then them. In this society women performed more difficult labour, however were still viewed as inferior. The biggest question I have for these articles is "what is a mongongo nut?"