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"During the pause is the ideal time to listen to stories," says Alice Walker. "There are stories coming to us now from every part of the earth; and they are capable of teaching us things we all used to know.... They tell us that in their society men and women are considered equal but very different. Man, they say, has a destructive nature: it is his job therefore to cut down trees when firewood or canoes are needed. His job also to hunt down and kill animals when there is need for more protein. His job to make war, when that becomes a necessity. The woman’s nature is thought to be nurturing and conserving. Therefore her role is to care for the home and garden, the domesticated animals and the children. She inspires the men. But perhaps her most important duty is to tell the men when to stop."

https://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/112506G.shtml