On Sun, 5 Mar 2000, patricia tipton wrote:

> I do agree with Gordon on the point that a male may find gore and killing in
> general more tolorable, even likable, where as a female may be more prone to
> squeamish.  My .02 cents worth is this, I think a male is more able to kill
> an animal, where as a female is more apt to feel pity or sympathy for it.
> Not being able to end its life. However, another point is, the HG males did
> the hunting/killing but, the females did all the gutting, skinning, and
> preparing.  I to this day have problems squishing a lil spider.  But I can
> gut a fish after it's dead and bait my own hook  LOL  It's all in getting
> used to it. IMHO

I think this is more likely attitudes molded from a
urban society and not intrinsic female leanings.
There are/were HG groups in which the women regularly
hunted.  I doubt they had any qualms or pity or
sympathy.  I have stalked my dinner, looked it
in the eyes, and killed it.  I have no more difficulty
with this action than a female leopard does.

Julie