Quote Originally Posted by Cyrus View Post
i am however not really understanding why celtic women were so "free". usually in a "warrior centric" society that viewed man as the warrior and sole provider, the women would be seen as ultimately useless if not for procreation right?
Quote Originally Posted by Shylence View Post
Talking about celtic woman. Usually does not mean 100% certain. Maybe Celtic tribes were warrior centric tribes. Just because it may have been a warrior soceity does not mean women were just breeding machines lol.
It may seem paradoxical, but many warrior societies saw women with increased freedom and/or ability to participate. Among numerous examples, I'll point out the martial training of Spartan women, and the numerous Soviet female snipers and fighter aces of the Second World War (although that was more 'communist society' than 'warrior society', but anways).

In warrior societies, women are vital in maintaining the homestead, and in bringing a peace-like mindset to civilian issues like farming and tanning. They also offer an avenue for civil and mutually beneficial compromise that would weaken the authority of war-minded male leaders.

Quote Originally Posted by blitzkrieg80 View Post
testosterone probably never failed to have the inherent value contained biologically within society in various combinations amidst human development. men were typically more successful at hunting and defending the family / social nucleus, even among 'egalitarian' nomadic peoples. i think, if anything, agrarian society tries to enslave and hoard as a result of that human aspect necessary for practice of agriculture to be successful, such as ownership of 'land' (later property) despite communal living and theoretically equal natural rights.
I agree, FWIW. Also, with respect to the testosterone/estrogen issue: in the body, as in society, both are vital, and imbalances in the body can result in some pretty drastic knock-on effects. Combine this with social factors affecting the body's generation and metabolysis of these hormones, and we can safely assume that men and women still need eachother in warrior societies.

-Glee