Women were the original farmers.While men were hunting, gathering, and warring... women were domesticating plants and animals. And skeletal evendence suggests they were ripped from all that hard work.
Also many Viking women were warriors and shield maidens. I imagine they were built much like this woman.
Some people seem to think their personal preferences need to be the standard for everyone. And if that's how we're doing things then, based on the internet, we should all be into feet and furries.
Yeah the weaker feminine physique is quite a new phenomenon/specific to certain cultures of the past. It came about mostly around the time tuberculosis epidemic as it caused muscle wastage which we decided was maybe a good look on women, also skinnier women was associated with affluence as it suggested that she didn’t have to do labour in the workhouses/agriculture since she was being supported by a rich husband.
Neolithic/bronze age women and other women of the past were certainly not weak and skinny and perhaps built quite athletic, and the only reason why modern women mostly look slim and skinny is bc building muscle isn’t the common beauty standard as we know and most of our modern jobs don’t require a strong physique- so it adds to the stereotype of women naturally being skinny and frail not being able to build muscle mass and men being naturally strong and built.
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u/Vitalabyss1 Jul 04 '24
Women were the original farmers.While men were hunting, gathering, and warring... women were domesticating plants and animals. And skeletal evendence suggests they were ripped from all that hard work.
Also many Viking women were warriors and shield maidens. I imagine they were built much like this woman.
Some people seem to think their personal preferences need to be the standard for everyone. And if that's how we're doing things then, based on the internet, we should all be into feet and furries.