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History of Feminism

Shivering Jemmy

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6. That story messed things up a bit...

Reply to ismnotwasm (Original post)

Thu Sep 4, 2014, 06:47 PM

Sep 2014

The actual research cited states that more than half of Viking *settlers* were female. And that both male and female settlers were buried with weapons. The point of the study was to show that being buried with weapons is not a reliable indicator as to who is a warrior.

Long story short: Viking culture was about more that pillaging. Although that was part of it.

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Better Identification of Viking Corpses Reveals: Half of the Warriors Were Female [View all] ismnotwasm Sep 2014 OP

I'll bet that most of the women were named Skittles. BlueJazz Sep 2014 #1

well I *AM* half-Norwegian Skittles Sep 2014 #3

It is the lutefish... awoke_in_2003 Sep 2014 #4

k and r and thank you for posting this. niyad Sep 2014 #2

their low draft ships could go up rivers so the Irish monks built round towers roguevalley Sep 2014 #5

That story messed things up a bit... Shivering Jemmy Sep 2014 #6