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Non-Fiction

Sekhmets Daughter

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9. LMAO...

Reply to bemildred (Reply #8)

Wed Jan 16, 2013, 02:22 PM

Jan 2013

I think without thousands of years of societal constraints, women would too. In fact the missionaries were horrified by the free wheeling females of the Hawaiian Islands...to name just one instance.

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"Thinking Fast and Slow" -- Kahneman [View all] bemildred Jan 2013 OP

Now that's left-handed compliment for sure! Sekhmets Daughter Jan 2013 #1

I like Mr. Diamond, but lets face it, he's a scientist, not a writer. bemildred Jan 2013 #2

Some scientists are good writers... Neoma Jan 2013 #3

Yes, they are, but it is not the way to bet. nt bemildred Jan 2013 #5

I read Guns, Germs & Steel several years ago... Sekhmets Daughter Jan 2013 #4

I've read the first two. bemildred Jan 2013 #6

For which books are the perfect formula! Sekhmets Daughter Jan 2013 #7

Neanderthals. bemildred Jan 2013 #8

LMAO... Sekhmets Daughter Jan 2013 #9

Yeah, I don't think anybody thought twice about it until we invented property. bemildred Jan 2013 #10

Exactly! Sekhmets Daughter Jan 2013 #11

Slavery was a curse, and it remains a curse. bemildred Jan 2013 #12

It's not just slavery.... Sekhmets Daughter Jan 2013 #13

That is true, all of it. bemildred Jan 2013 #14

That's how it is. Sekhmets Daughter Jan 2013 #15

I've read your sig line, have you read mine? bemildred Jan 2013 #16

I like your sig line very much.... Sekhmets Daughter Jan 2013 #17

I find that a difficult question to resolve, what to think of his performance so far. bemildred Jan 2013 #18

I think in terms of a bigger picture and a longer time line. Sekhmets Daughter Jan 2013 #19

Yes. bemildred Jan 2013 #20

A Psychology prof of mine Sekhmets Daughter Jan 2013 #21

Great book caraher Jan 2013 #22