In our fast-paced world of technology and conveniences, the
biological origins of women's inequality can be forgotten. This
book offers a richer understanding of gender inequality by
explaining a key cause-women's reproductive and lactation patterns.
Until about 1900, infants nursed every fifteen minutes on average
for two years because very frequent suckling prevented pregnancy.
The practice evolved because it maximized infant survival. If a
forager child was born before its older sibling could take part in
the daily food search, the older one died. This practice persisted
until the modern era because until after the discovery of the germ
theory of disease, human milk was the only food certain to be
unspoiled. Lactation patterns excluded women from the activities
that led to political leadership. During the twentieth century the
ancient mode declined and women entered the labor market en masse.
Joan Huber challenges feminists toward a richer understanding of
biological origins of inequality-knowledge that can help women
achieve greater equality today.
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