The sex-strike theory of human origins by Chris Knight and Camilla Power (UCL)  Sept 26 2023

Name: The sex-strike theory of human origins by Chris Knight and Camilla Power (UCL) Sept 26 2023
Uploaded: 2023-09-27T16:21:27+00:00
Duration: 1 h 38 min 26 s
Channel: Radical Anthropology
Description: The first Word was spoken by a woman. It was ‘No’. Acted out in sounds and gestures and exploding into a chorus of laughter, it was a signal to the male sex that their behaviour needed to stop. Chris Knight and Camilla Power will explain how menstrual bleeding was constructed as the world’s earliest taboo and how blood-red ochre came to symbolize ritual potency as our species emerged.

The first Word was spoken by a woman. It was ‘No’. Acted out in sounds and gestures and exploding into a chorus of laughter, it was a signal to the male sex that their behaviour needed to stop. Chris Knight and Camilla Power will explain how menstrual bleeding was constructed as the world’s earliest taboo and how blood-red ochre came to symbolize ritual potency as our species emerged.