DNA proves fearsome Viking warrior was a woman:
A 10th century Viking unearthed in the 1880s was like a figure from Richard Wagner's Ride of the Valkyries: an elite warrior buried with a sword, an ax, a spear, arrows, a knife, two shields, and a pair of warhorses. [...] a new study published today in the American Journal of Physical Anthropology finds that the warrior was a woman—the first high-status female Viking warrior to be identified. Excavators first uncovered the battle-ready body among several thousand Viking graves near the Swedish town of Birka, but for 130 years, most assumed it was a man—known only by the grave identifier, Bj 581. [...] Now, the warrior's DNA proves her sex, suggesting a surprising degree of gender balance in the Vikings' violent social order.
Her name was Lagertha.
Reference: Charlotte Hedenstierna-Jonson, et. al., A female Viking warrior confirmed by genomics, American Journal of Physical Anthropology, DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.23308
(Score: 2, Troll) by HiThere on Tuesday September 12 2017, @05:05PM (2 children)
No. A feminist is in favor of female dominance. And egalitarian (or, possibly, an equalitarian) is what you call someone in favor of equal treatment. They've always been thin on the ground. Most people believe in better treatment for "people like me".
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(Score: 3, Informative) by Azuma Hazuki on Tuesday September 12 2017, @06:12PM
No, only a small group of nutters, separatists, and loons are in favor of female dominance. That would be nearly as much of a disaster as the current male-dominated paradigm if you ask me.
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(Score: 4, Touché) by aristarchus on Tuesday September 12 2017, @07:44PM
Hi, there! Please leave your personal fanasyies out of the rational discussion everyone his having here, please!