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Weaponry and Male Domination Dating as far back as the sixth millennium B.C., when metallurgy first appears in Europe, one can see how the seeds of a male-dominated society began to grow (Eisler 46). The first metals to be used extensively were copper and gold (Eisler 45). These metals, however, were used more for ornamental purposes than for weapons. Even in the fifth and fourth millennium B.C. when bronze became the metal of choice, it …

…However, I know had the Kurgans not began attacking weaker, peace-loving settlements I may be going to church to worship a Goddess, not a God. Had the Kurgans accepted a partnership society, little children would not be playing with toy guns and, more importantly, grown men would not fight with real ones. Had the Kurgans not developed weapons out of metal, we would not be at the brink of a potentially bloody, violent, horrible war.