Comments on: Gettin’ up, caveman style. http://blogs.walkerart.org/offcenter/2006/04/04/gettin-up-caveman-style/ Outside Ideas from Inside the Walker Art Center Sun, 07 Sep 2008 02:32:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Stefan Jones http://blogs.walkerart.org/offcenter/2006/04/04/gettin-up-caveman-style/#comment-208 Stefan Jones Tue, 04 Apr 2006 18:12:42 +0000 http://blogs.walkerart.org/offcenter/2006/04/04/gettin-up-caveman-style/#comment-208 This rang a bell. You know those stypagarous (big hipped, big butted) clay figurines? About thirty years back, <i>National Lampoon</i> ran a comic story (illustrated by Shary Flenniken) about how ancient humans came to be dominated by a patriarchy. Way back when, the story notes, cave people lived in a matriarchal society. Men were the religious leaders, however. They made stypagarous goddess figures and -- while the women were out hunting and doing all the work -- crawled in back of the cave and "worshipped" them. Five-fingered worship, if you get my drift. Eventually the women get sick and tired of this freeloading, and kick the guys out of the cave and told to make themselves useful. Which they do, eventually taking over and mucking things up real good. This rang a bell.

You know those stypagarous (big hipped, big butted) clay figurines?

About thirty years back, National Lampoon ran a comic story (illustrated by Shary Flenniken) about how ancient humans came to be dominated by a patriarchy.

Way back when, the story notes, cave people lived in a matriarchal society. Men were the religious leaders, however. They made stypagarous goddess figures and — while the women were out hunting and doing all the work — crawled in back of the cave and “worshipped” them. Five-fingered worship, if you get my drift.

Eventually the women get sick and tired of this freeloading, and kick the guys out of the cave and told to make themselves useful. Which they do, eventually taking over and mucking things up real good.

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