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| 27 | 3300 | The View more quotes about human">human species as she knew, but would not have called it to the attention of her classes, was radically, sexually dimorphic. |
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| 27 | 3297 | And, as time went on, she became aware that these tasks were not as menial and simple as she had conjectured, but that genuine skill was needed, and attention, to turn out a delectable sauce, to make small, fine stitches, to press a tunic with fire-heated irons so well that one would not feel the switches of the instructrices, and so on. |
| 27 | 3298 | In time, as her skills increased, and the sting of the switch became less frequent, she began to take pride in her performance of such tasks, those expected of a female slave. |
| 27 | 3299 | As even on Earth they seemed to her, no matter how often she had denied this, somehow fitting for women. |
| 27 | 3300 | The human species as she knew, but would not have called it to the attention of her classes, was radically, sexually dimorphic. |
| 27 | 3301 | It thus seemed natural that some division of labors, however such things might be sorted out, might be expected in a species characterized by such disparate natures. |
| 27 | 3302 | One hunts, one cooks, she thought. |
| 27 | 3303 | And is it not natural to suppose that the lighter labors might descend to the slighter beasts, the softer, prettier beasts who stood in need of male protection, those less fitted for war and long treks, those less wisely pitted against the mastodon, the cave bear, the panther, the stranger, those who must hope to please the larger, stronger, more aggressive, less patient animals, to whom they belonged. |