Building upon Shlain's hypothesis, I suggest that the result was not the exclusive maltreatment of women but maltreatment of all members of a society who did not find themselves a comfortable position in the scramble for hierarchical status inherent in patriarchy. The left brain abstraction, analysis, and distancing of literate cultures based in linear text made possible the justification neccessary for the displacement of connective, empathetic interaction by aggressive status-seeking hierarchy. This resulted in the toppling of the goddess. Tannen, in You Just Don't Understand , explores the different ways that males and females affiliate within a group. Oral cultures tend to scaffold connectivity.
Oral communication engages the affective domain of the participants.
The transmission of oral culture depends upon this affective engagement. This requisite engagement of the affective domain in an oral society scaffolds the interconnectivity of its members. This interconnectivity affects the story teller, as well. Rather, each performance is a new composition. This mutual engagement is grounded in the empathy of right brain thinking.