Sadly, this sometimes leads people into depression. It seems an awful long way, for example, between men being unable to cope with changing gender roles, and committing suicide. The fact, though, that many women these days choose to be formally employed, no doubt brought about by the equal opportunities push over the past four decades or so, is a major force for change in the balance of our own society. We like to think we are amenable to change, but beneath our thin veneer of civility remains a hunter-gatherer, with clearly defined gender specific roles. Our biology lies behind our violence, greed, and crime.
Violence remains rife in our society, just as it is in populations of chimpanzees or baboons.
And, out on society's fringes, it doesn't take much dehumanising, by way of alcohol or other mood changing substances, to unleash the beast lurking within. Until next month, safe hunting.