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Many native American cultures recognized that men were driven by their hormones. They established that post menopausal women should make the major decisions for the tribe because they were the most rational and least likely to be hormone driven.

Let me guess, your source for this tidbit is a womyns' study textbook. Assuming you have a source for your statement.

[hocndoc]

Logically, marsh2 has a point. Post menopausal grandmothers have quite a bit invested in the life and success - posterity, if you will - of their children and grandchildren.