Men Will Be Men

Many years ago, my friend took a course in Native American studies at Penn State. He told me of this one parable that some tribe had, meant to explain the relationship between men and women. Seems the women were fed up because they felt they weren't getting enough credit and fair treatment from the men, so they went to live in the other side of the river.
Well, the women struggled to eat, and keep warm with good clothes, because men weren't there to hunt. They lived without adequate shelter, because the men weren't there to build them teepees. They had a really tough time of it because the men weren't there to do everything for them. Meanwhile, the men lived in luxury on the other side of the river, and spent a lot of time masturbating, which was specifically mentioned because apparently that was the only reason they needed the women. The women ended up coming back in defeat, because they needed men more than men needed them.
The point of me sharing this story that my friend told me about long ago is to illustrate that even though we have some beautiful, mystic image of Native American life, they were sometimes douchebags all the same. They had crime and war and rape and murder and misogyny and homophobia and racism, just like all civilizations and societies.
The other point is that most ideologies and dogma was created by men, and a lot of it reflects the fear and insecurities men have, so a good portion of it usually involves blaming women for the ills of the world or making them feel shame and guilt for being a woman. Men have always been douchebags. So much so, they needed to make up a bullshit story about how women are inferior, and incapable of surviving without the benevolence of men, and basically exist to shut up and satisfy men sexually. So don't blame the native Americans. Blame the men.