# Were Neolithic Women Repressed?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-neolithic-women-repressed/926807>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [November 30, 2020, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-neolithic-women-repressed/926807 "2020-11-30T13:16:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2021, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-neolithic-women-repressed/926807/61 "2021-01-05T20:07:52Z")

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> [@Paul\_was\_in\_Saudi](#):
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> It has been my observation of history that very, very rarely can you steal and come out ahead. The major counterexample would be the Spanish in the New World who probably did make money on the deal. Elsewise, it seems to me that crime does not pay. At least not in the long run.

It didn’t pay off in the long run for Spain, either. They pulled so much gold out of the Americas that the value plummeted, and it ended up wrecking their whole economy.

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**Author:** ![casdave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c6cbf5/32.png) [@casdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/casdave)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-neolithic-women-repressed/926807/62 "2021-01-06T16:57:01Z")

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Added to this was that it removed incentive to develop industrial activities - just go out and steal wealth and slaves - leading to lack of innovation.

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