In primitive society, women get food by gathering, while men get food by fishing and hunting. Because the application of tools has not reached a certain level, it is more stable to obtain things through collection, so women have a high social status in primitive society. Because the food source is unstable, mothers need to raise their children, and the food in primitive society will be given priority to women to ensure the existence and reproduction of tribes. The mortality rate of men is higher than that of women, so the social framework in this period is dominated by women. With the progress of social productive forces, tools began to be popularized, and fishing, hunting and agricultural planting flourished. These physical activities need the support of men, and they can obtain more and more stable food sources, so men gradually occupy the dominant position in society.
With the formation of settlements, foreign wars and defenses also occupy an important proportion in human life, and sex has absolute advantages in these aspects, further consolidating and strengthening men's social status. In matriarchal clan society, there is no concept of family in the public distribution of tribal resources. Children only know their mothers, not their fathers. However, with the development and progress, the concept of family gradually appeared. In the patriarchal clan society, children know both their father and mother, so the cultural development has gradually improved and the tribal reproduction has become more civilized and orderly.
From patriarchal society to slave society, to feudal society and the era we live in now, the husband-and-wife society has improved the social status of men for thousands of years, and the male-dominated society has developed into a very important part of culture. Until now, the consciousness of women's rights has awakened and the consciousness of equality between men and women has begun to spread.