Elite Women Made Beer in Pre-Incan Culture

JJackFlash

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Mon Nov-14-05 09:35 PM
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Elite Women Made Beer in Pre-Incan Culture

Robert Roy Britt
LiveScience Managing Editor
LiveScience.com Mon Nov 14, 6:00 PM ET

An ancient brewery from a vanished empire was staffed by elite women who were selected for their beauty or nobility, a new study concludes.

The finding adds to other evidence that women played a more crucial role in ancient Andean societies than history books have stated. It may also in some ways reflect modern drinking traditions in the Andean mountains, where women get drunk as much as men, researchers say.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20051114/sc_space/elitewomenmadebeerinpreincanculture

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stevedeshazer

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Mon Nov-14-05 09:37 PM
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1. Why do you hate America?

:) :toast:

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JJackFlash

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Mon Nov-14-05 09:41 PM
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2. I'm taking suggestions for the brew name

Maybe it was called the ancient Andean equivalent of "Hot Chicks' Brew."

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brainshrub

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Mon Nov-14-05 09:44 PM
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3. Maybe the beer made the women look good?

And Incan version of beer-googles, if you will.

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TlalocW

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Mon Nov-14-05 09:52 PM
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4. There's an Indian tribe in the state of Oaxaca, Mexico

Where the women are in charge. They're the business people, the alcohol consumers, etc. One of the greatest things that can happen to one of them is if her son is gay, as that's considered a pretty big honor in their culture.

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JJackFlash

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Mon Nov-14-05 09:57 PM
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5. Sounds like the place to be

if you want a woman to get drunk and take advantage of you.

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longship

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Mon Nov-14-05 10:03 PM
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6. Politically incorrect joke...

The elite women brewed the beer so that the elite guys could sit around drinking it while watching the lacrosse match?

Sorry. Typical guys, eh?

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