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The vikings, including, women used boats to travel, and women were essential to the creation of settlements. Unless an objection is raised, I'll be removing that sentence. [[User:Wandering|Wandering]] 19:20, 3 August 2008 (EDT)
The vikings, including, women used boats to travel, and women were essential to the creation of settlements. Unless an objection is raised, I'll be removing that sentence. [[User:Wandering|Wandering]] 19:20, 3 August 2008 (EDT)
:I'm somewhat skeptic about this "used by women" interpretation. What would prevent Viking men from using the same tools if necessary? It seems likely that there are some preconceived notions about gender roles at work here. --[[User:AKjeldsen|AKjeldsen]] 09:00, 7 August 2008 (EDT)
:I'm somewhat skeptic about this "used by women" interpretation. What would prevent Vikin men from using the same tools if necessary? It seems likely that there are some preconceived notions about gender roles at work here. --[[User:AKjeldsen|AKjeldsen]] 09:00, 7 August 2008 (EDT)
::Because they're <big>Vikings</big>? You modern-day Scandinavians might have gone soft but back then.... More seriously in the past gender-roles where more fixed. It might not be <i>proved</i> that women used them in this instance, but it seems a reasonable assumption. --[[User:Toffeeman|Toffeeman]] 09:30, 7 August 2008 (EDT)