Thanks for your comment. I'm not familiar with Rutger Bregman but will check him out. Naturally, we can't entirely recreate the small band lives of our ancestors and nor would we want to because it was harsh in many ways, but I do think that emphasizing collaboration is our evolutionary strength, as you so well put it, is important. Sharing information and countering erroneous cultural myths is one of the most impactful things we can do - or so I believe.

Wishing you all the best. If you haven't already, you might want to read Boys & Sex by Peggy Orenstein. Dan Savage says this about the book, “Masculinity doesn’t have to be toxic―but so much of what we communicate to boys about masculinity is just that. The amazing Peggy Orenstein does more than just document the atrocities. She listens to boys and bears witness to their efforts to free themselves from the trap the culture sets for them. Boys & Sex is required reading for anyone who has ever loved, raised, been, or will become a boy.”