Island of the Blue Dolphins

earlier, karana's father had told her that if a woman were to make a bow, it will be sure to break when she used it. Why do you think the men of the village would give such a warning to the young women of their community?

chapter 12-13

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This is a patriarchal community where gender roles defined both identity and culture. Women were not "meant" to use a bow?