The status and respect that go with being a healer is, therefore, only minimally available to women. Women are the main providers of food. The food they gather is the majority of the daily diet of their families. Their economic activity is an autonomous undertaking. Men do not regulate women's schedules; do not tell them what food to gather and where to go. Also, a woman determines how much of her gathering, will be given away, and to whom. From start to finish, her labor and its product remain her own control. Meat, which is considered more valuable than gathered food, is economic contribution of men. Distribution of meat involves men in a wider sphere of influence. .
In addition, San women assume roles of great practical importance in the family. Women have maximum influence over decisions affecting their children for years, starting with birth. Kung express no preference for either sex before the child's birth. When children reach marriageable age, mothers play the major role in deciding whom they will marry and when. Women can get divorced if they wish, usually, it is the wife who initiates divorce. Mothers are responsible for close to 90% of childcare, but fathers provide care for infants either. Both parents guide their children and children are comfortable with either parent.
Also, in some primitive society, women and men had different jobs. Men were response to hunting and gathering. But men's hunting skills was not developed in the beginning, so they couldn't get enough food for family on time. In the other hand, women were going out to find fruits and vegetables for family, which was an easier job than hunting. So women usually had more food than men, and the family was depends on women. This is called matriarchal society, which means women rule a family, clan or tribe, and women dominates a group or an activity. And also a woman who is a mother received highly respect.
For example, A-mei tribe, which located in Taiwan, is a typically matriarchal society.
