text: in what culture why does men hunt and women shop and can women hunt and men shop in these cultures? in what culture is true for this and what makes it true for some cultures the distinction is between hunting and gathering, not hunting and shopping...  all "primitive" cultures had male hunters/fishers and female gatherers. simple practical reason, the woman needs to breastfeed the baby. she can gather fruits/berries/roots while  carrying a baby and stop to feed it when necessary. imagine though a woman with a baby in one hand and a hunting spear in the other running after a deer.