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From: donn@hp-dcd.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Matriarchal soceities - (nf)
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Date: Mon, 9-Jan-84 03:32:53 EST
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hp-dcd!donn    Jan  6 16:21:00 1984

More matriarchies, sort of...

In Heinlien's "Farnham's Freehold", the line of succession of one
culture is matriarchal, but the actual exercise of the power is 
by the males.  Thus "uncle" (brother of the female parent) is the
wielder of power, and "Uncle" (capitalized) is (more or less) 
(acting) God.  I don't know if this qualifies for your purposes or
not.  (By the way, the original request made it to USENET notes sites
as from NEWS@SRI-ARPA (approximately), and thus there's no way I
could reply directly.)

Donn Terry
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