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From: nazgul@apollo.uucp (Kee Hinckley)
Newsgroups: net.singles,net.women
Subject: Re: Re: Why male dominance?
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Date: Fri, 28-Mar-86 20:27:47 EST
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Posted: Fri Mar 28 20:27:47 1986
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Keywords: Matrilineal, matriarchal, nits
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In article <145@suntek.UUCP> polard@suntek.UUCP (Henry polard) writes:
> In article <714@osiris.UUCP> jcp@osiris.UUCP (Jody Patilla) writes:
> >	The Hopi were/are a matriarchial society. Several generations of
> >women in the same family live together and bring in husbands - men marry
> >out into other women's groupings.
> The Hopi, as well as several extemely patriarchial societies 
> (such as the ancient Hebrews) are MATRILINEAL.
...
> In MATRIARCHIES, women hold most of the power.  I know of no well-documented
> matriarchies.  The Hopi, according to SUN CHIEF and other books
...
> Could someone provide references about any true matriarchies?  Thanks.

When I get home (if I get home?) I will try and remember to look through my
notes, but I believe you are correct.  I seem to remember that people have
tried, but never found a society that was truely matriarchal.

As a bizarre aside this reminds me of a paper I wrote.  If you want a really
strange society, consider Anne McCaffrey's Pern.  There are three different
methods of descent, depending on whether you belong to a Guild, one of the
landowner holds, or to a dragon hold.  (I may have the terminology wrong).
The dragon holds are patriarchal, but the passage of power is matrilineal through
the dragons!

                                                    -kee

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