I come from a matriarchal family - the women of each household were most definitely in charge, with the men and children scurrying 'neath their feet to please them.
A society where leadership or government is in the hands of women. -(and BTW - the word is 'matriarchal' - not matricial.)
Patriarch [Πατριάρχης = Αρχή Πατρός] meaning the leadership of the father.
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1. a family, society, community, or state governed by women. 2. a form of social organization in which the mother is head of the family, and in which descent is reckoned in the female line, the children belonging to the mother's clan; matriarchal system. by:blogzky_11
The Myth of Matriarchal Prehistory was created in 2000.
The Hopi people have a matriarchal society that continues to exist today.
Yes the Algonquin are patriarchal. It is the Iroquois who are matriarchal.
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Matriarchal in most sense of that definition. The females owned the property and carried the name, if you married you joined her family. So in that sense they were matriarchal. Although she had no voice in council, so in that sense Patriarchal.Tribal societies were balanced between both, each having their power in their respective realms.
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