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Re: OT Matriarchy (WAS: Re: Simple translation exercise?)

From:Thomas R. Wier <trwier@...>
Date:Thursday, June 19, 2003, 18:59
Quoting Andreas Johansson <andjo@...>:

> Quoting Aquamarine Demon <aquamarine_demon@...>: > > > Personally, I find the idea of a matriarchy odd, since no known > > culture > > has truly had one. > > I'm in no position to evaluate the trustworthiness of my sources on this > topic, but I'm told that some Amazonian groups are matriarchical, and that > traditional society (or at least one traditional society) on New Caledonia > is too.
Supposedly this is also the case in Madagascar. There is robust evidence for matriarchal societies, even if most of the biggest cultural areas are patriarchal. ========================================================================= Thomas Wier "I find it useful to meet my subjects personally, Dept. of Linguistics because our secret police don't get it right University of Chicago half the time." -- octogenarian Sheikh Zayed of 1010 E. 59th Street Abu Dhabi, to a French reporter. Chicago, IL 60637