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

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.

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