Matriarchy
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Matriarchy is a term, which is applied to gynocentric form of society, in which leading role is with the female and especially with the mothers of a community. Some authors consider it as "hypothetical". There exist many matriarchal animal societies including bees, elephants, and killer whales. The word matriarchy is coined as the opposite of Patriarchy. When related to humans, the term literally meaning "wife's rule", gynecocracy is sometimes used synonymously.
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See also
- Matriarchal religion
- Çatalhöyük
- Gender role
- Goddess movement
- Feminist anthropology
- History of feminism
- Amazons
- Amazon feminism
- Patriarchy
- Marianismo
- Mother Goddess
- Black matriarchy
- Venus figurines
- The First Sex
- When God Was a Woman
- Isis
- The Myth of Matriarchal Prehistory
- The Hebrew Goddess
- Queer nationalism
- Domestic violence
- Sexual violence
- Rape
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