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Does anybody know of any matriarchal societies?
Matrilineal, yes. Matriarchal, no.Does anybody know of any matriarchal societies?
Can anybody give me some examples of non-patriarchal societies? Does anybody know of any matriarchal societies?
While there are existing matrilinear and matrilocal societies, such as those of the Minangkabau or Mosuo, no matriarchal societies are known
I don't know of any modern ones, but it's thought that ancient hunter-gatherer cultures were not matriarchal or patriarchal, since the group/family leaders (marked out by burial decorations and such) were sometimes male and sometimes female.
The society can be patriarchal and have many female leaders - or vice-versa.
That's true nowadays, but when societies had no concrete authority or laws and no major transfer of resources from person to person (except for parents to children), the characteristics of the leaders are the only thing that could determine an "-archy", really.