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6 Modern Societies Where Women Literally Rule
Garrison, Laura Turner http://mentalfloss.com/article/31274/6-modern-societies-where-women-literally-rule
Publisher: Mental Floss
Date Written: 29/01/2016
Year Published: 2016 First Published: 2012
Resource Type: Article
An article about 6 female-led societies that thrive in the real world today.
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Who runs the world? In these six societies: Girls.
By standard definition, a matriarchy is a "family, group or state governed by a matriarch (a woman who is head of a family or tribe)." Anthropologists and feminists have since created more specific classifications for female societies, including the matrilineal system. Matrilineality refers not only to tracing one's lineage through maternal ancestry, it can also refer to a civil system in which one inherits property through the female line. While the legendary Amazons (probably the most widely known matriarchy) are relegated to mythology, there are a handful of female-led societies that thrive in the real world today.
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