\[ **BT: [[society]] | [[kinship]]** ] \[ **RT: [[patriarchy]]** ] --- # matriarchy [[Etymologically, ‘matriarchy’ means ‘the mothers from the beginning’ far more than it does ‘domination by mothers’.]][^1] [[Matriarchal societies are not the women-dominating inverse of patriarchal societies. Instead, they are the ‘true gender-egalitarian societies’.]][^2] [[The misunderstanding that ‘matriarchy’ means ‘rule by women’ has caused long-term problems, not least a strong prejudice against the concept.]][^3] - see also: - [[kinship#matrilineality]] - [[kinship#matrilocality]] - [[kinship#the matrifocal family]] [^1]: Heide Goettner-Abendroth, ‘[[Goettner-Abendroth, ‘Re-thinking “Matriarchy”’, 2018|Re-thinking “Matriarchy” in Modern Matriarchal Studies Using Two Examples: The Khasi and the Mosuo]]’, *Asian Journal of Women’s Studies*, vol. 24, no. 1 (2018), pp. 5–6, <https://doi.org/10.1080/12259276.2017.1421293>. [^2]: Heide Goettner-Abendroth, ‘[[Goettner-Abendroth, ‘Re-thinking “Matriarchy”’, 2018|Re-thinking “Matriarchy” in Modern Matriarchal Studies Using Two Examples: The Khasi and the Mosuo]]’, *Asian Journal of Women’s Studies*, vol. 24, no. 1 (2018), p. 5, <https://doi.org/10.1080/12259276.2017.1421293>. [^3]: Heide Goettner-Abendroth, ‘[[Goettner-Abendroth, ‘Re-thinking “Matriarchy”’, 2018|Re-thinking “Matriarchy” in Modern Matriarchal Studies Using Two Examples: The Khasi and the Mosuo]]’, *Asian Journal of Women’s Studies*, vol. 24, no. 1 (2018), p. 3, <https://doi.org/10.1080/12259276.2017.1421293>.