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  2. Matriarchy - Wikipedia

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    Matriarchy is a social system in which positions of dominance without violence and privilege are held by women. In a broader sense it can also extend to moral authority, social privilege, and control of property. While those definitions apply in general English, definitions specific to anthropology and feminism differ in some respects. [1] [2]

  3. List of matrilineal or matrilocal societies - Wikipedia

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  4. Matriarchal religion - Wikipedia

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    A matriarchal religion is a religion that emphasizes a goddess or multiple goddesses as central figures of worship and spiritual authority. The term is most often used to refer to theories of prehistoric matriarchal religions that were proposed by scholars such as Johann Jakob Bachofen , Jane Ellen Harrison , and Marija Gimbutas , and later ...

  5. Buried in more than 270,000 beads, grave reveals women’s ...

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    The Montelirio tomb was built around 4,875 years ago and used for 100 to 200 years. ... García Sanjuán said he wanted to investigate whether the society at Valencina was a matriarchy during this ...

  6. Matrilocal residence - Wikipedia

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    In other regions of the world, such as Japan, during the Heian period, a marriage of this type was not a sign of high status, but rather an indication of the patriarchal authority of the woman's family (her father or grandfather), who was sufficiently powerful to demand it. [3] Another matrilocal society is the !Kung San of Southern Africa ...

  7. Matrilineality - Wikipedia

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    Matrilineality is the tracing of kinship through the female line. It may also correlate with a social system in which each person is identified with their matriline, their mother's lineage, and which can involve the inheritance of property and titles.

  8. One of the world’s greatest religious spectacles is underway ...

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    Around 160,000 tents, 150,000 toilets and a 776-mile (1,249-kilometer) drinking water pipeline have been installed at a temporary tent city covering 4,000 hectares, roughly the size of 7,500 ...

  9. The Jane Club wants to be a 'matriarchal oasis' and it just ...

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    Unfortunately, by ignoring intersectionality and diversity in particular, these groups can also become highly exclusionary, ultimately reifying codes of white supremacy. From The Wing (and its ...