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To: NEWwoman
We have glaring non-examples of how well matriarchies work (don't work) in this country.

While I generally agree with your conclusions, I have to take issue with this statement.

A matriarchal society does not equate to a fatherless family. A matriarchal society is one in which the female takes the leading role in the decisions made about family affairs, not one in which there are no males. A society with a large number of female single-parent households is not matriarchal nor is a society with a large number of male single-parent households considered to be patriarchal. There is a word for single-parent households. The word is disfunctional.

Traditional Hebrew families and many Asian cultures are quite matriarchal yet don't have the same problem as American single-parent families do. It is not a relevant comparison.

If you meant to blame the destruction of the nuclear family for the problem, I will agree.

31 posted on 09/16/2002 9:33:51 PM PDT by Knitebane
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To: Knitebane
Agreed the inner cities (and other places as well) are dysfunction.

By your definition that, A matriarchal society is one in which the female takes the leading role in the decisions made about family affairs , what goes on in the inner city seems to fit. Actually, I did not think of this example myself. I recall Walter Williams talking about it on the radio.

There are other examples of matriarchal societies that have worked better (as you have pointed out): some aborigines, some aspects of the Hebrew culture...

There are numerous examples of patriarchal that have or haven't work well, also.

32 posted on 09/17/2002 6:17:47 AM PDT by NEWwoman
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