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Power was far greater correlated with wealth than with being male. So while society was more of a patriarchy than a matriarchy, it really wasn't either.
by Lawtonfogle 11y ago
Power was far greater correlated with wealth than with being male. So while society was more of a patriarchy than a matriarchy, it really wasn't either.
- ameister14 11y agoYou can have both a class system based on economics/birth and a gendered power dynamic. Society is complex.
- Lawtonfogle 11y agoPower dynamic is vastly dominated by wealth, one wonders why a disproportional focus is given on the vastly less influential gender dynamic.
- tomp 11y agoBecause it's better for the rich people if there's a war between men and women rather than a war between the rich and the poor.