I would think that any organizational structure for a 'society' entails control mechanisms. And patriarchy predates monothesim. Patriarchy is a contract between

I would think that any organizational structure for a 'society' entails control mechanisms. And patriarchy predates monothesim. Patriarchy is a contract between the sexes, as a matter of fact. You can flip the sex bit, but there remains a control structure. Just think how oppressive the matriarchy of the beehive must be to those poor little princesses killed in their crib by the ascendant queen mother, not to mention armies of 'drones' working their ass off for the glory of their queen. Naturaly, and it is in fact true, those little princesses had to go bye bye for the greater good of the hive. (& do we really want to discuss the "pedophile" matriarchs of the Bonobos .. :) p.s. I simply can not relate to your notion of the police as father figures.