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are those historically validated or hypotheses? also matrilinearty doesnt have much to do with power, but with women as mothers like e.g. in sparta.
by cblconfederate 5y ago
are those historically validated or hypotheses? also matrilinearty doesnt have much to do with power, but with women as mothers like e.g. in sparta.
- OrvalWintermute 5y agoThose are historically validated [1], [2], [3] Matrilineality has a great amount of power assocation/inheritance, since it if the men die off, and inheritance goes to a wife, there is little disincentive for war from a female perspective, and, potential more incentive. Imagine a warlike society with a divorce court where you know you will get 100%. If women control the assets, and inheritance flows through them, that is a great deal of power. Furthermore, the ability to raise the future ruler is also the ability to influence that future rule, and comes with it frequently regency. The idea of a powerless female nobility I do not find to be compatible with history. After everything is said, we speak English. [1] https://www.worldhistory.org/lycia/ https://www.worldhistory.org/lycia/ [2] http://www.carlanayland.org/essays/picts_matrilineal_succession.htm http://www.carlanayland.org/essays/picts_matrilineal_success... [3] https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/601092/jewish/Why-Is-Jewishness-Matrilineal.htm https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/601092/jewish...