Witches VS Patriarchy

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It's an interesting idea (piefed.cdn.blahaj.zone)

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[–] stoy@lemmy.zip 32 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I have seen evidence of a hierarchy in most communities regardless of what gender is in power...

[+] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net -7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

Which communities have you seen where women dominate? I can’t really think of any.

[–] woop_woop@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The Haudenosaunee

[–] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net -2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Correct me if I’m wrong but I thought I remembered that it was more like men and women had authority over distinct parts of society, not that women ruled over men in a general sense.

[–] woop_woop@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago (2 children)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iroquois

Women in society

The Iroquois have historically followed a matriarchal system...Traditionally, the Clan Mothers appoint leaders, as they have raised children and are therefore held to a higher regard. By the same token, if a leader does not prove sound, becomes corrupt or does not listen to the people, the Clan Mothers have the power to strip him of his leadership...The Iroquois have traditionally followed a matrilineal system, and hereditary leadership passes through the female line of descent, that is, from a mother to her children

[–] shawn1122@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago

The Iroquois have historically followed a matriarchal system...Traditionally, the Clan Mothers appoint leaders, as they have raised children and are therefore held to a higher regard. By the same token, if a leader does not prove sound, becomes corrupt or does not listen to the people, the Clan Mothers have the power to strip him of his leadership...The Iroquois have traditionally followed a matrilineal system, and hereditary leadership passes through the female line of descent, that is, from a mother to her children.

So a man is the leader then.

[–] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 0 points 1 month ago

I like how you deliberately cut out the part that said basically what I wrote lol

[–] agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 month ago

Nursing for one, teaching for another. I've known people in both fields, they're extremely female-dominated and extremely hierarchical, just in the social politics.