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Matriarchy

Matriarchy is a social system in which positions of power and privilege are primarily held by women. In a broader sense it can also extend to moral authority, social privilege, and control of property. While those definitions apply in general English, definitions specific to anthropology and feminism differ in some respect.

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Nodes274
Edges273
Triples240
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.007299
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related to Further reading · 78
Matriarchy → Aboriginal Siberia, African Savannahs, Ancient British Isles, Art, Asian, Bachofen, Bryan, Center, Clarendon Press, Cornell University Press, Czaplicka, Desire, Eighteen-Seventy, Elephas, Feminist Consciousness, Finley, Forging, From, Gender, Gerda
related to Exclusionary · 61
Matriarchy → According, Among Hindus, Anne Sofie Roald, As, Buddha, Buddhism, Buddhism's, Buddhist, Burma, Cambodia, CEDAW, Elaheh Rostami Povey, Europe, Freeman, Gallup, Hindu, In, In Buddhism, In Iran, In Islam
related to Commonly Conflated Terms · 17
Matriarchy → Europe, For, Gerda Lerner, Greek, Latin, Many, Marija Gimbutas, Matrifocality, Matrilineality, Matriliny, Matrilocality, Matriology, Riane Eisler, Terms, The, These, Various
related to Definitions · 17
Matriarchy → According, Adler, Amazons, Diner, Etymologically, Greek, Heide Göttner-Abendroth, Historian Helen Diner, Instead, Latin, Margot Adler, Marxist, North African, Other, She, Since, The
related to In feminist thought · 8
Matriarchy → Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, In, Margaret Fuller, Matilda Joslyn Gage, She, Victoria Woodhull, While
related to Other animals · 8
Matriarchy → Apart, European, Female, Females, In, Such, The, Though
related to history · 5
Matriarchy → Anthropologist Donald Brown's, Bachofen, Meaning, Most, The
related to Inclusionary · 4
Matriarchy → According, Among, Eller, This
see also · 4
Matriarchy → Daughter, EZLN, IslandsTrưng, PatriarchyBiblical
is a · 1
Matriarchy → social system in which positions of power and privilege are primarily held by women

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women according men matriarchal female societies society power rule political patriarchy feminist women's many social also would said woman mother

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Matriarchyis asocial system in which positions of power and privilege are primarily held by women0.90text
gynecocracyinstance ofvarious similar terms0.80text
gynocracyinstance ofvarious similar terms0.80text
gynaecocracyinstance ofvarious similar terms0.80text
gyneocracyinstance ofvarious similar terms0.80text
and gynarchyinstance ofvarious similar terms0.80text
all refer to the rule of women over meninstance ofvarious similar terms0.80text
matristicinstance ofwhich refers to a household or family being primarily led by women.Terms0.80text
matricentric convey similar ideasinstance ofwhich refers to a household or family being primarily led by women.Terms0.80text
Marija Gimbutasinstance ofThe term matricentric means 'having a mother as head of the family or household.' Various scholars0.80text
Gerda Lernerinstance ofThe term matricentric means 'having a mother as head of the family or household.' Various scholars0.80text
and Riane Eisler describe their hypothesis of goddess-worshipping women-centred societies in prehistoric Europeinstance ofThe term matricentric means 'having a mother as head of the family or household.' Various scholars0.80text

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