@afgmeh "The prolific Iranian incel activist Icyshah once argued that Iran was a discriminatory matriarchy because his law school class was almost all women and he was still not able to get a wife." (lemmy.ml)

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[-] ComradeMonotreme@hexbear.net 29 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I read a thing once about how most “matriarchal” societies encountered were just societies with some amount (even marginally) of less discrimination to women and therefore had to be run by women in the eyes of colonisers.

[-] multi_regime_enjoyer@lemmy.ml 20 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Post the thing when you remember the thing because sane history & anthropology is scarce in some parts

[-] Nakoichi@hexbear.net 4 points 1 week ago

I can at least attest to it from second hand stuff told to me when I was out on the reservation. There is still plenty of misogyny and rigid gender norms but the women elders have a sort of veto power in the tribal councils or at least traditionally. The men all, for example decide on weather to make war or some other consequential thing and then the women are allowed to be like "no that's dumb wtf is wrong with you" if they all agree to.