matriarchic


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(of societies or families) having a female as the family head or having descent traced through the female line

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One subspecies of the red jungle fowl (Gallus gallus) serve as the matriarchic ancestor of all domestic breeds.
Set in a matriarchic society, 'Sylum' which is struggling with it's gene pool because very few girls are being born and people leaving, as anyone who stays for a short period has to stay or face fever and death.
Male-headed household holds twice the size of lands held by a matriarchic family.
However, by AD 43 the matriarchic reign was quelled, the system of the Lac lord was revoked, and direct Han rule imposed.
In pre-Islamic Arabia, Jews, Christians, and pagans viewed awomen as chattel,a but Kahn finds evidence that aa parallel matriarchic culturea provided women with community and sisterhood, even within the seclusion and potential competitiveness of the harem.