Do you think this is a good description of a matriarchy?

Question

This is my inverted version of Sarah Blaffer Hrdy's definition of a patriarchy:

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AvHpxoynsxzLbZFrjyBrq_EYxgt.;_ylv=3?qid=20070915224419AAONXa6

Matriarchies "force men to deliver resources to women without reciprocal credit" other features of matriarchal societies are the elimination of male paternal rights for the express purpose of female promiscuity and families of mixed paternity but undisputed maternity, communal providership of all men but guaranteed lifelong paternal rights to none, aggrandizement of female power, forced providership of all males and competition between males for female attention encouraged over cooperation between males, and the generation of myths that men are abusive, expendable, inferior.

Do you think this is a good description of a matriarchy? Also how much do you think our current society fits this description?

How much do you think this description relates to the following things:
- Rise of female headed families who receive child support from the children's father or the government.
- The fact that 69% of media coverage of men has shown to be negative, ie. portraying men as abusive or incompetent.

Pete S: That fits exactly with my description. The families are headed by women, descent is reckoned in the female line as paternity is uncertain and various, while maternity is guaranteed and the mother has all the rights over the children. It is exactly the same.

Answer 1

You really hit it here. Feminists don't like the reflection of their own anti male descriptions put back on them. They argue the patriarchy as evil and oppressive and describe it in the worst possible light. Then they suggest we replace it with a mirror image of that, a matriarchy an oppressive matriarchy.

They leave themselves open by not having a good definition of what feminism is about. Just attacking men and saying how bad they are does not give us a good blue print of what a feminist society should be like.

Answer 2

I think you have it summed up nicely, happy... unfortunate as it that is, for the obviuos reasons.
As a reflection of our current society? Sure as hell looks like it's heading that way :o(
It's ironic (and funny) that dellusion tries to deny what you've suggested, and then readily admits that paternity fraud would be considered perfectly acceptable in a matriarchal society - which, science has proven repeatedly never exists - aside from in the minds of a few whacko feminasties with supremacist attitudes. She also notes that it sounds a 'bit slanted and one-sided' - just like the feminist definitions of 'men' and 'patriarchy' always have... I wonder why 'slanted' is only a problem worth mentioning in the respect of this question and at no other times (like, when feminists are blaming all men for everything wrong in the world)? Gee, I'll have to rub my chin and scratch my head a lot to contemplate that answer ;o)
Pete S sadly is ill-educated, referring to wikipedia for information that is known to be a very pro-feminist resource, so pro-feminist they willingly ban man-positive pages. Using wikipedia for unbias accounts is alike to asking the KKK what they think of a black president for America.

Answer 3

Have you ever watched Meerkat Manor? That's a good example of a matriarchy. Also, most ant/bee colonies are matriarchies.

Answer 4

it sounds a bit slanted and one-sided.

as far as i am aware a matriarchy is where the family lineage is passed down through the mother's side of the family and not the father's. in most societies where matriarchies existed (or still exist), a married couple would move into the village or home of the female and the male would become part of her family, possibly taking her last name. the lineage is traced through the mother as she is the parent who physically bore the child, and this was the most acceptable way to assure a solid unconfusing bloodline since males could not be tied to their children in any "for sure" manner such as this

Answer 5

Yeah. I guess. There are varying levels of a patriarchy/matriarchy. Some are worse than others.

Answer 6

You made your point and cited facts to support it. If you dont get best answer for it, that girl will have biased her best answer.

Answer 7

Our ****ed up society are slowly turning into a matriarchy. We need to act fast and prevent that from happening.

matriarchy society would be worse than hell.

Answer 8

You should wikipedia it. It is exactly how it is and exactly how it has turned out to be. It does not have all the fluff(lies) that feminism puts on it.

Answer 9

I like it.

Answer 10

No--this is NOT a good description of matriarchy. You've got it completely twisted.

Matriarchy from the dictionary is: A family, society, community, or state governed by women; a form of social organization in which the mother is head of the family, and in which descent is reckoned in the female line, the children belonging to the mother's clan; matriarchal system.

Patriarchy denigrates women, lowers their social status, and denies them the same "rights" as men.

That's how is works in practice.