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alpha0  ·  3573 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Yankee Doodle is a girl.

Patterns of virtues and shortcomings merely changes. It is possible the shift would be timely, but we don't have the data. (Something must have necessitated the shift from matriarchy back in the day, right? Women were factually in charge for a long long time on this planet.)





mk  ·  3573 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    Women were factually in charge for a long long time on this planet.

Is that true? I've heard that matriarchal societies have existed, but I'm not aware that they were the dominant structure for a time.

alpha0  ·  3573 days ago  ·  link  ·  

They controlled sex and religion. Why do you think patriarchy's priests wear dresses? :) p.s. couldn't resist: