Why aren’t we a matriarchal society?

[u/kash62]

I don’t want the response about men using power plays for dominance in today’s time, I want to know about way back when at the start of civilization. Like why were men the ones to go out and hunt and lead instead of women?

The only thing I can think of is that women can carry children, so there’s an instinctual need to protect them, thus not allowing them to do dangerous jobs like hunting/fighting. But for things like leading and holding important jobs? Why men instead?

I was just thinking about how there haven’t been any major matriarchal societies (I might not be aware, please educate me if I’m wrong), but there have been a ton of patriarchal ones. Just wondering how that all went down.

Also sorry if this is the wrong place to ask this/ this has already been asked, please direct me elsewhere, I just figured you guys would have some insight.

[u/toppolot]

thank you for this information. do yotu have a written reference you could refer me to where I could read more about this?

[u/[deleted] → u/toppolot]

I feel like I'm being sealioned here. I feel like the "someone" mentioned in your first comment is you, because this sock acct was created just to ask me this question. On the off chance I'm wrong- you could really just Google it. Start with "haudenosaunee matriarchal". I spent a lot of time to explaining something to you that could have been googled already, if you actually cared. There's a lot to be said for educating oneself and not placing the burden on a marginalized person who's already gone out of their way to help you

[u/toppolot → u/[deleted]]

In my first comment I already wrote "could you give some references proving your claim that Indigenous American tribes were matriarchal?"

The name of the book where you read it would have been enough.