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This is definitely a tangent, but were any of these matriarchal societies agriculturally based? I read something about how the status of women in society was often harmed in places after the agricultural revolution took place. It had to do with owning and defending property and passing it along to heirs as well as treating women much like the the livestock they were now breeding. [/quote]

These societies were in Asia and Africa. As far as I know there are no matriarchal societies in South America. Yes, some of these societies are agricultural. It doesn’t mean that the men have no power, just that land, property and family names are handed down through the woman’s side of the family. In some of these societies it is the mother’s brother who helps raise the children.

My personal view is that religion is the biggest determinant of whether a society is patriarchal.[/quote]

Thanks. I tend to believe that the culture shapes the religion more than the religion shapes the culture. It's a feedback loop, of course, but religion is so malleable. I think a patriarchal society is not created by religion; rather, a patriarchal society will either adopt a patriarchal religion or shape its version of the religion into something oppressive to women. [/quote]

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