Reply to BUNKER's comment Patriarchy and matriarchy are both bad, shouldnt be gender based

Reply to BUNKER's comment Patriarchy and matriarchy are both bad, shouldnt be gender based What the heck is a Matriarchy??? PATRIARCHY AND MATRIARCHY IT SHOULDN'T BE GENDER BASED. CLOSE, BUT NO. I THINK A INCLUDING MYSELF, UNTIL I STARTED RESEARCHING THIS, HAVE THIS MISCONCEPTION THAT MATRIARCHY IS OF PATRIARCHY, WHERE WOMEN HOLD ALL THE POSITIONS JUST TELL MEN AND SO UNDERSTANDABLY, THIS WOULD FALL OF PATRIARCHY. BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT MATRIARCHY IS. IN A MATRIARCHY, WOMEN DO PRIMARILY HOLD POSITIONS OF POWER IN THE FAMILY, IN THE CLAN, IN THE SOCIETY. AND INHERITANCE AND LINEAGE ARE TRACED MATRILINEALLY. IEPEDIAA SO IT'S THROUGH YOUR MOTHER'S LINE FATHER'S LINE. LIKE CHILDREN BELONG TO THEIR MOTHER'S THEIR FATHER'S SIDE. BUT THAT'S KIND INVERSE OF THE PATRIARCHY STOP. ACCORDING TO GERMAN FEMINIST HEIDE GOTTNER-ANDERTH, A LEADING SCHOLAR ON MATRIARCHY STUDIES, From patriarchy Greed Violence Individualism Domination Exploitation Hierarchy Scarcity Separation patriarchy means "domination of the fathers" to matriarchy Regeneration Love Community Reciprocity Mother-centered Balance Gift economy Life is sacred matriarchy means "in the beginning, the mothers" MATRIARCHAL SOCIETIES ARE ORGANISED AROUND MATERNAL VALUES, NOT JUST WOMEN, LIKE KINSHIP, RECIPROCITY, CONSENSUS AND SUSTAINABILITY. IN MATRIARCHIES, THERE IS NO RULING CLASS. ALL DECISIONS ARE MADE THROUGH CONSENSUS AND DISCUSSION. THIS IS ACHIEVED THROUGH VILLAGE COUNCILS AND CLAN MEETINGS AND COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS. THERE IS COOPERATION AND SHARED RESPONSIBILITIES, NOT ONE PERSON TELLING EVERYONE ELSE WHAT TO DO. MOTHERING IS TRANSFORMED MODEL WHERE NO ONE IS LEFT BEHIND AND WORK IS NEED BASED AND ABILITY ORIENTED. BALANCE IS PRIORITISED OVER JUST PLAIN EQUALITY. DIVISIONS BY GENDER, LIKE MEN GO HUNTING WHILE WOMEN PRIMARILY OVERSEE AGRICULTURAL RESPONSIBILITIES. OF THESE IS VIEWED AS SUPERIOR TO THE OTHER ONE. BOTH OF THESE TASKS ARE VIEWED AS NECESSARY TO THE COMMUNITY. PRIVATE PROPERTY IS PRIVATE PROPERTY IS ALSO VERY RARE IN MATRIARCHIES. INSTEAD, THERE IS SHARED LABOUR AND REDISTRIBUTION. IN MOST PATRIARCHAL SOCIETIES WHERE SPIRITUALITY IS FOCUSED ON MALE GODS OR MALE DEITIES, IN MATRIARCHY, SPIRITUAL LIFE IS EXTREMELY FOCUSED ON LIFE GIVING ENTITIES. SPIRITUALITY IS FOCUSED ON MOTHER NATURE, THE SEASONS, BASICALLY ANYTHING THAT CREATES LIFE. ONE OF THE MAIN TEXTS I BASE MY CALLED MATRIARCHAL STUDIES Matriarchal Societies STUDIES ON INDIGENOUS CULTURES ACROSS THE GLOBE HEIDE GOTTNER-DROTH STUDIES ON INDIGENOUS TRANSLATED BY KAREN SMITH ABOUT THE MINANGKABAU PEOPLE, A INDIGENOUS MATRILINEAL ETHNIC GROUP BASED IN WEST SUMATRA, INDONESIA. IN THE MINANGKABAU SOCIETY, WOMEN INHERIT FAMILY LAND INSTEAD OF MEN. THE MOSOU IS ANOTHER GROUP. AT, AN ETHNIC GROUP CHILDREN BELONG TO THE MOTHER'S HOUSEHOLD, PROPERTY IS INHERITED THROUGH MATRILINEAL LINES, AND FAMILIES ARE ORGANISED UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF SENIOR WOMEN. SOME DEBATE AMONG TERM MATRIARCHY. SOME PEOPLE WORRY WHAT I TALKED ABOUT, ASSUME THAT IT'S THE OPPOSITE OF PATRIARCHY, WHERE WOMEN ARE IN CONTROL OF EVERYTHING. ONE TAKEAWAY FROM THIS VIDEO, THAT MATRIARCHY IS NOT THE OPPOSITE OF PATRIARCHY, IT IS AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT SYSTEM ALTOGETHER. POWER IS DISPERSED, KINSHIP IS PRIORITISED, AND EVERY SOCIAL, ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL DECISION IS DONE IN THE IMAGE OF MOTHER NATURE. COMMENT BELOW IF YOU WANT TO LIVE IN A MATRIARCHY