He clarifies what he means by the matriarchate: 'a combination of matrilineal inheritance and
matrilocal residence as well as relative gender egalitarianism' (p.
It must also be remembered here that Helen's position is
matrilocal in the sense that Sparta is her home, not Menelaus'.
Many societies were matrilineal and
matrilocal. Violence against women and children was infrequent or unheard of in many tribes." (155) Because men currently dominate tribal councils and tend to protect their own, violence against Indian women persists.
Western apologists for tyranny argue that women retain power within the tribe's
matrilocal family units.
1974 Migration, external warfare, and
matrilocal residence.
Es asi como nos habla de una sociedad matriarcal, matrilineal y
matrilocal, justificando en todo momento lo que significa y la forma que adquiere entre los Mosuo; del rito de paso que atraviesan las jovenes para iniciarse en la vida adulta; del tipo de aldea y casa en la que viven; de su definicion sobre lo que reconocen como familia y las relaciones que entablan dentro de ellas; de su estructura politica y su funcionamiento economico y de las relaciones amorosas entre hombres y mujeres.
Educators may be enlightened about, for instance, how the Navajo's matrilineal and
matrilocal tradition elevates women's position in the household and thus keeps them in the community while allowing men to leave for work outside the community.
(21) Yet, in the late twentieth-century, Six Nations, a historically matrilineal and
matrilocal culture, had shifted to uphold and defend the colonial construction of identity contained in the once vilified Indian Act, touting its gendered provisions as consistent with Six Nations history, culture and social norms.