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In reply to the discussion: What would society look like if men were not in charge? [View all]LanternWaste
(37,748 posts)48. even during that period, men only made political decisions
I was under the impression that was limited to only three of the Canadian tribes rather than the Iroquois nation as a whole... and that even during that period, men only made political decisions (e.g., going to war with the Algonquin, Huron, et.al., establishment of the Iroquois League, etc.), meaning that any power held by women was at the pleasure of men granting it, in all practical effect, not rulers at all, but figureheads, mother-figures, extensions of the personification of the Fertility Goddess, etc,
(sources: The Ambiguous Iroquois Empire, F. Jennings. and Sisters in Spirit by Sally Roesch (sp?) Wagner)
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I see where you are coming from - but many of our values are gendered, which makes this discussion
el_bryanto
May 2014
#4
Right, but if women were "in charge," would gentleness still be seen as a feminine value?
Brickbat
May 2014
#8
That sorta depends. Are the 75% mostly Michelle Bachmann or Elizabeth Warren? -nt
Liberal Veteran
May 2014
#2
Scandinavia has also had a history of women staying at home for months while most men were gone.
haele
May 2014
#39
The Iroquois, from whom we got the Senate and House representation system was mostly matriarchal
KurtNYC
May 2014
#31
What immediately comes to my mind is - the whole idea of empathy would not be sneered at so readily.
calimary
May 2014
#24
Not like this. But a good read, anyway, is Herland by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
ancianita
May 2014
#54