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• a  characteristic of a matriarchy

• And in the matriarchal killer whale society, that means she's the boss.
• Mothers invest two years in their pregnancies, they live in stable matriarchal groups, and females collectively care for the young.
• Proud of her native roots, A-Mei incorporated tribal rhythms into some of her pop songs, like Sister, which celebrates the matriarchal aboriginal society.

• patriarchal

News & Articles

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• The Plight of the Honeybee—and How You Can Help
  Honeybees are holy. They are matriarchal powerhouses, spiritual catalysts . . . and they’re dropping like flies....
  June 21, 2013 - Indian Country Today
• Please Don’t Try to Smell ‘Real Housewives of New Jersey’ Star Caroline Manzo
  While "The Real Housewives of New Jersey" typically finds its glory in jaw-dropping confrontations at Italian restaurants, there's a beating matriarchal heart in all of its female players. Most arguably in Caroline Manzo, the walking billboard for togetherness and tough … Continue reading ?
  June 20, 2013 - omg! Celeb News via omg!

Quotes

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• Sally Field in Philadelphia Daily News
  Describing her decision to join the show as "a leap of faith," Field said that "what Robbie [Baitz] said he wanted to do was show how you take a patriarchal family with a very strong father figure and turn it into a matriarchal family. And I...
• Susan Faludi in CBS News
  If it does come down to Hillary versus Rudy, it is at one level a showdown between the iconography of matriarchal womanhood and the cowboy riding to the rescue,said Susan Faludi, an author who has spent two decades studying gender and...
• John Freeman in National Post
  There's so many interesting writers in Canada. It would not be very difficult to put together. It would be a snap. It my mind it's the only matriarchal literary society,says Freeman, with a nod to Alice Munro and Margaret Atwood.