Meanings (ES + gloss)
matriarcado
A social system in which the mother is head of household, having authority over men and children, and lineage is traced through the female line.
The difficulty is that when a man thinks of matriarchy, he thinks of a patriarchy with women in the place of men; he does not stop to consider that matriarchy may be a complete mir…
matriarcado
A system of government by females (particularly as a kind of polity).
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