Patriarchy = “a political-social system where men dominate over women; endowed with the right to rule in government, business, religion, relationships, marriage and family life.”

There have been women rulers. There have been groups of women in powerful positions. There have been matrilineal societies where ancestry and property is traced through the mother’s line. There have been matrifocal societies where women are the heads of households. There have been matrilocal societies where the husband moves into the wife’s

Here’s how Eisler puts it:

"For millennia men have fought wars and the Blade has been a male symbol. But this does not mean men are inevitably violent and warlike. Throughout recorded history there have been peaceful and nonviolent men. Moreover, obviously there were both men and women in the prehistoric societies where the power to give and