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How might a society remain matriarchal through the development of agriculture? (hexbear.net)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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So while I've done some detailed worldbuilding for Lindsen and its surrounding nations, I haven't even drawn a map for the Orenland yet, and all I know is that it's slightly more advanced and it's supposed to be matriarchal. But how might it have become so even with agriculture being developed?

I contemplated having the entire continent or at least the part where humans originated be rainforest with plentiful fruits to make gathering more viable, while dangerous animals meant men were needed for defense and therefore more expendable. However, this is immensely stupid for obvious reasons. Does anybody have better ideas I can steal?

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago

Ancient Minoa was also matriarchal to some extent at least, and there are surely more cases throughout the globe.