Another implication of these results, Ian wrote, was that it was unlikely Çatalhöyük was the kind of matriarchal society that James Mellaart and Marija Gimbutas had imagined. From Wordnik.com. [The Goddess and the Bull] Reference
The society became now a kind of matriarchal hive. From Wordnik.com. [Windows Marketplace: results for the '' category] Reference
More generally, rights of dynasty were inherited through the mother's side, making Egypt a "matriarchal" society. From Wordnik.com. [Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]] Reference
And, it would be both matriarchal and patriarchal. From Wordnik.com. [Redefining Democracy Bottom Up] Reference
They live in matriarchal groups with family members. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 13, 2009] Reference
I need to put this matriarchal anxiety in its place. From Wordnik.com. [Mona Ackerman: Dr. Mona On The Loss Of A Loved One] Reference
Marakele is ideal as it is home to matriarchal herds. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
I gave "Mama" her name because of her matriarchal position. From Wordnik.com. [Frans de Waal: Alpha Females I Have Known] Reference
James Cameron, in '86, turned it into a matriarchal war movie. From Wordnik.com. [Saint Ripley And The Dragon] Reference
I would like to have more matriarchal values all over the world. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 30, 2009] Reference
Lee, in that matriarchal Maya Angelou way, appears indefatigable. From Wordnik.com. [Mayhill Fowler: Ground Report: Clinton Campaign Aimless in Texas] Reference
Something the size of a matriarchal tribe was destined to return. From Wordnik.com. [Start a "B Corporation"] Reference
In fact, the women ruled in what was a strong matriarchal society. From Wordnik.com. [Sexy Beast IV]
The place sounded much like medieval Nyjora, though not matriarchal. From Wordnik.com. [A Fire Upon the Deep]
In social life in history there were matriarchal and patriarchal societies. From Wordnik.com. [Embracing women and gay rights] Reference
The camp, as may already have been inferred, enjoyed a matriarchal form of government. From Wordnik.com. [Judith of the Plains] Reference
However matriarchal societies don't seem to have gained much popularity in recent history. From Wordnik.com. [Embracing women and gay rights] Reference
And later in human evolution the matriarchal tribe inverted to become a patriarchal tribe. From Wordnik.com. [An Oxymoron: "Marxist Communism"] Reference
We grow up in very close-knit families with the mother as the anchor of the matriarchal hierarchy. From Wordnik.com. [Puerto Rico Headed For HIV Disaster] Reference
I think that at my mother's death I somehow absorbed and assumed the matriarchal obligation to worry. From Wordnik.com. [Mona Ackerman: Dr. Mona On The Loss Of A Loved One] Reference
She offers matriarchal leadership, knowledge, and ability to protect and care for everyone in the United States. From Wordnik.com. [Lindsey Horvath: A Feminist Convert] Reference
Although vexed by Peninnah, Hannah does not enter into the rivalry that characterizes the matriarchal narratives. From Wordnik.com. [Hannah: Bible.] Reference
The Grand Inquisitor of the future, Balzac intimates, will undertake his inquisitions in the name of matriarchal pity. From Wordnik.com. [Barack Obama, Shaman] Reference
Some of my Caribbean friends, I tell him, were "sorted out," in similar circumstances, by terrifying, matriarchal mums. From Wordnik.com. [Christina Patterson: Interview with Benjaman Zephaniah: "I'm Just a Normal Bloke Who Writes Poems"] Reference
A take-charge person with a matriarchal air and a motivating presence, Fay Rosenthal was born in Fort Worth June 21, 1921. From Wordnik.com. [We Remember - Fay Rosenthal Brachman, 1921 - 2007] Reference
To be sure, the Kennedy clan is America's version of royalty, complete with the queen-like figure in the late matriarchal Rose. From Wordnik.com. [Andy Ostroy: The Real Appeal of Ted Kennedy and the Camelot Clan] Reference
For the maladjusted or the mentally ill it could become the focus of matriarchal hating, or be turned inward into self-loathing. From Wordnik.com. [Suicide: Being Seen Through All Life's Phases, Even Death, is Epidemic Among Teens] Reference
The fun, and the power, of the movie come from Streep's newly robust heart: she's a fiercely convincing matriarchal action hero. From Wordnik.com. [Meryl (Yes, Meryl) Goes Macho] Reference
It heralds, for one thing, the end of the women's magazine editor as celebrity; as domineering, matriarchal presence; as "editrix.". From Wordnik.com. [Where Have You Gone, Diana Vreeland?] Reference
A corporation is about the size of a matriarchal tribe but is anything but inclusive of earth or women or children or the races etc. From Wordnik.com. [Start a "B Corporation"] Reference
She is clearly angry at her loss of control over her household and what she feels was the theft of her proper matriarchal role in it. From Wordnik.com. [Pauline Wengeroff.] Reference
According to Maria Gimbutas, world-renowned archeologist, matriarchal and goddess-worshipping cultures existed as far back as 6500 B.C. From Wordnik.com. [Tabby Biddle: Reinterpreting Eve] Reference
Prior to the January 12 earthquake, almost half of the households in Haiti were exclusively matriarchal, at least in terms of management. From Wordnik.com. [Women In Haiti See New Opportunities Post-Earthquake] Reference
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