Did matriarchy ever exist?


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On Tues April 16, 6;30pm Chris Knight, founder of Radical Anthropology Group and author of Blood Relations, discusses myths of matriarchy, which are found all over the world. He will be LIVE @UCLAnthropology in the Daryll Forde Room, 2nd Floor,, 14 Taviton St, WC1H 0BW. WE are also on ZOOM (ID 384 186 2174 passcode Wawilak).

Is there any truth in the idea that women once exercised political power over men? Many feminists have dismissed such stories as ideological narratives invented simply to justify men’s rule. Does biology prevent women from exercising real political power? Does sexism prevail everywhere? Has patriarchy always existed? There will be discussion of the ethnographic, archaeological and genetic evidence for and against these ideas.

Everybody welcome!