The Structure of Matriarchal Societies.(China)

The Mosuo of China represent one of the few matriarchies that have survived from ancient times. Social status is conferred on women during an initiation ceremony at the age of 13, at which time they establish their own homes. Women choose their marriage partners, who do not live with them but instead live with their mothers.

Exemplified by the Society of the Mosuo in China

The subject of matriarchy has a long tradition in the German-speaking region of Europe (Switzerland, Austria, Germany), which began in 1861 with the work of J.J. Bachofen.(1) As a philosopher trai