matriarchal society in a sentence

Examples

1. Last August, invited by a Chinese arts group, she went to Lugu Lake, in northwest China, an isolated hamlet that for centuries has had a matriarchal society.
2. Similarly, Maritole s name sounds much like the word  marital,  signifying her roles as a mother and the importance of a matriarchal society to the Cherokee people.
3. As a large influx of people begin to return from the Scattering, the Bene Gesserit find their match in a violent and corrupt matriarchal society known as the Honored Matres.
4. _Cultural historian Riane Eisler traced the roots of women's peace-making from ancient matriarchal societies to current day in " The Chalice and the Blade ."
5. The matriarchal society of the 30, 000 local Mosuo people is noted for its " no marriage " traditions and is called the last women's kingdom on the earth.
6. Also known as the " Dominant Woman " stories, the " Battle of the Sexes " stories often present matriarchal societies in which women have overcome their patriarchal oppressors and have achieved dominance.
7. In the matriarchal society of bonobos, a male's position is primarily determined by the position of the females he is related to; Matata was the group's chief leader.
8. She especially favored the dress of women from the allegedly matriarchal society of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, who had come to represent " an authentic and indigenous Mexican cultural heritage " in post-revolutionary Mexico.
9. A hypothesis drawn from observations of modern elephants'matriarchal societies, in which these group members are expelled, concludes that this group was inclined to the risk-taking behavior that led to their entrapment.
10. According to Diane LeBow, " matriarchal societies are often described as . . . egalitarian . . . ", although anthropologist Ruby Rohrlich has written of " the centrality of women in an egalitarian society ."