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𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱’𝘀 𝗙𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗖𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗮𝘁 Ç𝗮𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗵ö𝘆ü𝗸 𝗪𝗮𝘀 𝗮 𝗠𝗮𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵𝘆, 𝗔𝗹𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝟭𝟬,𝟬𝟬𝟬 𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗔𝗴𝗼: Ancient DNA reveals 9,000-year-old Çatalhöyük was a female-centered society, with maternal lines shaping households and burial traditions.

https://www.ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/ancient-matriarchy-catalhoyuk-0022224

#matriarchy #goddess #anatolia

As a #feminist and #gender #fiction #writer, I know words and wording matter. They shape the information flow and the emotions of the reader.While the linked article is excellent, I especially commend the Live Science columnist, Kristina Killgrove, for including the meta byplay amongst scientists pointing out how the study authors used language to hedge admitting to discovering a real life instance of matriarchy. They didn't want to offend some overly sensitive patriarchal man. I'm quoting the section below from the article.

"We preferred using 'female-centered' instead of matrilineal because the latter is about how people define kin," Somel [the study's author] said. "Çatalhöyük households could have been matrilineal, but we think using more general terms might be preferable. It is always good to be cautious," he said.
But Benjamin Arbuckle, an archaeologist at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill who was not involved in the study, wrote in a perspective in Science that "if the sex patterns were reversed, there would likely be little hesitation in concluding that patriarchal power structures were at play."

The columnist goes on to include this:

"This is reflective of the difficulty that many scholars have in imagining a world characterized by substantial female power despite abundant archaeological, historic, and ethnographic evidence that matriarchal fields of power were and are widespread," Arbuckle said.

If you find yourself censoring so as not to offend, don't do that. It will ruin your work and give you a bad rep. Use the right words, then explain why they are right and why others might mistakenly see them as inflammatory.

https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/ancient-female-centered-society-thrived-9-000-years-ago-in-proto-city-in-turkey

#BoostingIsSharing

#WritersOfMastodon #WritingCommunity #Archaeology #Journalism #Anthropology #Matriarchy #Patriarchy #Matrilineal

@amydiehl and main properties belong to mothers ☝🏻#matriarchy

BDG feature: From the Womb of the Earth to the Awakening of Shakti: The Cult of the Feminine in History

#Buddhism #Anatolia #Spirituality #AncientSocieties #Cosmology #FeminineWisdom #SacredFeminine #Matriarchy #SilkRoad #tantra

New YouTube video from girli:

✨ a year ago i released my sophomore album, Matriarchy ❤️‍🔥👑 #matriarchy #wlw

🔗 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Dmza7Z2-PI

#music #girli #youtube #musicsocial

New professional pastime: reveling in the #matriarchy

This is utterly phenomenal. Lovette talks about how #matriarchy isn't a mirror of #patriarchy (which is what many assume it is, especially in white western feminism).

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:zbx2grv3m5znbk3futvchyr5/post/3lngnpkebcs2r

#strength #matriarchy #feminism #powerofwomen

Alt-text:

Abstract landscape with a sun, hills, and a quote from Rupi Kaur's "Legacy."

Transcribed Text:

i stand
on the sacrifices
of a million women before me
thinking
what can I do
to make this mountain taller
so the women after me
can see farther
-Rupi Kaur, "Legacy"

Listen to your mom!

#feminism #patriarchy #antipatriarchy #womensrights #motherhood #matriarchy #activism

Matriarchy is natural
Patriarchy is forced
(Hence the use of force needed to uphold it)

Learn something every day! This is so interesting, I did not know this 👇🏼

"In many Aegean islands, the soil lacks fertility, making it challenging for families to rely solely on agriculture. Consequently, trade and shipping emerged as crucial avenues for income among the islanders. The commercial exchanges between #Greece and other nations, coupled with a significant exodus of men from the Greek islands to work on ships, resulted in a notable shift in land #inheritance dynamics. Typically, land ownership passed to #women, as their permanent presence was seen as a safeguard for its integrity, and ownership of land served as a dowry."

https://newlinesmag.com/photo-essays/in-a-greek-village-one-of-europes-last-matriarchal-societies-is-near-death/ #matriarchy #patriarchy