Social scientists in and outside China debate over whether the Mosuo should qualify as an actual matriarchy. They are definately matrilineal, and women areheads of house and own property, but they do not have dominant political power which is characteristic of the male gender in patriarchal societies. It really comes…

There have not. Matrilinear and egalitarian ones have and still do exist in parts of the world, but there is no known society that ever granted women full rights over property, lineage, and politics as there are in patriarical societies.

This is an unfortunate oversimplification that crops up whenever religion or religious individuals are involved in something like this. Religion has plenty to do with this, in the sense that every religion is a construct of human ideas that can easily modify the behavior of individuals that hold them to be true.

While…

Most anthropologists would disagree. There are very, very few who believe that this has been the case post-civilization. Regardless, your statement doesn’t in anyway invalidate my point. Religions with absolute authority have always been brutal to women.

Burmese Buddhists mostly practice Theravada Buddhism, which doesn’t really have deities.

Sooooo......a pair of underwear that is in close proximity to <that what shall not be named> remains forever unclean. Does this mean that the penises that presumably enter said taboo spot also remain forever unclean?

Further proof that ALL religions have extremists. It’s not just muslims, it’s not just christians. They ALL use religion as a weapon.

Because at 22 you’re too young to be held accountable for perpetuating racism?

I find it hilarious when black people are called racist for creating safe spaces. Wait. No. Not hilarious. It’s absolutely fucking ridiculous.

something has to be cueing her! i can’t believe she can account for time entirely on her own. maybe a neighbor’s car? a jogger? the news delivery? something! she’s great though!

So my cat has this weird habit of waking Mr Pies and me up exactly 2 hours before our alarm. She basically decides it’s time to check on our liveliness, delivered via loving paws in our faces and chirping when we give her sleepy pats. She somehow KNOWS when we plan to wake up. I’m talking 0415 on weekdays for the 0615…

My husband was laid off a month after we got married and was unemployed for five months. One night his mother asked me if he had dinner ready for me when I got home. When I replied “No,” she said simply, “Put him on the phone.”

And where does that link back to women complaining about uneven household chores?

Actually, women work more hours outside than home than in decades past, but men haven’t picked up the slack at home to a corresponding degree.

Yes, very telling. It’s not “helping” if it’s your own damn house, it’s not “babysitting” if it’s your own kid. You live there, you contribute. Ooga booga. Going to go sacrifice a piece of pie to the altar in thanksgiving for my spouse, for whom this is not remotely an issue. I’m so relieved to not be in the same…

I lived with my brother for a brief time while we were both in school( Law for him; vet school pre reqs for me). He likes things clean, but at the time, would not actually clean a damn thing (he’s better now). I cannot tell you how many judgy comments I got about the bathroom or the rugs or whatever and the pity my…

I hate that! The first time my husband said something about “helping” me with chores was also the last time. So ridiculous.

Dig this: Every time my sister (with her glorious six-figure income and the demands that go with) tries to hire a cleaning lady on the regular her husband (a musician) insists he’ll do it and they don’t need to waste the money. Problem is - he never does. But he tries to control how she spends the money she earns.

I had been hoodwinked, bamboozled, conned, duped, flimflammed.

My aunt commented that it was so nice that my husband “helps” with the housework. I think that attitude is telling. Despite the fact that it’s just as much his house, mess, and laundry as mine and I have a job with long nasty hours, people like my aunt still see his contribution as “helping” to what is ultimately my…