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In Search of a Modern Matriarchy

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rocketdog Avatar
rocketdog
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Posted: 06.21.06, 11:52 AM
"This makes me think of a festival in the region of Bonn, Germany, where the women are entitled to cut off the mens neckties on the Thursday before Ash Wednesday."

Wow...NO symbolic meaning there.
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carolineb
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Posted: 06.11.06, 03:53 PM
This makes me think of a festival in the region of Bonn, Germany, where the women are entitled to cut off the men’s neckties on the Thursday before Ash Wednesday.
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Lynne Avatar
Lynne
Posts: 8
Posted: 06.07.06, 01:29 PM
A well researched provocative reading. I am fascinated by evolution of patriarchal vs matriarchal social models. Check out The Alphabet Versus the Goddess by Leonard Shlain for another cut at the question.
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rocketdog Avatar
rocketdog
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Posted: 06.07.06, 01:16 PM
Although I have to admit when a woman throws fruit at me, I usually suspect an ulterior motive.
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Yahya
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Posted: 06.07.06, 01:14 PM
I agree with rocketdog, calling this evidence of matriarcal tendencies is a bit of a strech. This would be better named as some kind of festive ritual rather than a dominence ritual
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rocketdog
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Posted: 06.07.06, 12:51 PM
Facinating account of a bizarre ritual, but as the second questioneer points out, it seems like a bit of a stretch to call this evidence of matriarcal tendencies in the Zapotec culture...
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