The Necessity of Patriarchy?

Speigel ran an interesting article on the matriarchal society in Mosuo, China.  Among the many comforting notions of no war, liberated sexuality, and other social comforts one is left with the distinct sense that men are a bit under-developed.  In the absence of challenges, the portrayal of men does not leave any sense of the kingly qualities that man, at his fullest and most noble, is capable. The discussion of the timeline of gender-rule in societies is long-winded, with Femninsm of the past few decades leading the charge in questioning the mechanisms involved.  Many scholars, to the fringe, have argued that the oldest cultures were matriarchal - many citing primate studies.   Given the biological foundation of womb-birth, this is not unreasonably evolutionary.  However, neither than may be the ‘ongoing R&D’ that is patriarchal leadership.   The female organism, being self and socially interested in selecting the best father for progeny, would be most inclined to find men less than their individual equal.  It’s statistical - men, having less duty of necessity, would also have less development opportunity.  What’s a girl to do if she already has the best mousetrap?  Build a better mouse. And so arrives the invention of Patriarchy.  The handing of leadership to men so that they refine themselves beyond the bio-cultural baseline.  What better man to select than one who can rule (nearly, ‘haha’) as well as a woman?   Why are young men sent off to war?  Perhaps to weed out the ones who fight.


© 2001-2023. All rights reserved.

Powered by Hydejack v9.1.6