The doctrines of the matriarchate are likewise degenerate beliefs, and, if held by any civilized being of to-day, are evidences of psychic atavism.
Much of the discredit that has fallen on the matriarchate has arisen, I am certain, through the impossibility of accepting Bachofen's mythical account of its origin.
But Bachofen found the explanation of mother-descent in the supremacy of women, and believed a matriarchate to have been established by them in a moral revolt against such hetairism.
One great source of confusion has arisen through the acceptance by the supporters of the matriarchate of the view that men and women lived originally in a state of promiscuity.
Among the Lycians, whose affinity to the Greeks was so pronounced, a matriarchate prevailed down to the time of Herodotus.
This led to a reconsideration of the patriarchal theory; and for a time it was widely held that in the early stages of society a matriarchate prevailed, in which women held the supreme power.
To disengage from his learned book, Das Mutterrecht,[8] his theory of the origin of the Matriarchate is no easy task.
Another myth depicts the fall of the matriarchate in the following manner: During the rule of Cecrops, a double miracle occurred.
Even in modern Germany remnants of the matriarchate survive.
The matriarchate implied communism and equality of all.
Traces of the Matriarchate in Greek Myths and Dramas.
Thus the matriarchate was evolved that for a long time constituted the foundation of family relations and inheritance.
Just as the transition from the matriarchate to the patriarchate was accomplished in Athens, it was accomplished elsewhere as soon as a similar degree of development had been attained.
Remnants of theMatriarchate in the Customs of Various Nations 44 5.
The matriarchate disappeared and the patriarchate took its place.
Traces of the Matriarchate in Greek Myths and Dramas 34 3.
Remnants of the matriarchate are also seen in a peculiar custom of South American tribes, that has likewise been met with among the Basques, a people that have preserved many ancient customs and practices.
Engels shows that in other respects among the Germans at the time of Tacitus, the matriarchatehad already been replaced by the patriarchate.
Remnants of the Matriarchate in the Customs of Various Nations.
In Athens, the matriarchate had to make way to the patriarchate at an early period, but apparently not without strong opposition on the part of the women.
Just as there were many different forms of sexual associations among our animal ancestors, so we may observe the two chief forms of human societies, the matriarchate and the patriarchate--or the maternal and paternal family.
We find both thematriarchate and patriarchate family; and we may observe the greatest difference in the conduct of the parents in their care of offspring.
Woman's position during the matriarchate was largely the result of the need in primitive society of woman's constructive energy, and her power arose from an unfettered use of her special functions.
To this reminiscence of the Matriarchate are we indebted for the story of Moses and his preservation by an Egyptian princess in direct contravention of the Pharaoh's orders, as told by the Bible and Josephus.
What is most to be considered in this respect are the political rights which women in time of the Matriarchate shared with the men.
Thus to the Matriarchate or Mother-rule is the modern world indebted for its first conception of inherent rights, natural equality of condition, and the establishment of a civilized government upon this basis.
One of the most brilliant modern examples of the Matriarchate was found in Malabar at the time of its discovery by the Portuguese in the XV century.
For long years after the decline of the Matriarchate we still discover that among many of the most refined nations, woman still possessed much of the power that belonged exclusively to her during that early period.
During the Matriarchate all life was regarded as holy; even the sacrifice of animals was unknown.
To the Matriarchate or Mother-rule, is the world indebted for its first conception of "inherent rights," and a government established on this basis.
Malabar under the Matriarchatewhen discovered by the Portuguese.
Every part of the world today gives evidence of the system; reminiscences of the Matriarchateeverywhere abound.
Enacted by the Church in its most powerful days, as protection to a celibate priesthood against all claim by mother or child, they are still a reminder of the Matriarchate when the sole right of the mother to the child was unquestioned.
A form of society existed at an early age known as theMatriarchate or Mother-rule.
On the other hand, the matriarchate seems at one time to have been Celtic, and it may have been no more than a conservative survival in the Pictish royal house, as it was elsewhere.
Matriarchate is assumed on this theory to have been universal in prehistoric times.
Tylor sees in this custom a survival of the matriarchate in a society with a patriarchal regime.
The reversion to the prehistoric matriarchate can hardly be complete in these days, but there are many significant straws that indicate the rising of a new wind blown by ancient instincts.
Partly under the external influence of tribes where mother-right existed as the result of wife-capture, but mainly under the powerful influence of private property, the matriarchate arose.
Incident to the matriarchate are the polygynous and polyandrous forms of the family.
Dargun likewise rejects the idea of woman's political supremacy, while holding that mother-right sometimes grows into a real matriarchate so far as private law is concerned.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "matriarchate" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
