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littlemissmartypants

(29,235 posts)
Fri Aug 1, 2025, 06:41 AM Aug 1

Nature didn't forget.

Nature didn’t forget. We did.
Lions, elephants, orcas, meerkats, hyenas, bonobos, naked mole rats... they all live in matriarchal or female-centered societies.

The wisdom of their survival, cohesion, and adaptability is embedded in the way they organize: around the mother, around cooperation, collective memory, and emotional intelligence.

The elder female is often the one who remembers... where the water holes are, the migration paths, the songs of the ocean, the signals of peace or threat.

They don’t rule with brute force.
They lead with knowing.
That kind of power doesn’t need to assert. It simply is.

So why don’t humans follow suit?

Because we left the forest and forgot the wild.
We moved into cities and built kingdoms.
We built gods in our image instead of listening to the one within.

Patriarchy was not born of nature.
It was born of fear.
Fear of the mystery of women, of blood and birth, of intuitive knowing that could not be owned or controlled.
So men...
disconnected from their own feminine...built systems to cage it. Religions. Empires. Laws. They didn’t elevate masculinity. They weaponized insecurity.

And when that happened?
We lost our balance.

The fight between masculine and feminine?
It was never meant to be a war.
It was meant to be a dance.

The problem isn’t masculinity. It’s imbalance. When masculine energy dominates without the feminine, it becomes extraction, conquest, hierarchy. But when it’s in right relation to the feminine? It becomes protection, provision, vision, purpose.

Nature always remembers the Mother.
But humanity has suffered collective amnesia.

Still... women remember.
The earth remembers.
And more and more, people of all genders are waking up to the truth:

A matriarchy is not about women ruling over men.
It’s about restoring the center.
Re-rooting life in cooperation, intuition, sustainability, and sacred balance.

And yes... it may be the only path to our survival.

Melisæ/Relentless Goddess

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littlemissmartypants

(29,235 posts)
4. So you say. Care to share a respected, unbiased statistical analysis link in support of that assertion?
Fri Aug 1, 2025, 09:22 AM
Aug 1

Of all of the women registered...
I'm wondering what percentage of them didn't vote at all. Plus, of that 2% you claim, what's the racial sector data? Care to break it down for us here in the Women’s Rights and Issues Forum, Gimpyknee?

TIA

Gimpyknee

(542 posts)
9. So I say?
Fri Aug 1, 2025, 10:42 AM
Aug 1

Take some time and do some searching yourself. There are a number of reputable reports that breakdown the vote in 2024. Pew Research issued an excellent report on the 2024 voting patterns.

niyad

(126,581 posts)
11. You made the assertion, you back it up. That is how discussions go.
Fri Aug 1, 2025, 12:00 PM
Aug 1

Nobody here is going to do your work for you.

sl8

(16,730 posts)
3. Meerkats are a terrible example of non-violent matriarchy.
Fri Aug 1, 2025, 08:46 AM
Aug 1

Last edited Fri Aug 1, 2025, 10:16 AM - Edit history (1)

http://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2016/09/humans-are-unusually-violent-mammals-but-averagely-violent-primates/501935/

https://www.nature.com/articles/nature19758
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Humans: Unusually Murderous Mammals, Typically Murderous Primates

A new study looks at rates of lethal violence across a thousand species to better understand the evolutionary origins of humanity’s own inhumanity.

Ed Yong | Sep 28, 2016 | Science

Which mammal is most likely to be murdered by its own kind? It’s certainly not humans—not even close. Nor is it a top predator like the grey wolf or lion, although those at least are #11 and #9 in the league table of murdery mammals. No, according to a study led by José María Gómez from the University of Granada, the top spot goes to… the meerkat. These endearing black-masked creatures might be famous for their cooperative ways, but they kill each other at a rate that makes man’s inhumanity to man look meek. Almost one in five meerkats, mostly youngsters, lose their lives at the paws and jaws of their peers.

[...]



https://today.duke.edu/2024/12/pups-powerful-meerkat-matriarchs-pay-price-their-moms-status

[...]
In meerkat society a dominant female is in charge. Growling, biting, pushing and shoving to keep others in line, the meerkat queen wields absolute power over her subordinates, who have to help raise her pups.

The matriarch’s bullying behavior is fueled by high levels of testosterone that can surge to twice those of her male counterparts when she’s pregnant.

But while this chemical boost gives her a competitive edge and helps her keep the upper hand, it can also take a toll on the health of her offspring, said Duke professor of evolutionary biology Christine Drea, who co-authored the research with her then-graduate student Kendra Smyth-Kabay.

[...]



I'm pretty sure that naked mole rat queens (?) also achieve and maintain dominance over potential competitors by violence and intimidation.

niyad

(126,581 posts)
6. Since the purpose of your post appears to be disruption, I suggest you
Fri Aug 1, 2025, 09:35 AM
Aug 1

remove it to a more appropriate forum. And read the terms of this group.

littlemissmartypants

(29,235 posts)
7. Welcome to the ....
Fri Aug 1, 2025, 09:36 AM
Aug 1

Women’s Rights and Issues Forum, sl8.

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