pat·ri·lin·e·al
ˌpatrəˈlinēəl/
adjective
adjective: patrilineal
- relating to or based on relationship to the father or descent through the male line."in Polynesia inheritance of land was predominantly patrilineal"
Origin
early 20th century: from Latin pater, patr- ‘father’ + lineal.
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The problem then becomes if your mother slept with someone other than the father through whom descent or inheritance comes.
The problem then becomes if your mother slept with someone other than the father through whom descent or inheritance comes.
So, the word "Lying" is important in a patrilineal society because women often sleep around or sometimes do especially if they are forced to marry someone they do not love historically.
Whereas in a matrilineal society wealth is distributed down the lines through the mothers. At this point who the father is becomes relatively unimportant because the females of the line distribute the wealth and heritage. The patrilineal societies (Middle East, Europe and U.S. and Canada)
There are a few matrilineal societies still on earth here is an article about some of them:
Posted On Mar 4, 2013 | Updated On Mar 4, 2013
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Top Matrilineal Societies In The World
Priyanko Sarkar MensXP Staff Writer
Before
man became all-important in society, matrilineal societies (where
property and other rights belong to women) were widespread. Over many
centuries,the effect and values of a woman-dominated society lost its value to such an extent that matrilineal societies are today found in far and between places in the world amongst a few dispersed tribes. Here we are looking at the top such societies that still follow this tradition:
Mosuo
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Near the border with Tibet in Sichuan and Yunnan provinces in China, there exists a tribe of just 40,000 called Mosuo. While political decisions in the tribe are taken by men, almost everything else such as inheritance, business decisions and the final word at the dinner table are often found with women (who are called Ah Mi or elder female) in this tribe. Until just a few decades ago, they were a self-sufficient group who grew enough grains and cattle for their own needs. A unique feature of this tribe is that it does not have a word for ‘father’ and even for ‘husband’ as the concept of marriage does not exist in their tribe. Women have children through a concept called zou hun (walking marriages) in which the female raise the offspring they beget.
Iroquois
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Before Europe found America and made it their own, the country was a cluster of different tribes. One such tribe was the Iroquois. They were an imperialist tribe that sought to have influence over as much land as possible. Iroquois were also matrilineal since women held all the property including animals and land from her family. She can also throw her husband by divorcing him and letting him go with just his possessions, while she kept the children. Hereditary laws are such that leadership and property are passed through the mother. Elderly women also hold veto power when it comes to selecting the chief of their clan. According to the latest survey in 1995, there were about 82,000 Iroquois living in the US and Canada.
Minangkabau
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This tribe inhabits the Sumatra region of Indonesia. The term Minangkabau is formed by joining two words, minang meaning victorious and kabau meaning buffalo, and has an interesting legend around its name. More importantly however, this clan places female power right on top. They are the world’s largest matrilineal society today with a population of about eight million inhabitants. Boys are generally encouraged to leave house from the age of seven to live in a community center called surau to learn religious and cultural teachings. They are then encouraged to attain worldly knowledge and return to the clan to improve its working. One of the rare tribes that falls under the Islamic religion and practises matrilineality, the Minangkabau are a force to reckon with in the Indonesian society today.
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