In the age of modernity, Negeri Sembilan in Malaysia retains rich customs associated with an ancient Matrilineal social system.
Read the full story »A common representation of Justice is a blind-folded woman holding a set of scales. The origin of the Goddess of Justice goes back to antiquity.
Killer whale pods are based on the lineage of the mother (mothers, daughters, and sons form groups); the whales live and travel with their mothers even after they are full-grown, forming strongly matriarchal whale societies.
Elephant life is governed by a matriarch (the top female herd leader); in a family and clan, all authority is vested in experienced mother elephants who demand respect and are acknowledged as herd leaders.
Power and struggle are often central experiences of masculine culture and the costs of pursuing appropriate behaviors can be heavy.
In what could be termed a truly seminal discovery, researchers have shown that when females are more promiscuous, males have to work harder — at the genetic level.
Goddess of Liberty: the statue of liberty represents a great cosmic being—a Goddess, whose radiance is felt by everyone who comes into the New York harbor.
Medusa has historically been seen as the archetype of the nasty mother, however she is far more complex.
It was they who opened the door to human history. They did so through a sex strike whose banner was the blood of menstruation.
Athenian Myth fragmented and reduced the Libyan Triple Goddess Athene to Athena, Metis, Medusa and her Gorgon sisters.
The Demonic Males Hypothesis states that predispositions for violence by human males have been favored by natural selection.