http://matriarchy-international.org/wp-content Online Webzine Sat, 05 Dec 2009 02:06:15 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A new study in the journal Personal Relationships reveals that women prefer mates who are recognized by their peers for their skills, abilities, and achievements, while not preferring men who use coercive tactics to subordinate their rivals. Indeed, women found dominance strategies of the latter type to be attractive primarily ... http://matriarchy-international.org/wp-content/blog/2009/12/04/women-prefer-prestige-over-dominance-in-mates/ Negeri Sembilan is a small but interesting state with a rich culture and history. It is about 50km south of Kuala Lumpur. Negeri Sembilan which literally means nine states or districts is often identified with the pervasive influence of the Minangkabau culture. The Minangkabau people migrated across the Straits of Malacca ... http://matriarchy-international.org/wp-content/blog/2009/12/04/negeri-sembilan-malaysia/ New York Times article on Eastern tradition of female centered sexuality. Read Full Story http://matriarchy-international.org/wp-content/blog/2009/09/25/new-age-female-centered-pleasure/ Themis, Goddess of Justice 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. She was referred to as Ma'at by the ancient Egyptians and was often depicted carrying a sword with an ostrich feather in ... http://matriarchy-international.org/wp-content/blog/2009/09/25/the-goddess-of-justice/ From the Economist Magazine: Gender pay gap between females and males with Master of Business Administration (MBA) degrees. Read Full Story http://matriarchy-international.org/wp-content/blog/2009/09/25/female-mbas-tend-to-earn-less-than-their-male-colleagues/ From the historical archives of the New York Times newspaper In 1920, an American woman leader proposes the formation of a Matriarchal Political Party in order to establish a Matriarchal form of Government in the United States. View the New York Times Historical Document: 1920 US Matriarchal goverment proposal http://matriarchy-international.org/wp-content/blog/2009/09/15/1920-american-matriarchal-government-proposal/ Killer whales are social animals that live in stable family-related groups.  Killer whales display a  high level of care for their offspring.  In addition to the mothers, various pod members (mainly adolescent females) perform most of the care for the calves.  As with most mammals, killer whales are very protective ... http://matriarchy-international.org/wp-content/blog/2009/09/12/matriarchal-killer-whales/ Elephants are herd animals. In the wild they live in families which keep close bonds despite covering large areas of land looking for food. They have a stable social order of family and extended family groups unmatched in the world of mammals. Experienced mother elephants that lead, protect and train ... http://matriarchy-international.org/wp-content/blog/2009/09/12/the-elephant-matriarchy/ Power and struggle are often central experiences of masculine culture and the costs of pursuing appropriate behaviours can be heavy: 'To be a man it is not enough simply to be: a man must do, display, prove, in order to establish unchallenged manhood' (Miles, 1991). All of the major signifiers ... http://matriarchy-international.org/wp-content/blog/2009/08/21/boys-experience-of-masculinity/ 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, that is. More specifically, they determined that a protein controlling semen viscosity evolves more rapidly in primate species with promiscuous females than ... http://matriarchy-international.org/wp-content/blog/2009/08/21/sexual-competition-drives-evolution-of-sex-related-gene/