How to Make the Matriarchy

The Power and Promise of Prioritizing Women

De: Maureen Devine-Ahl

Narrado por: Maureen Devine-Ahl

What will it take to achieve gender equality in our lifetime?

This is the question that kicks off a curious and winding learning journey in How to Make the Matriarchy: The Power and Promise of Prioritizing Women. Maureen Devine-Ahl explores inspiring stories, cautionary tales, and takeaway lessons from around the world on what it will take to build a more gender-balanced future, and in doing so, quickly learns that empowering women empowers humanity.

By identifying four key areas of influence for women across the globe, How to Make the Matriarchy serves as a valuable source of wisdom, wit, and enlightenment for anyone curious about how we break through the remaining barriers to equality and build a better society for us all. Not only does Devine-Ahl highlight the power and potential of building an inclusive society with women at the helm, she also provides ways in which all of us can support this endeavor in our every day lives.

How to Make the Matriarchy is more than a rallying cry; it is a hymn of hope.

©2021 Maureen Devine-Ahl (P)2021 Maureen Devine-Ahl

patriarchal controlled opposition

I haven't read the whole book, not even close, couldnt even get passed the into. So maybe this book is amazing after the intro, but the corruption in the introduction made me stop. I tried to pick it up 3 times and each time a glaring red flag flew high and weirdly proud.

Let me start by saying that I fully believe Matriarchy is the key, and yet those same principles are the reason I could not invest more time into this book. She starts off by saying an old white man being president was a matriarchal win for women because of a female vice. Weird, but everyone has their political opinions so maybe the author just tends to see many things in a positive light. I can resonate with that. But then she continues on to say that the only way for a matriarchy to work is if men are given equality too. OK, maybe that's true, but after a few centuries of reparations with women and children at the forefront of society's focus. Men *must* recieve the short end of the stick for a substantial amount of time. Otherwise it's not true equality. Still, I tried to continue with the book.

She goes on to say that there is a Tibetan matriarchal society where women control the sex and it's not used for reproduction, only pleasure. She poses the question "is this really better than how men have sexually controlled us?" How is this even a question with all the centuries of sexual slavery, women bought and sold from childhood... is this author even a feminist? She supports a very patriarchal view of "equality" and sympathizes with the abusers. This is the opposite of what will create a strong matriarchy, where women and children are centered.

I am very pro-men, not some radical separatist (though, that is a valid stance), I have a husband of ten years, three kids - two of which are sons - and I still would never create a matriarchy with this goal of "equality" guiding us because it doesn't actually benefit women, children, or men. We need a shift that is guided by a reparations mindset. We can't half ass it. We can't make it palatable to men. We do not need men to agree with a matriarchy in order to make it happen. Women are powerful, the ultimate creators, and we will create it for ourselves, without needing to play pickme politics with men, and without needing to encourage other women to be fair, balanced, or consider men's perspective. Let's shift the focus to benefiting ourselves and our children, the men will be absolutely fine. Men don't have to follow. but many will, because that's their natural response towards women of high ethics and standards; we are the natural leaders and they know it.