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How come nearly every culture ever established patriarchy?

Asked by Sneki95 (7017points) December 13th, 2016

Almost every culture ever runs on patriarchy, with strict roles for men and women which make women nearly (in some placed completely) a property of men. So far, I heard about only one culture (some isolated tribe community in Asia) that runs on matriarchy. The tribe chief is the oldest woman, every girl chooses her husband instead of the other way around, women inherit property, men become members of their wives’ families, etc.

But it is only one, quite isolated culture. There may be more, but I’ve never heard of them.

Has anyone ever thought why is that? How come nearly all humanity decided men are more important, even in cultures that vastly differ from each other and have never been in contact? How come we never got more matriarchal societies? What could be the possible explanation of this? What would be your wildest guess?

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