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Matriarchy: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow by Charlene Bond "If one is to believe various sources Matriarchal/Matercentric societies have existed in the ancient past as well as the not so ancient past. There are ruins of a Matriarchal nature that date 23,000 BCE. One of the most flourishing of such cultures was that of Minoan Crete, lasting through three periods to as recently as 1450 BCE. Many sources reveal that society was as a whole womyn centered until approximately 3000 BCE, but the wholesale subjugation of womyn did not begin until 2000 BCE. The Matriarchal Picts flourished until the 1600's CE, while the Matriarchal societies of Kerala, India and the Owan people of Nigeria were not introduced to patriarchy until approximately 1900 CE. One Polynesian culture did not reflect this shift until 1500 CE.

Accounts of these various Matriarchies have certain things in common. Womyn were revered for their life giving powers. Womyn seemed magickal in that they could create life, produce food (breasts乳房 — a woman's chest) and bleed without dying (menstruation). A Goddess女神 — a woman treated as divine spirituality based on love, compassion and unity was the Matercentric way. Communal cooperation was the way of life. Monogamy was unheard of, there were no long drawn out sexual associations (marriage, pair bonding) as we know it. The communal pattern was evident in sexual as well as econmic relations. Womyn were the faithkeepers, counselors, teachers and caregivers.