Matriarchal Universes in Fiction
For someone who writes a lot of matriarchal fiction I don't read a lot of it. Why? Because there is practically none to read. My question is why? Why are people so uncomfortable with this? We have so many historical and fantasy based fictional universes with patriarchal societies. I understand that we see realism in that because it reflects our own history but what is with the reluctance to write or publish matriarchal works? They seem to be most present in science fiction and even then it tends to be a dystopian future with ALL female societies rather than a hierarchy more reminiscent of what we saw in our own patriarchal history. The most famous example of an all female society being Wonder Woman's homeland of Themyscira. Not that I don't love this character and Amazons in general but this view of men as the enemy never really sat well with me. The closest I ever found was 'A Brother's Price' by Wen Spencer . It is still a dystopian fiction but it is a func...
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