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The main difference seems to be between Patriarchal societies (where power resides with men) and Matriarchal (where power resides with women). Almost all Judeo/Christian societies are patriarchal where as man! "primitive" cultures are Matriarchal. #elieve it or not in some societies women own the propert! and pass it down to their dau$hters. %omen are the leaders and ma&e the important decisions. And !es it wor&s 'ust fine. (o there is no inherent reason wh! women shouldn)t be treated e*uall!. M! understandin$ (althou$h + don)t have an! fi$ures on hand) is that Matriarchal societies are far less violent. +n pa$an belief women or should + sa! feminitit! is worshipped (as is mother nature) since women are the ones that brin$ new life into the world. Pa$anism has alwa!s been repressed b! or$ani,ed reli$ion as the! fear and supress the animal we all have within. +n the )-.s women became aware of the discrimination and double standard imposed upon them b! this male dominated societ!. This is because suddenl! women became part of the wor&force but weren)t treated e*uall!. +t)s *uite understandable since men hadn)t had to compete with women before. /eminism became a ver! powerful movement in America and did help liberate women from some of the stereot!pes. Men were e0tremel! defensive for awhile as it)s difficult to chan$e these in$rained patterns of thin&in$. (A lotta co$nitive dissonance $oin$ on there) 1owada!s women do have more power and opportunities but the! still have far to $o to counter centuries (or millenia) of cultural bias. +n m! opinion societ! would $reatl! benefit from a return to Matriarch! as the violence (almost entirel! male in ori$in) has $otten out of hand. (ome people sa! that it)s men)s nature to compete for women and if it ta&es a fist fi$ht or a whole war it)s somethin$ we should 'ust accept as an e0pression of our "animal nature". #ullshit. %hile there are man! animals that do fi$ht for mates the! rarel! fi$ht to the death. 2nl! humans the "hi$hest species" does this and for far less reason than matin$. 2n the positive side chan$in$ roles is somethin$ not onl! challen$in$ but ver! enli$htenin$. 3owever it will ta&e man! $enerations before men and women can 'ust be themselves without societ! dictatin$ the roles. +t)s our a$in$ social and reli$ious institutions that are slow to accept chan$e. 4ven bi$ business and $overnment are unwillin$ to share power with women as lon$ as the "$ood ol) bo!s" are still around. 5ive it a couple of $enerations more and ma!be we won)t have to be discussin$ this an!more