In that matriarchy thread, this was one of the best posts in there imo and closest to the truth. The black community is MATRIFOCAL, but not a true matriarchy. They're not the same thing
Do you agree or disagree?
But the black community isn't truly a matriarchy, it's more like a pseudo-matriarchy. In a real matriarchy, the women would have more power, money, and control than the men. The women would also rule over the men.
Mass single motherhood is not the same thing as a matriarchy.
Some of you are getting "matrifocal" and "matriarchy" mixed up. They're two different things. Matrifocal is actually a more accurate description of the black community, it means a family structure where mothers head households and fathers play a less important role in the home and in bringing up children (or a family structure lacking a father permanently or for extended periods). Black men being absent from the same household as his children is not a matriarchy, in a matriarchy, the men are still present, with the women holding more power (economic, political, etc), control, and money than them. Black men still outearn black women, black women do not rule over the men in their families (cousins, uncles, grandfathers, etc)
A matriarchy is a social system in which females hold primary power, predominate in roles of political leadership, moral authority, social privilege and control of property at the specific exclusion of men, at least to a large degree. That's not what the black community is. It is matrifocal, but not a true matriarchy.
Do you agree or disagree?