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Les hommes protégés (The Virility Factor, Védett férfiak) by Robert Merle shows an example of how to create matriarchy in fiction.
In this story, there is a pandemic:
- a virus specifically attacks men with reproductive capacities, killing them in very high numbers
This gives women power through:
- giving women an extreme advantage in numbers
Related
- For more examples, see: hub-different-ways-to-create-matriarchy-in-a-fiction
- Counterpoint: an advantage in numbers is not enough to turn the tide on patriarchy, as we see in patriarchal polygamist cults.
- In the FLDS community, the need to have more women births a number of exiled “lost boys” 202402011634 Lost boys: az FLDS szekta kitaszítottjai
- Women are competing for resources in patriarchal polygamy: 202402021353 Verseny a top wife címért a poligám kapcsolatokban
- My comparison of Les hommes protégés and The Handmaid’s Tale: 202402021407 Hasonlóságok és különbségek A szolgálólány meséje és a Védett férfiak alapfeltevésében