How does a matriarchy really work? Argentinian writer Ricardo Coler decided to find out and spent two months with the Mosuo in southern China. "Women have a different way of dominating," the researcher told SPIEGEL ONLINE.
Men live better where women are in charge: you are responsible for almost nothing, you work much less and you spend the whole day with your friends. You're with a different woman every night. And on top of that, you can always live at your mother's house.
it simply doesn't make sense to the Mosuo women to solve conflicts with violence. Because they are in charge, nobody fights. They don't know feelings of guilt or vengeance -- it is simply shameful to fight.
Does the concept of marriage exist for the Mosuo?
Yes, the children are even threatened with it: "If you aren't good, then we will marry you off." The children understand marriage as a horror story.
For the Mosuo, women are simply the more effective and reliable gender.
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