Study on matrilineal and matriarchal societies (first part) I'm going to present this subject at school, if you have some coments: go ahead! Like most countries, we are living in a society which is based on the principles of patriarchate. By patriarchate, I’m referring to societies in which men got the authority and transmit social status’ elements to children, as the last name, the inheritance and the duty to manage the family. As everyone know, in those societies the father transmit all his power to the older boy of the family. For us, this system is so usual that we forgot that is not the unique way to organise a society. So, in order to reflect on what others possibilities we have to establish a society on, we are going to expose you the principles and the mechanism of a matrilineal society. First, we have to distinguish matrilineal society to matriarchal society. Matrilineal refers to a society in which the mother is the main character in the family because she transmits her last name, the inheritance… to her children. Matriarchal means a society which’s dominated by women. After this explanation of vocabulary, we are going to approach this subject by present you a first part named “When the female sex is the strong sex” and a second part entitle “a blamed model but an original one even”. I- When the female sex is the strong sex A- Mythology: the amazons In Mythology the symbol of female power is represented by the amazons. According to the legend, amazons were a group of women living in the present turkey. They were known for their way of living: they were female warrior, and they set up a society in which men were almost inexistent. Effectively, in the society established by the amazons, men had to stay in houses to clean whereas women could make war and run the community. To make sure that they will keep the power under control, they killed their own babies when they were boys, or if they don’t kill them, they gave them to their fathers.