Jessica Wynn

I mean, it's a wild clip.

Nothing says, no, we take women seriously.

Like,

threatening to mutilate the reporter mid-interview.

I mean, he just proved her point by shutting down the interview.

It was wild.

Yeah, it's impressive.

Actually, perspective changes very quickly when the dynamic shifts.

There's also the Baribe of Costa Rica, and they're organized through matrilineal clans.

So women are the only ones who can inherit land and the only ones permitted to prepare the certain cacao for sacred ceremonies, which is a really significant ritual role in their society.

Yeah, and it is.

But still, the highest spiritual authority, the shaman, is a role exclusive to men.

And only men perform funeral rites.

So women hold the land and they do sacred daily work, while men hold the roles that carry the most prestige and respect.

There's one more case that's worth looking at, and it's probably the most misunderstood.

So the Mesuo in southwestern China near the Tibetan border, their society is often called the last matriarchy.

So the household is led by a senior woman, usually the grandmother.

Children take the mother's name, they stay in her household, and inheritance passes through the female line.

Women run the domestic economy and take on work that in many cultures is reserved for men.

So the relationship structure is what's complicated.