Kevin Kwan

I grew up in a household where there were really, really strong matriarchal characters. I think that's true of many Asian households. People tend to think of Asia as a misogynistic society or a society where men rule. At least in my experience, the women rule the household; the women rule the social scene. The men often become very useless.

Singaporean Novelist

Weyes Blood

Enya is a very matriarchal musical force. Her music is very feminine and she layers her voice a lot. It leaks into my music secretly on the side. There's a lot of lush layers of my voice hiding in the cracks.

American Musician

Michael Ball

I was very close to my grandmother, Agnes Parry. She was a typical matriarchal leader of the family and the community. People looked up to her and would always go to her for advice and help.

English Actor

Andy Dunn

The youngest boy in an Indian family has a good life. Growing up in a matriarchal family where my Indian mom's culture was dominant, I experienced this first hand.

American Businessman

Margrethe Vestager

Elephants are social, thoughtful animals. They live in communities and - I have to say it - in matriarchal societies. They bear no grudge, but they remember well.

Danish Politician

Wunmi Mosaku

I come from a very matriarchal family and it's important to me that women are protected and saved and educated and loved and valued.

Nigerian Actress

Bill Bailey

My mother was a classic matriarchal figure. She'd sing round the house and always had music on.

English Comedian

Gok Wan

I come from quite a heavy matriarchal family, and my older sister was a huge influence on me.

British Author

Zeenat Aman

I came from a matriarchal family, and was always treated as an individual.

Indian Actress

Francesca Annis

I come from a very hospitable, close, Catholic, matriarchal family.

English Actress

Understanding 'matriarchal' involves knowing some cultures really have women as main leaders.

Cultural Context

'Matriarchal' doesn't mean women are better than men; it's about leadership roles.

Not Dominance

Many ancient societies were matriarchal, worth exploring for historical context.

Historical Societies

A matriarchal figure may influence family traditions and values significantly.

Family Influence

Being matriarchal often implies having strong leadership and decision-making skills.

Leadership Qualities

Matriarchal figures are typically accorded high respect due to their position and wisdom.

Respect

 everyone would end up in the arms of Mama. And so she was a very important figure. And so I don't want to minimize the position of alpha females in the chimpanzee group. And then we have a species that is equally close to us as the chimpanzee, the bonobo. We often forget about the bonobo, but the bonobos have a matriarchal society

The surprising science...

 matriarchal female but she is dwarfed by the massive males she looks just like in the poor one in comparison in fact both these males that we've got yeah while huge they almost look like pillars on either side of her protecting her at the moment look at that you've seen these two tall kind of animals they're facing in the

Introducing a New Baby...

 from foraging indeed in some times when the old partner does not return new partners are acquired even occasionally including same gender partners to help rear the developing chick now what you see here is the birth of a killer whale calf now that calf emerges into a matriarchal society accordingly while

The science and...

 how do the women take charge yeah so historically i mean our at least in our lakota and our lakota culture women we're decision makers we were a matriarchal society we still are and that has been brought forward through all like the centuries women are the nurturers women are the backbone of

Continuing the Fight for...

 Connecticut my tribe is matriarchal and our stories ways of understanding for my culture affect the way I lead I was taught a worldview without a living language my tribes language like many indigenous languages was brought to the point of extinction by colonialism

Language is the building...

 hyena family which of course is a family or on its own and that is because they are the only ones that have this kind of matriarchal society where the females dominate the males and where they live

Safari Live - Day 257 PIPE...

 gonna chase this this the stork that's actually quite an ask question because very similar to how you know elephant societies are matriarchal in other words the herd that you that we with at the

Safari Live - Day 27 PIPE...

 These are the sounds of the mighty sperm whale, a fellow mammal that can dive almost a mile, hold its breath for more than an hour and lives in these amazingly complex, matriarchal societies.

David Gruber: Can we...

 to me the entire social structure is governed by aggression they it's a matriarchal society and because that aggression in these societies a lot of the females have such high levels of

Watch Wild Predators...

 young women so human beings have a similar I suppose in some cases matriarchal system I don't know about orcas but perhaps it's the same with orcas but otherwise I think it's one of