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by scotty79 2563 days ago
Not sure if that's the case. Women remain with their family, with their brothers and fathers, and possibly uncles. No sure if men have issue with helping their sisters and their children. I think such large family provides way more support to young mother than any single man can provide.
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mjfl 2563 days ago
The men don't farm. That's most of the work. They butcher livestock, fish, but mostly "preserve their strength for nighttime visits".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosuo#Role_of_men

https://jezebel.com/in-chinese-matriarchal-society-women-do-...

https://www.spiegel.de/international/zeitgeist/the-mosuo-mat...

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scotty79 2562 days ago
That doesn't mean that in more traditionally organised society they'd farm. Maybe they would, maybe they wouldn't. Maybe their traditional "men deal with animals, women deal with plants" would be kept.

> That's most of the work.

The wikipedia sounds like livestock and fishing is also big part of their lives.

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