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Beyond a ‘man’s world’: patriarchs, matriarchs and the quest for gender equality

18 Oct 2023

Isabel Rabey reviews The Patriarchs: How Men Came to Rule by Angela Saini

Three elder women sit on a bench
A woman’s world The Mosuo community in south-western China has a matrilineal structure and many of its women hold positions of power. Such societies have often been viewed – and written about – as backwards or uncivilized, simply because they deviate from the patriarchal “normal”. (Courtesy: Shutterstock/Alexander P Bell)
Award-winning journalist Angela Saini has spent years interrogating and exploring deeply rooted bias

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Isabel Rabey is a teaching fellow in the Department of Physics, Imperial College, London, UK, Twitter @izzierabey
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