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The Serer people of Senegal, Gambia, and Mauritania are bilineal, but matrilineality (tiim, in Serer) is very important in their culture, and is well preserved. [2] [3] There are a multitude of Serer maternal clans with their various history and origins.
Within the academic discipline of cultural anthropology, according to the OED, matriarchy is a "culture or community in which such a system prevails" [4] or a "family, society, organization, etc., dominated by a woman or women" without reference to laws that require women to dominate. [4]
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Serer matriclans can be divided into two types : 1. Those clans who are Serers by origin — through the bloodline. They are usually revered in Serer religion and/or legend or mythology, and form part of Serer ancient and dynastic history (only if they have established a maternal dynasty).
Matrilineality is the tracing of kinship through the female line. It may also correlate with a social system in which each person is identified with their matriline, their mother's lineage, and which can involve the inheritance of property and titles.
Seychellois society is essentially matriarchal. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Mothers tend to be dominant in the household, controlling most current expenditures and looking after the interests of the children. [ 3 ] Unwed mothers are the societal norm, and the law requires fathers to support their children . [ 4 ]
Woman's Evolution: From Matriarchal Clan to Patriarchal Family is a 1975 book by the American revolutionary socialist Evelyn Reed. The book gives a Marxist view on the history of women and is considered to be a pioneer work of Marxist feminism. It has been translated into many languages.
A study of family firms in the UK, France, Germany and US found that male primogeniture was the inheritance rule in more than half of family firms in France and the UK, but only in less than a third of those in the US and only in a quarter (25 per cent) of those in Germany.