This book presents the results of Heide Goettner-Abendroth\'s pioneering research in the field of modern Matriarchal studies, based on a new definition of matriarchy as true gender-egalitarian societies.
On the contrary, Matriarchal patterns are socially egalitarian, economically balanced, and politically based on consensu.
Accordingly, Matriarchal societies should not be regarded as mirror images of patriarchal ones, as they have never needed patriarchy\'s hierarchical structures of domination.
This book presents the results of Heide Goettner-Abendroth\'s pioneering research in the field of modern Matriarchal studies, based on a new definition of matriarchy as true gender-egalitarian societies