This is a woman’s world
“Matriarchal communities are egalitarian, democratic – decisions are made by consensus – and the distribution of wealth is balanced so that no one goes without”
In the novel Herland by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, which was published in 1915, three male friends set out to find a remote civilization that is rumoured to be populated only by women. As they embark on their expedition, the pioneering mansplainers (yes, they existed even before they had a label) speculated on what they might find. “It will be like a nunnery,” said one; “just women and mothers,” said another; “we mustn’t look for inventions and progress… or any sort of order and organisation,” said the biggest dunderhead of them all. “It’ll be awfully primitive… they would fight among themselves. Women always do.”
What they in fact found was a beautifully run democracy, a community untainted by
