“In terms of domestic organization and management, kin groups are matriarchal in nature.”

“As his peppery matriarchal wife, she is up to her somewhat frayed tricks and would have done better to make the character not quite so sexless.”

“The island's men perform ritual dances to attract wives in this matriarchal society.”

“Both patrifocal and matrifocal households come about because of the need for economic betterment.”

“Journeying to Malta with other women provides an opportunity to encounter these sacred mysteries and reconnect with our matrifocal roots.”

“In the matrifocal household type, kinship rules stress matrilinear descent.”

“One subspecies of the red junglefowl sufficies as the matriarchic ancestor of all domestic breeds.”

“One subspecies of the red junglefowl suffices as the matriarchic ancestor of all domestic breeds.”