How do you all think a female-dominated power structure would look and act like?  Would it possibly act exactly like a patriarchy because male and female gender roles are created by society anyway?

I really can't say much, I don't think it would be the inverse of a patriarchy just because it's run by females as opposed to males.  One thing I do think could happen would a greater durability of alliances and enmities.  I notice many men who get into arguments and fights and are able to forget about them almost instantaneously but many girls I know surprise me with how hard and how long they hold a grudge.

I'd especially like to see some of our female member's thoughts on this subject.

Power Corrupts, even women.

Politically realities and necessities wouldn't change, so I think no difference whatsoer.

I know a matriarchal society hasn't existed, but how would society look if it's leadership was made up predominantly of women?

I believe it was women who once said, the difference between men and women is....

When a group of men are joined by another man they don't know, they treat him like a mate and assume he's nice until proven otherwise.

When a group of women are joined by another woman they don't know, they treat her cattily and assume she's bad until proven otherwise.

I guess in a matriarcal international nuclear diplomatic context this means.... Meow, scratch, scratch, we're all gonna die!

Originally posted by Mila It would look like my house. You'd have an older matriarch whose oblivious to the fact she's been overthrown (Nena), you'd have a matriarch (Me ), lesser females organized by rank (Neva, Zorjana), and a single male for labor purpose (Bojan).

Damn, that sounds just like my aunt's house!

• (M) Husband goes to live with wife (to the village/district/clan where she has her roots, sisters, mother, aunts...)
• (P) Wife goes to live with husband

• (M) Everything stays in the wife's clan: daughter inherits from mother, son from mother's brothers.
  
• (P) Everything stays in the husband's clan: son inherits from father, daughters almost too (if they inherit anything at all). Women normally own nothing of value and are dependent on the dowry and/or the social rules that force husbands to provide for them.
  

Somewhere in the backyard of my mind I have an idea (it's not properly formed though) that promoting of matrifocal culture is more usual in agricultural societies, which tend to be less agressive than other ones. Religious priorities there are given to the earth-related cults which are mostly female by their nature. Matriarchy is psycological > cultural > social point.

 I notice many men who get into arguments and fights and are able to forget about them almost instantaneously but many girls I know surprise me with how hard and how long they hold a grudge.

This has been proven but if women were the domineering sex throughout history would they be a lot more like men.  Read on Bonobos they are the one-ape breed that have females at the top of that old hierarchal ladder. Bonobos are extremely promiscuous. I wonder if this has anything to do with Bonobo females taking over. The native Africans are also very promiscuous. Does anyone know what equality of the sexes is like in Africa? Promiscuity and sex equality maybe intertwined. The facts that the females are promiscious points out the male doesnt have the female by a leash. Therefore the male does not have more power then the female there. It also means the female could be doing the choosing. Our nature also sets the course of our species actions. Males are on average physically stronger then the females so they get put in the ruler’s army. Now men aren’t going to be very happy if they don’t get anything in return for going to war. So what does the ruler say? You get land! And land means power. Also females get pregnant and males don’t. So guess who's anchored to the home. Since they will find it hard to go of home hence we can conclude its more difficult for them to mingle with the powers in the local government buildings. A mother raising 5 kids may find it hard to run a state, city, nation etc.chemas-microsoft-comfficeffice" />>>

In patriarchal societies instead the "stallions" need (or they need) to be very precautionary to avoid becoming the "cuckoo victim" and feeding other's son as one's.

Is that a good thing? I mean would it reduce rivalries and unify the group. I am sorry if I got what you were trying to express wrong.