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If Women Ruled the World ...
by Zubin Jelveh
Jan 14, 2008
Jan 14, 2008
In the language spoken by the matrilineal Khasi culture of northeastern India, useful objects are given a feminine noun while things unformed and crude are masculine.
Other parts of the Khasi way are also sure to be alien to those used to the primacy of man.
After marriage, it's the husband that has to move in with his wife, not the other way around. In fact, the Khasi wife owns all children and property and can end a marriage whenever she wants. After a mother dies, the youngest daughter inherits the property and eventually becomes the head of the household.
The most important economic aspect of the Khasi culture is that since daughters stay close to the family throughout their lives, families can raise the daughters they want, not the daughters that will fetch the best price on the marriage market.
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