The Mosuo Matriarchy as Experienced by Ricardo Coler & Sara Gouveia

via Flickr’s Sara Gouvela; The Mosuo matriarchal society and tourism of the Lugu Lake, Yunnan Province, China Argentinian writer Ricardo Coler was interviewed in Germany’s SPIEGEL newspaper about what life is like for a man in a matriarchy. Coler is a doctor, photographer, and founder of the Argentinian culture magazine Lamujerdemivida.

via Flickr’s naroki; a Mosuo girlHis photo collections and reports about matriarchal and polygamous societies have attracted a lot of attention in Argentina.

Coler recently spent two months living in southern China in the matriarchical society of the Mosuo. Insights from his SPIEGEL newspaper interview include:

• Coler didn’t find an ‘inverse patriarchy’ in Mosuo. The women’s focus was on having society work efficiently. They weren’t concerned with amassing wealth but rather than everyday life worked well.

• Men have few responsibilities in Mosuo. They don’t work much, enjoy different women regularly and can always sleep at their mother’s house.

• There is no violence in Mosuo. Fighting is considered shameful, and an immature way of solving problems.

• The men of Mosuo are involved in really big decisions, like buying a house. And men are the seducers.

• The sexual life is Mosuo i very distinctive and active. Read on.

• Unlike most of China, daughters are highly valued in Mosuo. Not having a daughter is considered a catastrophe.

Karaoke bar workers watch TV during the afternoon, Luoshui

via Flickr’s Sara Gouveia; The Mosuo matriarchal society and tourism of the Lugu Lake, Yunnan Province, China This is a positively fascinating look into a matriarchal society! I want to point out that Sara Gouveia is a Portuguese photographer living in South Africa. Follow link to her website. Enjoy this excellent video on the Mosuo women. Click on photo or follow the link. 

Click on photo for YouTube Anne

You may also enjoy: “Blossoms of Fire”: Introducing Another Matriarchal Societh, the Isthmus Zapotecs of Oaxaca, Mexico.

Comments

[Sara Gouveia]

Dear Anne,
I just wanted to correct the information about me. I am a Portuguese photographer resident in South Africa not a South African photographer ;-)
Thank you for your interest in my work.
Kind regards,
Sara Gouveia

[Jordi]

Hi Ann, congratulations for your blog.

Nice link with great photos, Sara.

I recently found a website of a photographer in my city (Barcelona). She worked on matriarchy and women in religions. This is her web:
www.annaboye.com

I was shocked by Ricardo Colers book (in Spanish), I found it amazing!

Reading his book led me to start a new blog, which you are invited to visit:
www.christianmatriarchy.blogspot.com (english, but translating it from spanish is exhausting!)
www.matriarcadocristiano.blogspot.com (spanish, the original blog, with many more articles)
I thank any materials/links that help defending matriarchy as the best option!

I am tired of patriarchy, really, even being a man!!. I think that matriarchy is what we all need to live in balance with nature and others. But that will take a looong time to be real.
Big hug!
Jordi.