Thursday, February 12, 2009

family authority

patterns of family authority...I have learned something that is uncommon to the family dynamics and it's function.

Matriarchy - female authority
Patriarchy- male authority
Equalitarian - shared authority

For the most part, my wife and I have established our home as Equalitarian. But there are some situations where the final call is all on me shifting the authority to Patriarchy. In the circle of our friends, I would say that most of them are and have historically been patriarical.

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