Even among primates, some groups are led by females and some by males. Depending on geographical situations some groups find survival strategies different from other humans.
Zapatista members treat women as equals, more than other indigenous groups in Mexico. Tehuanas in Tehuantepec, now flooded, are more in charge of the day to day issues than in other Mexican groups.
Desert people seem to me more oriented towards the male element. Taliban in Afghanistan comes to mind.
The Enlightment is the beginning of a Western tradition. Some people in the world did not go that way.
I am sorry to report that nowadays a strain of machismo, in the form of a Neo-Cristero movement is engulfing Mexico. La Familia Mafia in Michoacán is the example that comes to mind.
¡Viva Cristo Rey! Long Live Christ King! was their battle cry.
I hope Mexico survives this nightmare.
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