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Recovering Mormon Therapist's avatar

Yes! Patriarchy isn’t yin and yang. It’s hierarchical. Matriarchy may have mother elephant matriarchs, but it is inherently circular.

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Stephenie G.'s avatar

Yes, I love the communal and circular nature of matrirachy.

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Maria Krieser's avatar

I have long been an elephant fan! And I heard about the traveling elephant art installation the day after it left my city. Boo! Thank you for sharing your questions and thoughts.

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Stephenie G.'s avatar

Oh it was gorgeous! My kids had doubts at first, but it was pretty neat. I'm liking elephants of late too, we could learn a lot from them.

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Maria Krieser's avatar

There is a book called Elephant Company that helped me fall in love with them.

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Cathy Jo Lillian's avatar

So powerful!

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Lindsay's avatar

Beautiful 🥰

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Becky Edwards's avatar

I resonate deeply with this. Thank you.

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