Velké, silné a sjednocené rodiny

Obnovení role rodiny v našich spolecnostech

Nejvýznamnejším dopadem založení moderních matriarchátu a revolucních aviacracik bude obnova rodinné instituce jako našeho hlavního odkazu v sociální strukture. Rodina byla dlouho jednou z nejvíce sjednocujících sociálních hodnot našich komunit. Pravdepodobne to hrálo významnou roli v samotném prežití našich lidí na kulturní úrovni. V posledních desetiletích však rodinná instituce zažila zhoršení, které je blíže agónii než jakékoli vzkríšení.

The nuclear family era is over

The nuclear family model has been a fundamental foundation for the past economic development of Western societies, especially in North America. In the second half of the last century, the North American overconsumption model found an extremely fertile land by multiplying single-family homes. It continues even today, taking advantage of our families dismantling into uniparental households. But this growth-based economy has reached its viability limit today. Fortunately, there is another model of the family that will facilitate the gradual transformation of our economy.

Another proven family model

Matriarchies present a proven family model, quite different from our traditional family, which, however, ensured the stability of these societies for centuries, even millennia. It is the matrilocal and matrilineal family model. Matrilocality means that the principal residence place of a mother's children remains the same as that of their mother, for the life of individuals. Matrilineality means that mothers pass down names, property titles, and inheritances to daughters.

One family for life

Matriarchy family clans usually groups between 10 and 100 people. The family is a potent symbol to which children identify themselves all their lives. As they all live in the same place for most of their lives, the bonds that unite family members last a lifetime. However, matrilocal family members do retain a high level of freedom and privacy. At the architectural level, for example, a typical matrilocal family residence resembles a large motel, equipped with several community spaces.

Every adult has a room with an outside door and thus keeping privacy. Each family member also benefits from the community life of their large extended family. This enlargement takes shape horizontally, living in the same place as one’s brothers, sisters, and cousins. We must also emphasize the vertical dimension of the matrilocal family, as it usually includes 4 or 5 generations under the same roof.

Parenting is a family clan responsibility

The fundamental difference with our traditional family is the role level granted to the children's biological father, in the family universe. In a matriarchy, being a parent is not considered a right, awarded because of a genetic affiliation. Instead, it is a responsibility that is naturally fulfilled by the mother of the child and her siblings. The child's mother's extended family shares this parental responsibility. Children's maternal uncles and aunts, as well as their grandmother and other members of the maternal line, play an active daily role in their education. Kin living in the same residence make this involvement more straightforward and natural.

Children benefit from living in a big family

The large matrilocal family is an ideal environment for children's development. They have the opportunity to interact daily with several adults. Because many generations gather under the same roof, we usually find 4 or 5 adults for each child. They also do not have to fear the breakup of their family unit, as is the case today with our Western families. The children are safe, thanks to the exceptional stability of the matrilocal family.

Mothers surrounded, supported and freer

The mother is not isolated since she can rely on the daily support of her extended family. Mother's loneliness is much too often the case in our Western nuclear families. In a matrilocal family, the mother can even count on her family if she must be away for a long time. The child will continue to be surrounded by other adults in the family clan who are relatives. The child's vast entourage preservation helps absorb the mother's absence shock more carefully.

Children end up having several mothers, not knowing which one gave them birth

From the matrilocal family's child's point of view, the biological mother's specific identity ends up not having importance any more1 . All men and women of the matrilineal lineage fulfill the roles usually assigned to fathers and mothers in our Western societies.

Being a parent is no more a sacrifice

In a matriarchy, the fair sharing of parental responsibilities within a large group makes parenting seen as something regular and widespread. It is not at all a "sacrifice" that brings additional responsibilities and calls for special recognition. All family's men and women are, each in their way, every family's children's fathers and mothers!

Being like a father for one's sister's child

Our patriarchist society has given for centuries, and particularly since the middle of the twentieth century, disproportionate importance to the father-child relationship. For the child, the paternal figure's role may very well be the responsibility of other men in the family, with absolutely no shortcomings from the child's point of view. From the biological father's point of view, the emotional bond developed with a child of whom one takes the responsibility, is equally valid and rewarding, whatever the link shared with him 2 .

Dismantled families' fathers' experience

Incidentally, the chaos and improvisation that usually follows the nuclear families' separation have indeed allowed many men to realize this fact. Many separated fathers know that a man can develop an emotional responsibility that is entirely equivalent, with a child of whom he is not the biological father. In a matrilocal family, even if it is not direct, the blood link is still present, since it usually concerns the sister's child or the sister's daughter's child.

Educating his nephews and nieces

A matrilocal family structure expects every man to be present and responsible within his clan. They must fill the paternal figure role for their sisters' children, nieces, or even aunts, according to the family composition. Thus among the Minangkabau of South-East Asia, a man attracts his community's respect by following these guidelines: Raise your nephews and nieces so that they become worthy representatives of your family, and make sure that your offspring lacks nothing3 .

The biological father plays the role that suits him

The biological father is thus usually faded from the family universe in a matriarchy. The possibility for him to play a crucial role is, of course, not excluded. But he has no rights over the children of whom he is the parent. It has more to do about the help that he can offer to the mother and her family. Or, if appropriate and desired, like privileges, granted to him by the child's mother and family.

Legal marriage is always possible

In known matriarchies, cases of father-mother cohabitation are rather rare. But they are, of course, possible. For example, it is easy to imagine that for couples who will get along very well until delivery and want to, the biological father of the child comes to live temporarily in the family of the mother. He will be able to help her take care of the newborn and recover from childbirth. At some point, it may happen that the mother will no longer be comfortable with the father's presence in her family environment. Or that he will no longer feel belonging there. He will then have to leave peacefully, usually to return to live in his family clan.. Nothing will prevent him from getting along with the child's mother, or from continuing playing a role with the child afterward..

And if ever the father and the mother get along so well that they want to continue to live together, nobody will stop them. They will even be able to freely leave their respective matrilocal family and contract a marriage, for example. The matriarchy, with its practical experience of thousands of years of excellent and harmonious functioning, offers a primary family environment that is suitable for the vast majority of the population. Its intent is not to force community members to limit themselves to this way of life.

Total sexual freedom

It is essential to note that the matrilocal family model offers men and women who compose it complete sexual freedom. Among Iroquois, sexual activity was considered a therapeutic practice and even essential for maintaining social cohesion 4 . That is a fundamental aspect that distinguishes the matrilocal family from the nuclear family. Matriarchies' experience shows that this total sexual freedom guarantees families' stability while allowing their members emancipation.

Families less and less use of marriage

Our communities are still laying the family foundations on the parents' couple, who are also usually exclusive sexual partners. Nowadays, that is instead a sure bet for families' failing, crises, tragedies, and improvised breakup solutions. Marriage, once a safe bet for families in the Canadian Province of Quebec, a past Catholic French bastion, has been abandoned by the majority of young couples as a legal framework for the family5 .

A new legal framework for the family: Matriage

It is time to offer an alternative to the Marriage institution, which excludes the reference to parents' couple, to restore a strong and lasting legal foundation for families. We propose the establishment of a new basic legal regime for families: matriage. Here is a general definition:

• Matriage is the institution by which mothers and their children, women, and men, united by matrilineal descent, or by adoption within existing matriage, live together and form a family.
• Matriage is the default legal scheme that binds all members of a matrilineal lineage residing in the same home.
• It is possible to leave a matriage at any time, by residing elsewhere than in the permanent matriage members' residence.
  • Note: The residence criterion is reasonably well defined legally. It will probably need to be somewhat adjusted to conform to the concept of "matriage".
• Adherence to an existing matriage is done simply by electing domicile to the permanent matriage members' residence, subject to their unanimous approval.

Binding brothers and sisters, as well as the sisters’ children

This matriage regime will go back over the basic concepts of marriage. Thus the matriage members' obligations (that is to say of a matrilocal family) will be practically the same as those of the spouses in the current regime:

• Choose together their family residence;
  • Note: for most matrilocal families, this obligation will be the responsibility of the first generations. One of the matrilocal family benefits is to ensure to its members, and to all matrilineal lineage future generations, the same residence.
• Contribute to household expenses according to their respective means;
• Owe each other respect, fidelity, help, and assistance;
  • Note: the duty of fidelity has, of course, no sexual connotation within the matrilocal family.
• Share liability of debts contracted for the family's collective needs.

Income splitting among siblings

Matriage will offer the income splitting possibility among all the family members when filing their tax returns This measure of household income splitting, although disputed by many when it comes to couples, will have the great advantage of strengthening economic ties within matrilocal families.

A default settlement, from which you can leave when you want

This matriage settlement will be the default regime, as soon as at least one mother lives in the same place as one of her children. Or if members of a sibling, for example, a brother and a sister, will live in the same place. Every citizen will have the opportunity to enter into another cohabitation family form (such as marriage or common-law relationship). Including, of course, to choose to live alone. Once the matrilocal family is well established in society’s habits, matrilineality will progressively set in place. Thanks to the family name propagation by the mothers and property titles transfer from generation to generation through the matrilineal lineage.

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