Talk:Naiad/@comment-77.177.205.139-20170912164137

A patriarchy with infertile males? How the fuck is that supposed to work? Human patriarchies were created by men who wanted to make sure they spread their genes. The word patriarchy is derived from pater, father. Infertile males would not have a such a motivation to oppress women, and also would be unable to render women helpless through rape and impregnation, making the building of a patriarchy much harder.

Also, if the males are all infertile, why would they resent not having fathered any children? They would know no other state! (And like men in less patriarchal societies, they would sensibly go and raise the children of their sisters, who are related to them).

There is also the question of how we are supposed to know those are males, if they are all infertile. In species that normally have many infertile individuums, those infertile individuums are female. (Honey bees, for example)