How come Kievan Rus was a matriarchal society while the rest of Europe was patriarchal?

by Stupid_Jabroni
haimgelf

Could you please tell where have you learned that Kievan Rus was a matriarchal society?

BreaksFull

What lead you to believe the Rus were matriarchal?

ctyler9

Your misconception could be that Russia is usually referred to as the 'Motherland', while Germany (and others) are usually referred to as the 'Fatherland'. If that's the case, the reason is that is the word for country in Russian is Feminine, while the world for country in German is Masculine.

If not, I'm not quite sure what your asking.