The Source of Masculine Toxicity.

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124. There have been very few matriarchies, but

there has been more gender egalitarianism than often recognized. Such societies have divisions of labor and social roles defined by gender (usually for practical reasons), but equally valued, with a balance of power in decision making.

Several, though not all, pre Columbian societies in the Americas were/are like that, not just among tribal societies but also in the more advanced civilizations. This is also true about some other parts of the world at different times in history.

But our educational systems and religious institutions have not given much attention to those social structures except to criticize and ridicule them.

Biology certainly plays a part in how societies are structured, but does not play a role in attitudes about equality unless socially structured to do so.