Re: Exotic Governmental/Legal Systems
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Originally Posted by Bruno
I don't think the hymen was what was being referenced. I think the part where a baby actually comes out of her body, making it completely unambiguous if she was the mother (until IVF gets invented anyways), was what was being referenced.
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That's one of the reasons sometimes invoked to support matriarchy - short of genetic assay it can be difficult to absolutely ascertain who a given heir's father is, but the mother is usually pretty clear...
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