On 6/6/2013 9:13 PM, Tarc . wrote:
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I'm usually a pretty strict deletionist, but I'm baffled by this AfD nomination as the sourcing is quite solid.

-tm

Maybe it's got something to do with those Iroquois Clan mothers. Main thing I remember is they could stop wars. This Is what Wikipedia says:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clan_Mother

    The Clanmothers are usually the elder women, who are wise and have experienced many years. Clanmothers control the nation. They are considered the life givers. Not only did they appoint the tribal chief (also called the Hoyaneh) but they also watched them during all meetings judging them fairly to make sure they were not voting for themselves, but the whole tribe. If one did not meet these expectations, he would immediately get thrown out of power and the clan mother would choose a new hoyaneh. It was a great shame to be kicked out of power by the clan mothers.[1]


Hey, lots of women think that would be a great plan for modern society, too... Thus perhaps the primal fear of some males...

The same fear that makes them put all sorts of sexist stuff on wikipedia and tell obvious women editors (or a transgender one recently) things like why do you get so emotional??  I heard that twice in the last couple weeks over some dispute involving various policy violations.  I doubt if I had a male name they'd have used that "argument."

If we can't admit somewhere that that's the kind of primal emotional male dominance we see too regularly on Wikipedia, why does this list exist??

CM in DC