The Mosuo matriarchal society and tourism of the Lugu Lake, Yunnan Province, China Argentinian writer Ricardo Coler was interviewed in Germany’s SPIEGEL newspaper about what life is like for a man in a matriarchy. Coler is a doctor, photographer, and founder of the Argentinian culture magazine Lamujerdemivida.

His photo collections and reports about matriarchal and polygamous societies have attracted a lot of attention in Argentina.

Coler recently spent two months living in southern China in the matriarchical society of the Mosuo. Insights from his SPIEGEL newspaper interview include:

• Coler didn’t find an ‘inverse patriarchy’ in Mosuo. The women’s focus was on having society work efficiently. They weren’t concerned with amassing wealth but rather than everyday life worked well.

• Men have few responsibilities in Mosuo. They don’t work much, enjoy different women regularly and can always sleep at their mother’s house.

• There is no violence in Mosuo. Fighting is considered shameful, and an immature way of solving problems.

• The men of Mosuo are involved in really big decisions, like buying a house. And men are the seducers.

• The sexual life is Mosuo i very distinctive and active. Read on.

• Unlike most of China, daughters are highly valued in Mosuo. Not having a daughter is considered a catastrophe.

Karaoke bar workers watch TV during the afternoon, Luoshui

via Flickr’s Sara Gouveia; The Mosuo matriarchal society and tourism of the Lugu Lake, Yunnan Province, China This is a positively fascinating look into a matriarchal society! I want to point out that Sara Gouveia is a Portuguese photographer living in South Africa. Follow link to her website. Enjoy this excellent video on the Mosuo women. Click on photo or follow the link.