China's 'Kingdom of women'

Published: April 16, 2021, 8:10 a.m.

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The Mosuo community in China\\u2019s Himalayan foothills is matrilineal, so a family\\u2019s \\u2018bloodline\\u2019, inheritance and power is passed down through the female side. There is no such thing as marriage and monogamy is actively discouraged. The women rule and the men don\\u2019t mind. Rebecca Kesby has been speaking to Choo Wai Hong, a Singaporean corporate lawyer who came across the community as she travelled through her ancestral homeland of China. She liked it so much she learnt the language and built a house there.\\n(PHOTO: Mosuo Women. Credit Patrick AVENTURIER/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)

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