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== Tabletop Games ==

** The subterranean Dark Elves, or Drow, in the [[Forgotten Realms]] and [[Greyhawk]] settings for live in a vicious [[Religion of Evil|matriarchal theocracy]] (or [[Evil Matriarch|theocratic matriarchy]]?) devoted to the demonic spider-goddess Lolth ([[Spell My Name with an "S"|or Lloth, depending on who you ask]]). Almost all men are either warrior grunts, midlevel military commanders, sycophantic courtesans, or bitter mages, while the women are either [[Fan Service|bondage-gear-wearing]] sword-swinging dominatrix-like military commanders or bondage-gear-wearing [[Whip It Good|whip-wielding]] dominatrix-like priestesses.

** [[Forgotten Realms]] also gives use Rashemen, a barbarian society ruled by a group women called the Gray Witches. Somewhat subverted in that all "manly" activities (fighting, drinking, wrestling grizzly bears, etc.) is still done by men, they just happen to hold women in awe because women can use magic.

*** [http://www.candlekeep.com/library/articles/crinti.htm Dambrath] is the land where nobility (Crintri, also known as "Shadow Amazons" due to peculiar [http://archive.wizards.com/dnd/images/ssouth_gallery/84347.jpg looks] and habits) are descendants of half-elven followers of Loviatar (whose symbol is a scourge, and whose priestesses mostly ''are'' sadomasochistic, lash-swinging dominatrices) and the Drow, and the state was set up as an imitation of their Drow allies' matriarchy/theocracy, though later turned toward a more typical (but still [[Klingon Promotion|quite cut-throat]]) monarchy. These ladies are [[The Baroness|more military styled]] than dominatrix-styled, at least outside temples and homes - they run [[Amazon Brigade|light cavalry]] and [[Pirate Girl|pirate fleet]]. How "The Pirate Queen" sounds? Dambrath actually had a monarch with such a nickname.

* ''[[Talislanta]] RPG'' has a society/race which fills that trope to T: dominating and noticable stronger women are ruling class and weak, timid, fragile men are left to harem and housewife lifestyle.

* The feminist orbital colony Margaret in ''[[Transhuman Space]]''. Given the transhumanism of the setting, they have to be flexible about the definition of "female". Given the equality of the setting, many people aren't sure why they bother.

 

** Equestria is still a heavily matriarchal society, though at least part of that is because of the relatively small number of males.

* One episode of ''[[He-Man and the Masters of the Universe]]'' saw the gang visit a world where this was the norm. Women ran the place, while men were subjugated and forced to do menial labor. Of course by the end of the episode, the two genders had reconciled. Interestingly, the leader of the women and the leader of the men were implied to be a married couple.

* Similarly, but on a smaller scale and subverted in an episode of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' where Springfield Elementary is divided into a boys half and a girls half. The boys half is a hell hole, but the girls half doesn't teach math.

* In ''[[Gandahar]]'' women are in power, ruled by Queen Ambisextra.

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