来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：现代社会理论基础第18集第18集》

but they are comrades. Right?

而是因为他们是同志
They are members of a community.

他们是同一个集体的成员
Primary patriarchalism means

主要家长制意味着
when there is typically a father kind of rule;

那个时侯存在一种典型的父权统治
the father rules. Typically it's a--

这种父权统治是一种很典型的
there may have been maternal authority as well.

当然也可能曾经有过一种母系权威
The historical record is a bit unclear

至于是否存在母系社会
whether there were matriarchal societies.

历史记录显示得不是很清楚
We can assume there were.

但我们可以假定它是存在的
So then they were patriarchal/matriarchal societies.

那么这就是父系社会和母系社会
It was a mother who ruled the family,

即由一名母亲统治家族
or a father who ruled the family.

或者由一名父亲来统治家族