The Pack's Rebels
he commented mildly.
“I am sure that you will manage just fine,” she replied archly. “Your idea of patriarchal hierarchy, after all, is fairly recent. Historically, most societies were led by women, or the role was shared. It is really only in the last thousand years or so that has really changed. I have watched it happen. It is not an easy thing to witness. When we think of the future, we think that things will get better, and not worse, and yet, for half the population of the world, it has been the reverse story.”