Give me gynecocracy or give me death

Woman’s role in ruling Iroquoian society

A new word has popped into my vocabulary, and it is as timely as it is ugly sounding. Gynecocracy is pronounced ‘guy na coc ra see’ yet it refers to the rule of women. A term I like better is gynarchy, but both mean the same thing — ‘women rule.’ It is timely because of the shift I see in American politics. With the recent advancement of Kamala Harri…