In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
MATRIARCHIC
matriarchic
(adjective) (of societies or families) having a female as the family head or having descent traced through the female line
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Adjective
matriarchic (comparative more matriarchic, superlative most matriarchic)
matriarchal
Source: Wiktionary
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BOORISH
(adjective) ill-mannered and coarse and contemptible in behavior or appearance; “was boorish and insensitive”; “the loutish manners of a bully”; “her stupid oafish husband”; “aristocratic contempt for the swinish multitude”
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