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From: friedman@uiucdcs.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Question about Vulcan Custom - (nf)
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Date: Sun, 10-Jun-84 15:50:00 EDT
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uiucdcs!friedman    Jun 10 14:50:00 1984

I, for one, am not at all willing to concede the notion that Vulcan is a
matriachal society.  Some people derived this idea from "Amok Time", and
it's popular to assume it to be true, but I don't think this is a necessary
conclusion from that episode or from anything else in the TV episodes.
I don't think it squares well with Sarek's activities, either in "Journey
to Babel" or in ST III.  Nor does it seem "logical" (equality of the sexes
does).  I think we should just forget the idea that Vulcan is matriarchal.