"The woman chooses her mate. The male may be chosen multiple times by multiple women, but he has the opportunity to refuse. Likewise if the woman believes the male is unworthy, she has the option to leave the marriage and take the children. In addition the woman control her family and breeding--but it is our Matriarch that decides if the male is worthy of the female who wants to claim him. The more women who want to marry the man, the more likely the Matriarch will view him as an acceptable provider and worthy. The more women choose me as their husband, the more children I have and the better I can strengthen the Pride. "

It was all very matter-a-fact to Telemachus. There was no one in the Known Worlds who didn't know Nietzscheans and Nietzschean society.