criterion: a standard or principle by which something is judged, or with the help of which a decision is made.
matriarchate: a social order formerly believed to have preceded patriarchal tribalsociety in the early period of human communal life, embodying rule bythe mothers, or by all adult women.
extrovert: an outgoing, gregarious person.
vicarious: taking the place of another person or thing; acting or serving as asubstitute.
dichotomy: division into two parts, kinds, etc.; subdivision into halves or pairs.
