I think the point is that matriarchy looks different than patriarchy, even our understanding of power is colored by the way men wield it. The claim is that matriarchy has qualitative differences with patriarchy. "Control" here is the central word: matriarchy is when women are in positions of power, but it sounds like the idea would be that power would be used in a more cooperative and communal fashion, and thinking of it as control implies a patriarchal approach.
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