5.Margot is a member of the Bene Gesserit — the powerful matriarchal order who are partially responsible for the destruction of House Atreides on Arrakis.
6.As we heard at the panel discussion yesterday afternoon, Gilead was, although undoubtedly patriarchal in form, occasionally matriarchal in content, like some sectors of the social fabric that gave rise to it.
7.So, maybe you believe in a fertile, peaceful, paleolithic, matriarchal world order that spawned great goddess myths around the world, maybe you don't, but there stories of goddesses from everywhere at all times and they share some similarities.