Center For Partnership Systems

Riane Eisler’s research reveals that underlying the great diversity of human culture are two basic models of society: Domination Systems & Partnership Systems. The core configurations of these two systems are like the operating system of a culture: they shape all relationships.

Domination Systems have superior/inferior relationships & view power as “power over”. Fear & force maintain rankings of man over man, man over woman, race over race, religion over religion, all the way to humans over the earth.

Partnership Systems have egalitarian relationships & view power as “power with” & “power to”. Fear & force are not required to maintain superior/inferior rankings, & relationships are marked by mutual respect, accountability, caring, & awareness of interconnection.

We've been taught that Domination Systems are natural & inevitable. Drawing from multidisciplinary evidence, Eisler’s research shows that for millennia human cultures oriented toward Partnership Systems.