I was looking at it the other way around but your way of seeing it does make sense as well.
> In either of these latter cases, should the external threat (or
> opportunity) reduce, the females will inevitably grow stronger and
> ultimately regain controll.
Why is this a fatality? I tend to believe the strata in power would cling to it as much and as long as possible and that other factions would have to "work" for its reinstatement as dominant faction.
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