The town of
Noiva do Cordeiro, Brazil set up something of an idyllic rural matriarchy after it adopted a “no males” allowed policy–shortly after it was founded in the 1890s by a woman who was excommunicated by the church after she was accused of being an adulterer.
Although the 600 young woman who populate the town are otherwise content with being in charge, they do lament the fact that they don’t have
access to available men to date and/or marry.
However, finding suitors when men are essentially banished from the town is a challenge. According to The Mirror,
men that marry into the matriarchy must work outside of the town and are only allowed to return on the weekends. Also, sons are required to move away once they turn 18.