Worktitle: the gender wars

Fantasy series set in a world that is divided in the Patriarchy and the Matriarchy. Both power blocks are loose alliances based on a common belief which gender is superior and which inferior. The first series takes place in the country of Meandro, a border country between the power blocks. Flipped between the fighting parties twice in the last four generations, the nobility of Meandro have a deliberate policy of moderation: although women have no official say in anything, it is considered proper to consult them before you give them away in marriage or sell their home. And unlike their allies in the north and east, Meandric noblemen have no harems, but content themselves with one wife at a time. Ad a result, it is uncommon for women to flee their husbands, and if they do they usually end up back with their father or brother, rather than crossing the border to join an enemy army.