petticoat government
Noun
Meaning
petticoat government (countable and uncountable, plural petticoat governments)
(dated, derogatory) Government by women, whether in politics or domestic affairs.
Examples
For a man petticoat government is the limit of insolence.
His wife "ruled the roost," and in governing the governor, governed the province, which might thus be said to be under petticoat government.