What If Women Ran This Village Called Earth?

Claireack

blondieblue227 wrote:

But most woman will stab another woman in the back in second.

Looks like someones had bad experiences with women?

To be honest there are good and bad women and men. Having Margaret Thatcher as our Prime Minister didn't do us any favours - look at the trouble we got in. Surely acknowledging equality between the sexes and having a mixed sex government is the best idea for everybody?

Must go, got to make the tea, do the ironing, vacuumn the living room and then I'd better start on redecorating the bedroom, all this as well as being a mother, sex goddess (for my husband), and keeper of the hamsters.

tybird

If women had more control world-wide....the population would not be growing at its current rate.

VINNY GOOMBA

Women ALREADY run the world and have forever. They have vaginas. Men are driven by their egos and pride, but our egos are never 100% validated without the approval of the vagina.

blondieblue227

Hehehe. Vinny. Reminds me of a quote.
Women rule, the men just don’t know it.

And

Behind every successful man there’s a surprised women.

_________________

stabbed in the back was a bad term. I didn’t mean that literally. I hope I’ve explained myself on that one.

VINNY GOOMBA

blondieblue227 wrote:

Hehehe. Vinny. Reminds me of a quote.
Women rule, the men just don’t know it.

And

Behind every successful man there’s a surprised women.

Agreed!

blondieblue227

If a man thinks you’re controlling him, you’re not doing it right!

I’m by no means a pro, I’m still learning.
It’s a fine art.

fife

i don't really believe that the world would be that different if women ran it compared to men. alot of people have been saying how women would not do the things that men do but i think that this is not fair to say. the reason is that we don't know what women would have done if they were in power. one can easily say that the reason that women are not in power is becuase they don't act like men.

soulsinging

BhagavadGita wrote:

polaris_x wrote:

i honestly think women are harder to currupt then men ... in my opinion - many who are in positions of power serve an agenda furthered by powerful interests ... it's much easier to corrupt a man into serving this agenda than a woman in general ... although there are the sarah palins of the world ...

Well said.

I also believe that since women give birth, which men will never understand, we are less likely to kill other women's children in war. Even if you are a woman who does not have children....women are care takers. I don't see a woman building the atom bomb either.

We also don't build giant buildings shaped like the penis to have them knocked over to stand up and rebuild them all over again. Sorry off topic....

"It's a man's world" James Brown

:roll:

Gotta love the birth card. And I have to laugh every time I hear about how tall buildings have some relation to male penises... I'm sure it has nothing to do with the fact that there's limited space in urban areas and if you want more offices and housing to fit, you have to build up, not sideways. Is every sprawling or curved building some expression of women's vaginas?

Also love that you can say those things but if I said women were sensitive caretakers I'd be labeled a sexist and accused of wanting women to stay docile and be homemakers.

BhagavadGita

fife wrote:

i don't really believe that the world would be that different if women ran it compared to men. alot of people have been saying how women would not do the things that men do but i think that this is not fair to say. the reason is that we don't know what women would have done if they were in power. one can easily say that the reason that women are not in power is because they don't act like men.

Act like men how?

How many female loggers have you met?

Woman are not in power because men are physically stronger than woman. Period.

blondieblue227

BhagavadGita wrote:

Woman are not in power because men are physically stronger than woman. Period.

i argee. that's part of it too. but not the only reason. IMO.
it def started out that way in the caveman days and it was built upon thoughout the years. but we've slowly seen a change in females/society.

soulsinging

BhagavadGita wrote:

fife wrote:

i don't really believe that the world would be that different if women ran it compared to men. alot of people have been saying how women would not do the things that men do but i think that this is not fair to say. the reason is that we don't know what women would have done if they were in power. one can easily say that the reason that women are not in power is because they don't act like men.

Act like men how?

How many female loggers have you met?

Woman are not in power because men are physically stronger than woman. Period.

Napoleon was a little guy, still managed to bend a huge army to his will. It's got nothing to do with physical strength. It's about aggression and competitiveness. Men produce more testosterone and thus are more aggressive, which is why they'll fight for power. Women, as you said, are more nurturing, which is why they will compromise for the sake of harmony. That is why men have the power, because they want it and won't back down to get it. It is also why we need women's perspectives in power, to provide restraint on the natural inclinations of men. On the flipside, men provide the impetus for taking a stand and fighting for it, as opposed to making too many concessions for the sake of peace.

BhagavadGita

Concessions?

....how can humanity not make peace our number one goal?

How sad to perpetuate the idea that peace isn't possible, not even on this thread. It's mostly men against woman.

slightofjeff

soulsinging wrote:

What if you haven't got one?

But I don't think it's just about men. My gf works in an almost all female (plus a few gay men) workplace and I hear horror stories daily... just general cattiness.

My wife, typically, is a nice, normal woman. She has made at least one mortal enemy at every job she's ever had. This mortal enemy is always, without fail, a woman.

blackredyellow

One thing that I was thinking today is that it probably wouldn't change much if women were our leaders, because of the type of person (male or female) who wants to be a leader, and is good at it.

Most of our leaders (in the political sense) have the same traits... competitiveness, a drive to succeed, an ego, etc... I don't think that it matters what sex a leader is, they pretty much have the same psychological/character make up.

Austicman

BhagavadGita wrote:

found this on the net...

"It is getting harder to escape the sense that most of the trouble in the world – whether it's coming out of the Senate, a mortgage lender, or a tank turret – can be traced to one overriding problem: too many men steering. Had our economic, domestic, and foreign policy been more informed by women, we might be enjoying a safer ride?"

Would the world be a softer place with more woman at the wheel? In tribal cultures, women ran the village while the man were away doing the physical work, obtaining food.

I think women have much to bring to the table....

What....You mean like Sarah Palin :shock: . Or Maybe Margaret Thatcher

Random_Wookie

I would have to go with their would be no difference if women ran the planet! You can say that women are more caring, etc, where as men are more agresive,etc. But you forget the one fundimental point that is, it is us as a sociecty that dictacte how our leaders act and the things that the belive are important. Let alone the powerfull people behind them, who aid them to get into power.

Peace will never be achived, as much as I would love to see it. It will never happen which is sad so very sad, is that not more important then who is currently telling us what to do.

TriumphantAngel

blondieblue227 wrote:

soulsinging wrote:

But guys will typically shrug that stuff off. You have a fight with a good friend, walk away, and an hour later you're having a beer together and it's all forgiven once it's happened. It seems women hold onto that stuff more, so instead of venting and then moving on, people vent and then let it poison the atmosphere with hurt feelings.

this is true. that's kind of what my point was.
men are more black&white with the ladies it's all different shades. and some ladies are grudge holders.

It’s just a different atmosphere in a room full of women. I find myself on alert or uptight if I’m surrounded by other women. As if they might use anything I do and say against me at some point later down the road.
I find am able to be myself in a room full of guys thou.
But maybe that’s just me.
I just feel like guys couldn’t careless and that takes the pressure off.

BhagavadGita wrote:

Some male leaders are the worst back stabbers in the cosmos.

i get what you're saying.
i mean women will do it on a more personal level.
Some women are very critical of other women to the point of being counter productive to the women’s movement.
(I not crazy about using the term women’s movement but oh well.)

I can agree with this. I've played guitar for years. I've never met so many bitchy, horrible, evil girls during that time. The guys are always mostly chilled and relaxed and non judgemental. I treat the guys and their girlfriends equally, but for some reason the girls are much harder to get along with. I can almost feel the knives going in my back. I feel like saying 'settle petal, i'm not here to steal your boyfriend, i just want to play guitar you know'. i just don't understand. it's very weird. one girl in particular was especially rude, it took me nearly 12 months for her to accept me. we are good friends now, she is a great girl, but i don't think i'll ever understand why she acted like she did. i don't have any issues saying i find another girl beautiful, or nice, like some girls seem to. i think if you are happy and accepting within in yourself, that's all that matters. i don't have any need or desire to tear others down.

FinsburyParkCarrots

soulsinging wrote:

OutOfBreath wrote:

Since I dont believe in any essentialist explanation on the difference in behaviour of the two sexes, AND I believe that power corrupts, then I'm sad to say I dont think it would have been that much different, actually.

Peace
Dan

That's absurd to think there are no differences in the behaviors of the sexes. We're built different and function different and respond to phenomena different.

Er, I think it's a bit complex. There are genetic factors that determine people's sex/evolutionary preogratives/basic behaviour but there are sociological factors that determine people's gender/sense of social constructedness as a man, woman or whatever in between. And there's probably a big splodgy overlap between sex and gender. And we'll never answer this on A Moving Train. At least, I hope not, because I'd fall asleep.

FinsburyParkCarrots

Austicman wrote:

Margaret Thatcher

She's not a woman.

soulsinging

FinsburyParkCarrots wrote:

soulsinging wrote:

OutOfBreath wrote:

Since I dont believe in any essentialist explanation on the difference in behaviour of the two sexes, AND I believe that power corrupts, then I'm sad to say I dont think it would have been that much different, actually.

Peace
Dan

That's absurd to think there are no differences in the behaviors of the sexes. We're built different and function different and respond to phenomena different.

Er, I think it's a bit complex. There are genetic factors that determine people's sex/evolutionary preogratives/basic behaviour but there are sociological factors that determine people's gender/sense of social constructedness as a man, woman or whatever in between. And there's probably a big splodgy overlap between sex and gender. And we'll never answer this on A Moving Train. At least, I hope not, because I'd fall asleep.

Sure there are social differences, but there are real physical, biological differences too. To act like men and women are exactly the same is absurd, and kinda ridiculous that the comment came from someone who later said men have power because they're physically stronger and then pulled the birth card... two of several biological differences and process that makes clear distinctions between men and women. There is also the reactions to sexual activity, hormone levels, the fact the women have more inter-lobal neural connections, etc. There are plenty of concrete differences between the sexes. Granted, there are far more commonalities and social conditioning plays a huge role in our behavior as well... probably a bigger role. But let's call a spade a spade... men and women are not the same. They're built different and they behave different in notable ways.