What if women had ruled the world all along...

[Dracon II]

I read a Philip K. Dick book (The Simulacra) where the USEA (United States of Europe and American..... highly unlikely) is ruled not by the President but by the First Lady, who remains in power and marries whoever is elected president every four years.

...... basically the male population develops a serious Madonna complex.

I think men might be more loyal to female leaders after a while.... a female head of state might be a more potent symbol in times of war, creating a kind of protective patriotism in male soldiers.

But the position would change the position holder more than the reverse. Women and Men both crave power, it's just that women's desires have been repressed for so long.

Money... Power... not a good dichotomy... money is simply a representation of power.

[St Leo]

Originally posted by Whoha
Who would engineer their children with "sub-optimal" genes on the off chance that one might pay off in the future?

No one. The point of genetic engineering is that it's engineering -- we can accomplish the equivalent of evolving an eye in one generation. Relying on the luck of evolution is a good way to go extinct.

[St Leo]

Originally posted by child of Thor
Never truer words spoken - we men love to delude ourselves over our importance in the world, simple brutish creatures. Women have evolved to know this very well, and are happier(and wiser) to sit in the background puling our strings.

Oh, sheesh. And the black nanny is the real power behind the WASP wife and husband, as she manipulates both with her crafty ways. Riiight.

All hail Jeeves, the Butler-Emperor!

[child of Thor]

erm does this mean your gay?

ok i should have used 'often' or 'sometimes' in the above statement that upset you(i'll stand by my point, as the saying goes 'behind every powerful man stands a powerful women - unless your gay')

[General Ludd]

Originally posted by St Leo

No one. The point of genetic engineering is that it's engineering -- we can accomplish the equivalent of evolving an eye in one generation. Relying on the luck of evolution is a good way to go extinct.

While relying on human engineering is another way.

[Sandman]

I can't really see there being fewer wars, at least not if the record of female leaders throughout history is anything to go by. Although you could argue that the whole notion of leadership would be different, and any male leaders from such a world would exemplify this.

On the other hand, wars would be 'easier' since I presume that men would still be doing the fighting, so you wouldn't be risking losing anyone important (like an heir to the throne), just a load of easily replaced men.

[:) Smiley]

Got this somewhere in an email titled "If women ran the world"

[Mrs. Tuberski]