What If Women Ran the World?

BusinessWeek ^ | Tue Apr 15, 2003 | Thane Peterson

[Anitius Severinus Boethius]

Prime Minister Claire of Canada: Helen, why did you nuke Toronto?!?

President Helen of the U.S.: Oh, you know why!

[RightWhale]

Wouldn't we be a lot better off if women were in charge

They are, though, aren't they.

[goodnesswins]

ROFL....some of these comments are soooooo right on...

[js1138]

Women do run the world, and all that violence is just men trying to make the payments on all the stuff they buy for women.

Without women, men would be happy to sit around watching TV or typing at the computer.

[John123]

We would still have to kill those spiders!

[Honcho]

Would U.S. troops be in Iraq today if, say, Hillary Clinton (news - web sites) were President, and not George W. Bush?

Why doesn't the author ask "What if a woman had been in charge of Iraq instead of Saddam?"

[Baseballguy]

I have a woman in my life. She rules my world.

[putupon]

Women hold 45.3% of the seats in Parliament in Sweden,

I wonder if any of them are looking for an intern?

[Luna]

You're 100% right.

Also, women in general are far more emotional than men. Making big, national, or global decisions based upon emotion is not very smart. Unfortunately, I think most women leaders, particularly the liberal variety, would make decisions based on feelings, not thought.

[jlogajan]

Doesn't matter the gender. Whoever is not prepared to defend their lives and freedoms with the ulimate force will soon be enslaved by those more willing to do so.

[hispanarepublicana]

If women (like me) ran the world, it would be possible to open a beer without breaking a nail.
If women (like me) ran the world, beerguts and big butts on women would be "sexy". Skinny girls would be paying $$ for silicone gut and rear/thigh implants.

[goodnesswins]

We could've saved lots of bombs and money, and just sent Hillary to Saddam....that would've scared him sh*tless, and he and his spawn would've run for cover forever! (And, we could've made her STAY there!!!)

[PoisedWoman]

I only have a niggling thought that there may not be the same kind of enjoyment of aggression that I see on the playground with my son and his friends. I'm convinced that boys and girls are different.

It depends on what the meaning of "aggression" is. If it means upfront, toe-to-toe confrontation, men are more aggressive; if it means sneaking, whining, lying, and truly deep-seated hatred and cruelty, women take the prize.

I wish I remembered who said, "Given the same opportunities, women will make exactly the same mistakes as men."

[Post Toasties]

I see. When women wage war, it's to be called 'intervention'. It's all in the euphemisms, apparently.

[Anamensis]

Remember the Texas cheerleader mom who tried to murder another mom so her daughter would be too grief-stricken to make the team and the perp's daughter would then be chosen? Yeah, I want her to be Secretary of Defense. She's got the Pre-emptive Strike idea down pretty well.

[keithtoo]

BusinessWeek is a lib rag. Dont let the name fool you. The editors of Bizweek are more 'hall monitors' than fans of business. They will find a lib-friendly angle to almost any article.

The only Biz Mag that is a real fan of Capitalism is Forbes. I cant live without it.

[mabelkitty]

Most single women vote for a subsitute husband/father-state, which is why socialism is creeping up on us.

Until they can run their own lives, they have no business running anything (as a group).

And yes, I am female, so spare me.

[reformed_dem]

Well, anyone not invited to a special, closed door meeting would know that everyone in there was talking about her. There'd be all kinds of gossip about other world leaders whispered "off the record" of course, which would then end up as the headline the following day. Backstabbing would be even more common than it is now (can you say France?). Outfits would be ridiculed as "so yesterday, what was she thinking?". I could go on and on.

btw, I'm a woman, so I can say all that.

[MacDorcha]

men run the world. women run the men. yeah, you forgot the barf alert.

[Post Toasties]

When women gain excessive influence, their relatively static approach opens society up to exploitation and control by external forces. Look at France.