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Posted on 03/09/2013 7:30:47 AM PST by haffast
Not so long ago, the idea that women might rule the world seemed slightly ridiculous - like something out of science fiction. But in an essay to mark International Women's Day, political analyst and former White House press secretary Dee Dee Myers argues it's now a topic that can be seriously discussed.
Women clearly lacked the intellectual capacity and emotional fortitude to make the difficult decisions that leadership required. It wasn't bias, it was biology - it was just the way women were made.
But that was then. In recent decades, attitudes and ideas have changed - and fast. That's not to say that every corner of the world has welcomed women moving from the traditional and private into the modern and public. But move they have.
So what's changed? A lot. As a huge and growing body of research and experience makes clear, empowering women makes things better. Not perfect. But better.
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Former US Secretary of State Dr Condoleezza Rice says she has learned first-hand that you need women to participate in the peace process.
"First and foremost women are often the guardians of the village, the family, and are therefore the ones who suffer most in conflict zones. They're often the target of marauding forces, the target of those who would rape and maim and if you can engage them in the process, then they also can help the society to heal."
So empowering women isn't about political correctness, it's about improving outcomes. It's about investing in stronger economies and healthier communities - it's about ending conflicts, and sustaining peace. It's about improving the quality of life for people all over the world.
Empowering women isn't just the right thing, it's the necessary thing. And because women are increasingly ruling, the world is changing for the better.
(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.co.uk ...
Perhaps “stable” would have been a better word? I didn’t know about the Mohawk women’s council. Interesting.
The world would end up like Starnesville.
Ha, Ha, Ha!
Dee Dee ran like hell when Bubba touched her on the butt.
Is thatwhat would happen if women ruled the world?
Women are the de facto rulers of America. Their liberal voting trend has helped usher in the current mess. If the majority of our representatives were women, it would arguably be even worse.
Yes, of course.
Happens all the time.
Actually, Dee Dee holds the distinction of having serviced both Bill AND Hillary!
Bingo
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You don't have to understand it
I stay confused all the time, but it works
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Heavy metal and video games would’ve been banned. No thanks
Yeah. I was wondering about that myself. It would be news to my beloved wife.
Women have always ruled the world. If men ruled the world we would still be living in caves and hunting game with sharp sticks. Every advance in the history of civilization was made to make some woman happy.
Depends on what women.
Margret Thatcher or Golda Meir - yep!
Mickey obama or Mary Landrieu - nope!
;-)
My husband and I decided that one of us always had to make the final decision.
So he would be the final arbiter of big decisions, I would be for the lesser.
So far in forty years nothing big has come up.
The key to a successful marriage is for the wife to know who is boss and for her to occasionally allow the husband to pretend that it is him.
Exactly. The men of ability would simply leave and go elsewhere.
We would all have a lot more shoes.
A man needs a woman like a bicycle needs a fish! haha
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