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In reply to the discussion: What would society look like if men were not in charge? [View all]valerief
(53,235 posts)21. Look at the question to which I was responding. nt
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I see where you are coming from - but many of our values are gendered, which makes this discussion
el_bryanto
May 2014
#4
Right, but if women were "in charge," would gentleness still be seen as a feminine value?
Brickbat
May 2014
#8
That sorta depends. Are the 75% mostly Michelle Bachmann or Elizabeth Warren? -nt
Liberal Veteran
May 2014
#2
Scandinavia has also had a history of women staying at home for months while most men were gone.
haele
May 2014
#39
The Iroquois, from whom we got the Senate and House representation system was mostly matriarchal
KurtNYC
May 2014
#31
What immediately comes to my mind is - the whole idea of empathy would not be sneered at so readily.
calimary
May 2014
#24
Not like this. But a good read, anyway, is Herland by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
ancianita
May 2014
#54