I think it would look like Iceland. Seriously. (Reply #34)

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Wed May 28, 2014, 04:07 PM

Squinch (35,918 posts)

34. I think it would look like Iceland. Seriously.

More cooperative, less "alpha" status-seeking, vulnerable members of communities taken care of, fewer wars, less violence.

Anemic military industrial complex, healthy availability to reproductive choices, thus healthier population. Less crime.

If the NFL was all women, there would be no NFL because football is ersatz war, and it wouldn't be something the culture would be interested in.

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72 replies	Author	Time	Post
What would society look like if men were not in charge? [View all]	RobertEarl	May 2014	OP
Different.	Brickbat	May 2014	#1
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's an interesting question right there	el_bryanto	May 2014	#12
I was raised to be a 'Gentleman'	RobertEarl	May 2014	#36
That sorta depends. Are the 75% mostly Michelle Bachmann or Elizabeth Warren? -nt	Liberal Veteran	May 2014	#2
That is a tough what-if to shape up because in human history	Skidmore	May 2014	#3
What would society look like if raccoons were in charge?	zappaman	May 2014	#5
Bwahaha! Or if porcupines were in charge...	valerief	May 2014	#10
or dolphins!!!	zappaman	May 2014	#14
Or opossum aliens.	valerief	May 2014	#17
They are - It's called Wall Street.	chrisa	May 2014	#22
I like the analogy but...	zappaman	May 2014	#23
Some years back I read something	SheilaT	May 2014	#6
Very interesting	RobertEarl	May 2014	#18
Scandinavia has also had a history of women staying at home for months while most men were gone.	haele	May 2014	#39
Thanks.	SheilaT	May 2014	#65
We wouldn't have an NFL, luv. nt	valerief	May 2014	#7
What if men wanted to play football in a professional league?	The2ndWheel	May 2014	#16
Look at the question to which I was responding. nt	valerief	May 2014	#21
You ever play football?	RobertEarl	May 2014	#29
Go away, if you won't look at the question to which I was responding. nt	valerief	May 2014	#33
There's no historical precedent from which I can draw any valid reference	LanternWaste	May 2014	#9
The Iroquois, from whom we got the Senate and House representation system was mostly matriarchal	KurtNYC	May 2014	#31
even during that period, men only made political decisions	LanternWaste	May 2014	#48
Thomas Berger wrote an interesting novel in 1973 entitled Regiment of Women.	randome	May 2014	#11
No knee-jerk reactions?	MineralMan	May 2014	#13
When asked this, I would have to probably go and devolve it a bit...	Xyzse	May 2014	#15
Hey, not an easy question to answer.	RobertEarl	May 2014	#19
No precedents, but I am willing to go out on a limb and say	Whisp	May 2014	#20
I was raied to love the NFL	RobertEarl	May 2014	#27
I like sports for kids and just having fun with it.	Whisp	May 2014	#32
I LOVE football!!	one_voice	May 2014	#41
I used to love baseball. Women from my work joined a league.	Whisp	May 2014	#52
Good point. Agree about the wars	treestar	May 2014	#49
What immediately comes to my mind is - the whole idea of empathy would not be sneered at so readily.	calimary	May 2014	#24
The Disappearance by Philip Wylie.	SheilaT	May 2014	#25
No more war	IronLionZion	May 2014	#26
Now I wish you to know about the strangest thing ever found anywhere....	Brother Buzz	May 2014	#28
Better health care.	Jamastiene	May 2014	#30
I liked the 'good stuff above'	RobertEarl	May 2014	#42
I agree with all this...	one_voice	May 2014	#44
I thibk most people tend to forget,	KitSileya	May 2014	#71
I think it would look like Iceland. Seriously.	Squinch	May 2014	#34
I wish there could be a WNFL for women who want to watch other women play.	Jamastiene	May 2014	#43
I think the sports that would be huge like football is now, though,	Squinch	May 2014	#45
Thank you.	Jamastiene	May 2014	#47
LOL! Secretly, I think everyone knows that T ball sucks.	Squinch	May 2014	#50
The Jock Strap Industry would go bankrupt	snooper2	May 2014	#35
NFL = Nancy's Female League	abakan	May 2014	#37
Are there any fictional stories like this?	Blue_Adept	May 2014	#38
Not like this. But a good read, anyway, is Herland by Charlotte Perkins Gilman	ancianita	May 2014	#54
Not written by a woman	Prophet 451	May 2014	#68
Found another	Blue_Adept	May 2014	#72
"All That Glitters" (1977)	KansDem	May 2014	#40
Depends on the women in charge. nt	AverageJoe90	May 2014	#46
Women have the same voice in the head as men do	messiah	May 2014	#51
A Matriarchal Society in the age of Globalization Juchitán/Southern Mexico	Zorra	May 2014	#53
It things were more or less equal between the sexes, that would be great.	dawg	May 2014	#55
I say we give it a try and see what happens.	thucythucy	May 2014	#56
Judging by the things I witness around here and in the real world?	Shandris	May 2014	#57
We've become conditioned	RobertEarl	May 2014	#61
A bunch of fat, happy women	janlyn	May 2014	#58
The word "peace" would not exist...	cherokeeprogressive	May 2014	#59
Rainbows, fluffy clouds, and sunshine	quinnox	May 2014	#60
No one in my life has ever asked this in a public forum! Hmm...If women were having their way...	ancianita	May 2014	#62
This message was self-deleted by its author	Skittles	May 2014	#63
This message was self-deleted by its author	Warren DeMontague	May 2014	#64
Impossible to say	Prophet 451	May 2014	#66
A whole lot like it does now	LadyHawkAZ	May 2014	#67
This reminds me of George Carlin:	Edim	May 2014	#69
well it depends one "which women"	auntsue	May 2014	#70

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