A bunch of fat, happy women (Reply #58)

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Wed May 28, 2014, 05:10 PM

janlyn (735 posts)

58. A bunch of fat, happy women

and no war?

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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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