I don't think so

Women rule men drool

Gender gaps are reducing .. what happens when it finally becomes a woman's world

I don't think women will ever rule the world, there are too many spiders.

Making me laugh ... I have an electromagnetic device that sends spiders fleeing

Human beings are fickle. Power seems to be able to desensitize people and give them a sense of entitlement to power and authority and privilege. I am not sure women would be different, though I'd like to think so.

I agree msharmony and would like to think so too. Do you think having been oppressed for so long that some would become even more aggressive than the men?

I had the opportunity to be put into a leadership role this past summer. I'm usually in the entry level, subservient so to speak, kind of positions... It was interesting, I had to take inventory to help keep my ego in check. I found that on occasion how I reacted and dealt with certain situations had more to do with my ego than anything else. It was generally when the younger employees, who happened to be male, would get snippity with me, lol. I had a hard time not wanting to "put them in their place".

By the end of my assignment there I was handling the confrontational situations much better. It became more about working together for the end result than a who's in charge kind of thing.

that is a great question. Hmmm. I think there would definitely be those who would have the attitude "Its what happened to me, it should happen to you too."

but I also think there would be those who had the attitude "I didnt like it done to me so I wont do it to others."

,, not much of an answer. I know. But its kind of like when children have an abusive parent/guardian, sometimes they grow up to be abusive like that adult and sometimes they do everything they can to prevent being anything like that adult. I have wondered what makes the difference in which path they take.

definitely food for thought . Thank you

You're welcome! Definitely is food for thought, as is you response... thank you

Gender gaps are indeed reducing, but I believe it's still a man's world.
As long as things evolve around money, power, status it will be.
What we do have now is an overdose of masculine energy women, which doesn't make it a woman's world.
Women changing their own way natural way and state of being -feminine energy- to fit into the man's world is not a good thing.
It's basically now men in a man's body and men in a woman's body.
We've a ways to go still!

There's 'feminine energy academies' popping up everywhere over here. Reason is that it is needed. My business Sparkling Diva is about that too, helping women get empowered again, but not in masculine energy, but in feminine energy. Most don't even know what that is or what it feels like.
Some of my clients are even scared by the intensity of that, go figure, scared of our own natural energy!
Others are awed and able to go full steam ahead after I've done with them

In my opinion, the world is looking for confident, independent women who have strong skills and capabilities. What the world doesn't want are women (or men) who are dependent on others to look after them or women who behave as mean *******. Unfortunately, most of the feminist movement has produced the latter and done very little to improve the former. Many women still need to improve their education (skills), learn to control their emotions, and make their decisions based on facts and logic.

I remember years ago I read an article somewhere that talked about men's and women's roles in society.
If I recall correctly it talked about the role of women over the history of civilization.

It said (I think) that thru-out history women have been the glue that holds the group together.
They prepared meals, maintained the camp, raised children, handled domestic squabbles and provided stability to the group. They made sure the men were maintained and provided with comfort. They were healers.

The men were the ones that went out and hunted, chose the spot for the camp, determined the path of the participants and the tone of the attitude of the camp. They were the discipline.

Men provided the leadership and women provided the support.

During the half century or so that I have been alive, I have seen this in application.
The women nearly always manage the circumstances of the group.
They have a knack for calming the group and providing mental, moral and physical support to other in the group.
Most people call it "mothering".

When you think of family, in most cases, the mother is the stability and comfort figure. The father is the provider, authority figure.
As time ticks on, these roles are getting jumbled.

Society is realizing that men can take on women's roles and women can take on men's roles.
Its not really a role reversal, more like a role blending.
Not to say that role reversals don't happen and sometimes they benefit the group. Only saying that the roles are intermixed more now than when I was young.

I think it has a lot to do with society embracing personal independence.
It has a lot to do with each individual's ability to learn traits that in the past, were isolated by gender roles.

We now frown upon the gender stereotypical behaviors.
Its no longer expected that a man works and a woman maintains the family household.
Both now work and both maintain the family/household.
Both handle discipline and decisions.
Both provide comfort and security.
It seems to work if both parties accept the other's roles willingly.
More and more people are accepting this change.

Where the problem comes in is when those roles are not accepted willingly.
Most relationships in turmoil seems to stem from an expectation of historic roles that are not being followed.

"I work all day and come home to a messy house" is a common thing we hear others fighting about.
This is because one partner or another or both have role expectations that are not in alignment with current trends.
It sets a stereotype that all people of that gender are lazy or irresponsible. That stereotype bleeds into other interactions during a day with other people.

It has been a man's world for a very long time.
But, depending on how you look at it, you might find that its been a woman's world for a very long time.
The man's world stereotype is shallow thinking.

"Behind every successful man is a woman that supports him".
If you honestly look at it, you will find this was true in the past and still holds true today.

Men think they Rule, however, women have a Say in that !


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Oh whatever!!!!

I don't hate men, far from it..

But sometimes i think a woman could a FAR better job at X, Y, or Z..

Sterotypical roles that are no longer applicable need to be trashed...
Let someone do whatever they excel at..

If a woman is a good organizer, leader, and can inspire people to do greater things..let her do that..

If a man has a nurturing bent, and is good at family things and supportive roles...good on him..let him do *that*...

I'll not get into how that whole men as leaders/ women as support staff got started..(leave the Bible and religion out of it, please)
I can give references if anyone cares enought to message me..

I think it relates to the Caveman Bob period.
Man would go out hunting and bring back the meat and the woman fixed the meals. I think both gathered berries and worked farms when they came into existence.

If you look at aboriginal tribes and groups in Amazon forests or wandering tribes of Africa, the women maintain the camp while the men forage and rule.
Women get pregnant and raise the children.
That might have something to do with the camp/tribe dynamics.
Pregnant women and mothers spend a lot of time in the camp while the men are away doing whatever.

This holds true in most societies that do not have strong support of women. In those countries/societies women are usually not educated or taught self-reliance. They are often thought of as man's property.

I'm not for or against women in power. I like, prefer, a woman that is self-reliant. I like, prefer, an intelligent woman. I don't see women as objects, possessions or inferior. I see them as people.

And what happens when the batteries die?

So basically you are saying it was never really about equality, you just used victimhood and lip service to idealized goals as a tactic to gain power?
Shocker!
People are people, regardless of gender. "I want power, I am entitled to it, because I'm the biggest ego or the biggest victim," whatever.

If/when it "finally" becomes a woman's world it will just be SOSDD.
And more than likely after a while men, or whatever new social gender evolution class, will start finding reasons why they should be in power and fighting women's oppression and the naggy state.


Thanks to technology.
...which is making the vast majority of people arbitrary and meaningless except as random cogs, worker bees and consumers, for a small minority.

gender gaps are because of women not knowing their place in society....back of the sexes...for what women don't desire men they just want to tease...such a shame

i would rather stop separating and dividing

but not sure i will ever see a day where we fight as a human race , rather then against one another

still way to much hate for gender, race , religion , etc etc etc

female or male running the world , don't really mater there are good and bad on both sides of the genders <shrug>

No ! Not since Women got the Right to Vote !

That's in the USA

When that day comes, I just hope the mistress holding me in bondage is hawt!