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    What if women ruled the world?

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-21661744

    It's an interesting point of view, and I agree on many of the points raised.

    However, have you ever seen the Apprentice? Hardly peer reviewed, I know. The female-only teams seem to have one of two outcomes. They either utterly crush the men through excellent teamwork and planning, or they crash and burn miserably because of petty power struggles and emotional manipulation. Men (in the situations and kind of people that go on the Apprentice) tend to perform in a way that is almost exclusively dependent on how good their manager is, even if there is tension.

    I think that by all means plug the gender equality gap, but if only women ran the world it would be a terrible place.

    One of the major issues, to me, is that a good proportion of the fairer sex don't help their case at all by pandering to the stereotypes they loathe. It's probably mostly a problem with the media churning out tat like Cosmo and the Daily Mail (look again, it's just a gossip website), but I know an awful lot of girls who read those sorts of magazines.
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    Re: What if women ruled the world?

    I saw the headline and thought "we'd need a lot more toilet paper in the buildings of power".

    But I'm possibly a bad person.
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    Re: What if women ruled the world?

    Two words.
    Margaret...Thatcher.
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    Re: What if women ruled the world?

    Quote Originally Posted by Whiternoise View Post
    I think that by all means plug the gender equality gap, but if only women ran the world it could be a terrible place.
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    Re: What if women ruled the world?

    The world would be no better/more peaceful if women alone ruled. Nations would still be killing each other, just for different reasons.

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    Re: What if women ruled the world?

    Quote Originally Posted by Phage View Post
    Two words.
    Margaret...Thatcher.
    True. There will never be a better prime minister than her. Someone with backbone who stood up for what she believed in. The soft spineless utterly inadequate cowards that are in charge today (and who want to be in charge) aren't fit to lick the toe jam from her feet. And the worst thing? I'm not joking and I'm not being sarcastic in the slightest.
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    She did have a backbone and done what she wanted, thinking it was best for the country.

    Maybe we should have another PM like that. Someone who will do what's right for the UK and not bow down to EU rules.

    However.....

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    Re: What if women ruled the world?

    Second this Bluecube _ what a 'shambles' of a Country we have now.
    Quote Originally Posted by Bluecube View Post
    True. There will never be a better prime minister than her. Someone with backbone who stood up for what she believed in. The soft spineless utterly inadequate cowards that are in charge today (and who want to be in charge) aren't fit to lick the toe jam from her feet. And the worst thing? I'm not joking and I'm not being sarcastic in the slightest.

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    Re: What if women ruled the world?

    Quote Originally Posted by deejayburnout View Post
    She did have a backbone and done what she wanted, thinking it was best for the country.

    Maybe we should have another PM like that. Someone who will do what's right for the UK and not bow down to EU rules.

    However.....


    Maggie took my morning milk away from me at primary school. I didn't like that.
    And used us as guinea pigs for the poll tax.

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    Re: What if women ruled the world?

    Quote Originally Posted by deejayburnout View Post
    Maggie took my morning milk away from me at primary school. I didn't like that.
    But why on earth where schools paying for milk. It's school, not children zoo. Schools should be paying for learning, not feeding.
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    Because while at school the children are in the care of the school. As such the school is responsible for their well being, safety etc etc.

    While the primary focus of any school is thought of as learning, there is far more to be considered.

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    Re: What if women ruled the world?

    Actually Thatcher wasn't PM at that point. She fought to save school milk but was overrruled by Heath. See here

    And I think Merkel is doing a pretty good job in Germany overall, even if they are a bit excessively green to the point of damaging their own economy badly.

    However I suspect the original question is more one of if society's norms were dictated by women. I suspect there would be an awful lot more 'safety first' rules and restrictions. The inbuilt maternal instincts kick in.

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    Re: What if women ruled the world?

    What if women ruled the World?

    They already do. It is testament to the success of women that men think that men are in charge .

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    Re: What if women ruled the world?

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    Re: What if women ruled the world?

    Quote Originally Posted by Bluecube View Post
    True. There will never be a better prime minister than her. Someone with backbone who stood up for what she believed in. The soft spineless utterly inadequate cowards that are in charge today (and who want to be in charge) aren't fit to lick the toe jam from her feet. And the worst thing? I'm not joking and I'm not being sarcastic in the slightest.
    Unless you happened to live outside of the M25...

    True, she had backbone and stood up for herself, but at the expense of dragging a lot of the country into near-poverty. She was far from perfect, regardless of people who seem to worship her.

    As for Merkle...

    As for milk in schools, I was forced to drink it, and wish I hadn't been TBH. It was nearly always warm, stank, and had chewy bits in. And by forced, I mean the teachers used to check you'd drank every drop, and wouldn't let you out for break until you had, regardless of how bad it was. I think a few parents eventually complained after they realised it was happening, and that they were more than capable of providing their kids with a glass of fresh milk at home, if necessary.

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