Why Women Will Take Over the World
TweetI’m pretty sure women will be taking over the world someday.
Think about it. How are men better than women, and how are women better than men?
If we work from stereotype:
- Men are stronger
- Men have more mathematically-oriented minds
These two things above can be taken care of by machines and/or society. Anything heavy that needs to be lifted, or any way that women need to be defended by men is long gone and is replaced by a system of justice or by the ability for technology to lift heavy things, etc.
Let’s continue with the stereotypes:
- Men are more driven and ambitious
- Men are “big picture” thinkers
Even if the above is true (it’s questionable, but whatever), these are societal things that will equalize over time, so they’re temporary. Over our lifetime we can probably assume that we’ll begin to equalize out– women and men becoming closer to each other in terms of ambition, etc as both genders come to be brought up in much similar manners.
Now, what do the stereotypes tell us about women?
- Women are attuned to emotions
- Women understand social dynamics
- Women are more patient
- Women are organized
As mechanization and technology takes over most of the stuff men are “naturally” good at, it’s the stuff that can’t be mechanized that will become valuable. Guess what? These are the things women are good at. They will always be valuable (possibly even more valuable) while men’s supposed natural attributes dwindle.
The only problem that I can think of right now is that women currently have a tendency to cut each other down in a way that men do not. All my evidence for this is anecdotal, but I have a feeling that a lot of women reading this would agree (and I’d invite you to speak up if so). Honestly, I think it’s the only thing keeping women down right now. If there was a kind of team attitude going on like what men have, the only thing stopping women from taking over would be the tenuous grasp that old white men have on power right now.
I don’t think this argument can be refuted (except maybe the last paragraph, which is kind of conjecture). But then again, this is the internet, so anything goes. Is it possible to disagree with this? How?
Filed by Julien at 3:52 pm under culture
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I could tackle this more in depth but the obvious first question to me is…why are mens stereotypical advantages temporary while women’s stereotypical advantages are unchangeable?
Hi Juien,
I really enjoy your posts, they make me think; methinks that’s the point.
Women have a lot of strengths. I personally have faced a lot of challenges and this made me strong and compassionate. I am very grateful for each of those challenges even though I wouldn’t wish them on anyone else.
I have grown children; a son and a daughter and I hope that they see themselves as people first. “To whom much is given, much is expected.” They have been given good health and intelligence and I raised them to know that they are responsible to help make the world a better place.
I wouldn’t want the world would be run by either men or women or young people or old people or any particular race or country. We need each other. We’re all in this together. this is the joy of technology, we can be brought together in ways that we never dreamed of before. thanks so much for your thoughtfulness. Deborah from Rochester
You might like the meta-analysis by Janet Shibley Hyde in American Psychology which reviewed 46 separate meta-analyses examining differences between males and females.
The author’s main conclusion was that:
“males and females are similar on most, but not all, psychological variables”.
http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.99.5388&rep=rep1&type=pdf
Hyde, J. (2005). The Gender Similarities Hypothesis.. American Psychologist, 60, 581-592
Two things:
First, the organizational edge that women have over men will probably also be supplanted by machines.
Secondly, much of the other edges are probably socialization. Men will learn that just as much as women will start being socialized to be more of team player.
I see one big androgynous societal mass in the near future. I call it the David Bowie generation.
I like what CT said. I would love it if we someday become a big androgynous societal mass. Men with too much testosterone who walk around trying to be so tough and thinking that destruction and war is always the answer need to tone it down. And women with too much estrogen who flutter around waiting for men to do things for them and take care of them need to get a backbone. Let’s meet in the middle. Androgynous all the way! :)
I’m on a mission to change this. Watch me! I’ve already started in Minneapolis, I’ve attracted a dozen or so women who want to do the same. It’s been two months since I started.
We get together and just ask, “How can I support you?”
Our friend likes to say we’re proving Morrissey wrong. (song: http://bit.ly/bsIBh4)
Happy you wrote about it.
Risky post. Way to go!
Well gosh – this is indeed a deep subject. As a psychology major and a living breathing human being, I have learned that women and men’s brains are different in SOME ways. Women are better at multitasking, forging relationships and men excel in math & science, however, women are closing that gap rapidly. I think the reason is that most of what makes us different is societal/environmental. If we are taught that we are not good at certain things then (1) We won’t be nurtured and challenged in those areas (2) We won’t believe ourselves to be capable.
I believe (and it is being proven now by SAT scores and on college campuses) That “girls” are completely capable of being mathematical and scientific in their thinking. Equally, I believe men are just as capable of being nurturing and less singularly focused.
The problem is society as a whole needs to EXPECT and ALLOW people to be diverse and individualistic in what they are and are not good at. Stereotypes do not serve us well. I am sure that there are probably some minor gender differences but nothing so profound that it should be seen as a negative. Human beings should all strive to recognize their strengths and work on their weaknesses so that we can eventually become BALANCED and WHOLE individuals:)
The grasp that old white men have on power is indeed tenuous.
– Barack.
(ok, I wrote that but it sounded better coming from him)
Seriously I could not agree more, in fact I think this all of the time when I meet different professional women. Us guys don’t stand much of a chance. sigh.
I would posit that women are becoming more and more supportive of each other as they see the benefit of networking and support that men have developed for years. Women may cut each other down, which is changing, but I’ve also seen many men stomp on, back stab and place foot on head to get above another man on the corporate ladder. Luckily there are many great mentors, both men and women, who do good. Hopefully that attitude will prevail.
I must say I believe there should be a balance. Men and women should work in teams as they do in good relationships. I think we are made for it. We help each other stay grounded and complete each other on many levels. As long as there is good communication ;)
Balance is the secret to life isn’t it!?
i have seen the dynamics of a lot of different organisations through work, clients associates etc.. and not having a balanced ratio of females and males really has a negative effect..
Two stick out to me – one org had mostly woman. There was a rather copious amount of bitching and nittpicking going on. It made processes dysfunctional and emotions were brought into logical decision making. Second, too many males in this iconic nz company. It was like having stale testosterone as an imprint to the entire companies philosophy – and it wasnt lynx. There was a v high female staff turnover. Company quite quickly became dated and with little new innovations having prev been market leaders. They were also creamed by the old boy advertising agencies who were clunky and not so innovative themselves! There competitors thrived of course…
Everywhere ive been the most successful groups of people have an equalish ratio – back to hunter gatherer days :)
Yes yes yes! Its true, girl power is on the rise, we are praising eachother more and more, there are so many woman power songs aswell…we gona run this earth!
Also, companies during the recession owned by women suffered SIGNIFICANTLY LESS..we are just more capable!
Men only want sex, theyre not capable of anything else #fact
Even our bodies are capable of so much more. Men are easily controlled. Eg strip tease artists – they pay money just to LOOK at us. Money – people have KILLED for money. Women are STRONGER and MORE POWERFUL mentally than men.
STRONG WOMEN STAND UP NOW
Liking this, Julien, and I would have to agree. A spirit of collaboration vs. competition, a team attitude, stopping gossip + back-biting would put women in the lead, or at least, equal, in their power to have greater influence than we currently have. And, as someone who came from the big city, and now lives rural, there is also a difference (in my experience) between rural and city relationships between women to women.
Please…
Women are never going to take over the world…because guess what? Jesus is, and He wont allow it. :)
Sasha does have a point with the strip club thing. I personally do not go to these, and I generally turn down offers to go to these joints with other men as well.
I generally hate watching sports on tv, but if I’m watching it live in the stadium, it’s a different thing.
Though I do have to disagree with sasha that men are only capable of sex. Ever heard of Mozart and Micheal Jackson? Has a woman even come close to matching these two geniuses? Beyonce and Lady Gaga doesn’t count. They are popular now, but will be largely forgotten within twenty years.
Also if technology can make men obsolete, it can also make women just as obsolete. Imagine a society where men don’t even have normal sexual relations they use an AI woman who is far better in expectations than real women are.
This rampant sexism by both sides needs to stop. We come from one planet, and we are one people. The humans.
Lets learn, share, teach, care, and work together.
I mean, Less is More, Keep it Simple, Share the love and we will have ‘Everything’