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alpha0  ·  3333 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Yankee Doodle is a girl.

She is like the authors for comp. sci papers I read. "She" did this, "she" does that. They'll dig this up n years from now and think women were running this planet .. ;)





mk  ·  3333 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I'm not sure they aren't. That said, I think flipping the ratios in leadership would probably benefit us all.

alpha0  ·  3333 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Patterns of virtues and shortcomings merely changes. It is possible the shift would be timely, but we don't have the data. (Something must have necessitated the shift from matriarchy back in the day, right? Women were factually in charge for a long long time on this planet.)

mk  ·  3333 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    Women were factually in charge for a long long time on this planet.

Is that true? I've heard that matriarchal societies have existed, but I'm not aware that they were the dominant structure for a time.

alpha0  ·  3333 days ago  ·  link  ·  

They controlled sex and religion. Why do you think patriarchy's priests wear dresses? :) p.s. couldn't resist: