# If Women Ruled The World.......... **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 30, 2003, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-women-ruled-the-world/191938 "2003-07-30T17:14:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Isabelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b5a626/32.png) [@Isabelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isabelle)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2003, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-women-ruled-the-world/191938/1 "2003-07-30T17:14:29Z")
If women ruled the world, what would be different? ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2003, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-women-ruled-the-world/191938/2 "2003-07-30T17:18:31Z")
Women’s dry cleaning would cost the same as men’s… ---
**Author:** ![Isabelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b5a626/32.png) [@Isabelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isabelle)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2003, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-women-ruled-the-world/191938/3 "2003-07-30T17:27:02Z")
Women’s haircuts would cost the same as mens. Toilet seats would be chained down ---
**Author:** ![BlackKnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/eb8c5e/32.png) [@BlackKnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlackKnight)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2003, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-women-ruled-the-world/191938/4 "2003-07-30T17:29:44Z")
_IF_? ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2003, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-women-ruled-the-world/191938/5 "2003-07-30T19:11:45Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Isabelle \* > \*\*Toilet seats would be chained down \*\* I don’t remember where I read this but I always liked it: _Toilet Seats 101: Women…you too can put toilet seats down. Potential energy is on your side._ I seriously doubt anything would be much different in the global perspective. Women can be every bit as greedy, evil and underhanded as men so you’d still see wars and such. ---
**Author:** ![kasuo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8c91f0/32.png) [@kasuo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kasuo)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2003, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-women-ruled-the-world/191938/6 "2003-07-30T19:21:13Z")
There would be wars once a month. ::d&r:: ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2003, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-women-ruled-the-world/191938/7 "2003-07-30T19:42:21Z")
Is that where the Japanese got their flag? ---
**Author:** ![Zenham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a5b964/32.png) [@Zenham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zenham)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2003, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-women-ruled-the-world/191938/8 "2003-07-30T19:43:05Z")
Men would be easily ridiculed by threads like this, which assume they wield power simply because they have penises. And hey, leave the seat UP. Gravity’s on YOUR side to put it down, it’s only fair. Either that, or we’ll just start peeing with it down. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Rune](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e68b1a/32.png) [@Rune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rune)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2003, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-women-ruled-the-world/191938/9 "2003-07-30T20:45:54Z")
If women ruled the world, there would be peace. But we would all suffer through intense negotiations every 28 day :o ---
**Author:** ![Briny\_Deep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/briny_deep/32/17188_2.png) [@Briny\_Deep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Briny_Deep)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2003, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-women-ruled-the-world/191938/10 "2003-07-30T20:57:53Z")
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**Author:** ![HPL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3da27b/32.png) [@HPL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HPL)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2003, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-women-ruled-the-world/191938/11 "2003-07-30T22:10:35Z")
Instead of “Freedom”, “Liberation” or “protecting our interests” given as reasons for wars, the only reason for wars would be “If you don’t know, I’m certainly not going to tell you” And now, I’m going to get in my bomb shelter. ---
**Author:** ![Doomtrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@Doomtrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doomtrain)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2003, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-women-ruled-the-world/191938/12 "2003-07-30T22:21:32Z")
Alliances would take years to work out…“Ohmigod! Do I wanna ally with France? Their food is soooooooo good, but everyone over there is so bitchy! Or the UK! They have those sexy Scots, but EW! Those teeth have GOT to go!” ---
**Author:** ![moejuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@moejuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moejuck)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2003, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-women-ruled-the-world/191938/13 "2003-07-31T00:36:22Z")
I think they already do. But if they had absolute power they would: 1. Make sure all toilet paper rolled from top to bottom. 2. Legislate that men shave thier necks once a week. 3. Turn ABC, NBC, and CBS into Lifetime, Oxygen, and WE. 4. Not allow sports to be shown on TV 5. Castrate all men who beat their wives 6. Castrate all men who cheat on their wives 7. “Dispose” of all female models 8. Eliminate Jimmy Kimmel 9. Eliminate Hugh Heffner and Larry Flint 10. Make the cat “Man’s best friend”. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2003, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-women-ruled-the-world/191938/14 "2003-07-31T00:45:59Z")
Four words: The Ministry of Footwear. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2003, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-women-ruled-the-world/191938/15 "2003-07-31T01:34:00Z")
Same Structure, Female Players: No Spectacularly Meaningful Difference. Alt: the women get to devise the whole apparatus from scratch: One Half Millennium of Absolute Chaos,…assuming they survive that: One Half Millennium of Things Coming Together, and from then on out a functional nonpatriarchal (of course) anarchy displaying good efficiency and extraordinary levels of citizen satisfaction with the system as a whole. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2003, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-women-ruled-the-world/191938/16 "2003-07-31T01:43:54Z")
> [@](#): > > Instead of “Freedom”, “Liberation” or “protecting our interests” given as reasons for wars, the only reason for wars would be “If you don’t know, I’m certainly not going to tell you” > > And now, I’m going to get in my bomb shelter. It’s funnier than yet another “period = war” joke. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Soapbox\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Soapbox\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soapbox_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2003, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-women-ruled-the-world/191938/17 "2003-07-31T05:27:18Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Isabelle \* > \*\*If women ruled the world, what would be different? \*\* Read Dune, especially the last 2 books to get a feel of what it would be like if women ruled the _universe_. ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2003, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-women-ruled-the-world/191938/18 "2003-07-31T06:15:31Z")
Definitely no more friggin’ pantyhose or the idea of Superwoman! ---
**Author:** ![Vlad\_Dracul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/50afbb/32.png) [@Vlad\_Dracul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vlad_Dracul)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2003, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-women-ruled-the-world/191938/19 "2003-07-31T06:49:43Z")
My chances of finding a wealthy woman who would support me in a life of decadent luxury would GREATLY improve! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![flodnak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/838e76/32.png) [@flodnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flodnak)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2003, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-women-ruled-the-world/191938/20 "2003-07-31T07:23:34Z")
Comfortable, attractive shoes would be the norm, not the exception. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-women-ruled-the-world/191938.md?page=2)