# It's a woman's world **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 27, 2014, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-womans-world/679849 "2014-01-27T15:36:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2014, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-womans-world/679849/1 "2014-01-27T15:36:31Z")
For some unknown reason all human males die out over a short period of time(say, two years), and there is no way to bring them back. Will cloning(or any other method of re-creation) be perfected before humans die out? How will society change? How will religion change? ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2014, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-womans-world/679849/2 "2014-01-27T15:52:27Z")
Can we males escape the die-off by getting gender reassignment surgery real quick? I wouldn’t mind living on a planet where there were all women and no men, and would cheerfully become a woman as the price of admission. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2014, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-womans-world/679849/3 "2014-01-27T15:53:36Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > Can we males escape the die-off by getting gender reassignment surgery real quick? I wouldn’t mind living on a planet where there were all women and no men, and would cheerfully become a woman as the price of admission. Nope. You’re doomed. ---
**Author:** ![Mrs.Cake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/2acd7d/32.png) [@Mrs.Cake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mrs.Cake)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2014, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-womans-world/679849/4 "2014-01-27T15:58:39Z")
Frozen sperm will buy the species a lot of time with which to work out cloning or some other reproductive method. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2014, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-womans-world/679849/5 "2014-01-27T16:02:18Z")
This was the premise of Phylip Wylie’s novel _The Disappearance_. George Pal was preparing to make a movie version of it, but died before he could. Some storyboards were published in _Cinefantastique_. (It tuirns out that both men an women survived, but in separated worlds) ---
**Author:** ![Fubaya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@Fubaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fubaya)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2014, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-womans-world/679849/6 "2014-01-27T16:14:32Z")
Without men to keep them in check, shower bugs would take over the planet. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2014, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-womans-world/679849/7 "2014-01-27T16:20:48Z")
What happens in those countries where women are oppressed from birth through religious/societal indoctrination? Will they resent outsiders who attempt to enter their countries to help them? ---
**Author:** ![LavenderBlue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e95f7d/32.png) [@LavenderBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LavenderBlue)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2014, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-womans-world/679849/8 "2014-01-27T16:22:28Z")
Companies that make stepladders would do very good business. ---
**Author:** ![Merneith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@Merneith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merneith)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2014, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-womans-world/679849/9 "2014-01-27T16:35:14Z")
I’m pretty sure Step One is we all start wearing shorty togas … ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2014, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-womans-world/679849/10 "2014-01-27T16:52:26Z")
First, you need a monkey. Then a worldwide wanderjahr. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2014, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-womans-world/679849/11 "2014-01-27T17:14:08Z")
Think of all those pickle jars that will never be opened. ---
**Author:** ![Vita\_Beata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a9a28c/32.png) [@Vita\_Beata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vita_Beata)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2014, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-womans-world/679849/12 "2014-01-27T17:30:17Z")
> [@Merneith](#): > > I’m pretty sure Step One is we all start wearing shorty togas … Bwahaha! Monetary systems automatically convert to shoes and purses. ---
**Author:** ![ZenBeam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/3ab097/32.png) [@ZenBeam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZenBeam)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2014, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-womans-world/679849/13 "2014-01-27T17:52:40Z")
What about treating female fetuses in-utero with hormones to make them develop as males? ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2014, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-womans-world/679849/14 "2014-01-27T17:55:17Z")
Do all the men continue to die out, even the ones born from sperm banks and frozen embryos, leaving women alone forever, or are you thinking this is a one time deal and if humanity could survive it would eventually revert back to a 50/50 mix? ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2014, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-womans-world/679849/15 "2014-01-27T17:56:03Z")
Barbarism, in a heartbeat. Too much infrastructure is dependent on men and it’s highly unlikely that two years is enough for women to pick up the slack, even if it’s clear from the outset that two years is all they have to prepare. The oil stops being pumped and shipped, the roads aren’t being mended, the electricity goes out, the food is not making it to the shops or even the warehouses, the sewage isn’t being treated… where do we stop, really? Religious intolerance is the least of the survivors’ worries. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![chrisk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@chrisk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chrisk)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2014, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-womans-world/679849/16 "2014-01-27T17:59:56Z")
> [@ZenBeam](#): > > What about treating female fetuses in-utero with hormones to make them develop as males? Interesting question. Would those so treated actually be able to generate viable sperm? (Presumably it would all be XX sperm, if so.) ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2014, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-womans-world/679849/17 "2014-01-27T18:01:14Z")
> [@ZenBeam](#): > > What about treating female fetuses in-utero with hormones to make them develop as males? Won’t work. Males are gone and can’t be brought back. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2014, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-womans-world/679849/18 "2014-01-27T18:02:42Z")
> [@kunilou](#): > > Do all the men continue to die out, even the ones born from sperm banks and frozen embryos, leaving women alone forever, or are you thinking this is a one time deal and if humanity could survive it would eventually revert back to a 50/50 mix? Males are gone and can’t be brought back. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2014, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-womans-world/679849/19 "2014-01-27T18:17:48Z")
OK, if males are gone and can’t be brought back, **Mrs. Cake** has the first step. > [@Mrs.Cake](#): > > Frozen sperm will buy the species a lot of time with which to work out cloning or some other reproductive method. First, all men have to whack off for the good of humanity. There will be a great drive. Signs and slogans. Think of the children! Then it’s either shifting females to produce sperm, as\*\* ZenBeam \*\*suggested, finding a way to combine eggs to produce zygotes, or lab growing organisms that produce human sperm. (No, not dicks in jars. More like [organoids](https://www.sciencemag.org/content/342/6165/1436.2.summary).) Because cloning has its limits. And I really hope that we’d be working on how to stop whatever’s killing off the men. Yes, Plan B to save the species, but with so many dying friends and relatives, the money’s going to be going into looking for a cure. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2014, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-womans-world/679849/20 "2014-01-27T18:18:55Z")
Since all human males are gone and can’t be brought back the women will kajigger a way to make chimpanzee sperm viable with human female eggs and make monkeymen. After several generations of successfull breeding Earth will become the Planet of the Apes. The monkey-people will remake the world into their new image and there will finally be a chimpanzee Abraham Lincoln statue at the Lincoln Memorial. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-womans-world/679849.md?page=2)