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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Matriarchal societies are best for everyone. When men have power and are put in charge of money, they tend to spend it on themselves for things like alcohol, drugs, gambling and prostitutes. Women tend to reinvest in the family which benefits society as a whole.

Just watched Katie Couric as she moderates a panel at the World Economic Forum in Davos. The discussion, "Ending Poverty through Parity," focuses on how to invest in women and girls around the world.

http://news.yahoo.com/video/world-economic-forum-2015-katie-230000556.html

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Serious question. If matriarchal societies are best, then why aren't most societies matriarchal? Shouldn't there be an evolutionary / survival of the fittest angle here that fits?[/quote]

Probably because jobs used to require physical ability. But with technology, we are shifting to an information based society and leaving much of the physical labor to machinery or low skilled workers. Men were able to use their physical ability to accumulate resources, gain power and structure society in ways to benefit themselves. So it is the legacy of the origins of humans that keeps men in charge. It will take enormous societal and cultural change for women to gain equality despite acquiring the necessary skills to compete in an information based society.[/quote]

Disagree.  It wont take enormous societal and cultural changes.  The world is already shifting in that direction, the wage gap is expected to reverse.  Men who's jobs are based around manual labor are experiencing incredibly high levels of unemployment.  Compare this to computer based jobs and you have a clear winner in terms of usefulness to modern society. [/quote]

Maybe in first world countries with a high standard of living. Women and girls in third world countries still face inequality and violence every day. The Taliban have killed girls just for going to school. Gang rape in India is common. They don't have basic human rights because they are female. Their societies and culture keeps women in invisible chains. And the poor make up the highest percentage of the world's population. If the majority of girls and women do not have basic human rights or equality, how will we ever get to becoming matriarchal societies?[/quote]

True.  Hopefully, as first world societies become more matriarchal, we will have women in positions of power who are eager to look out for the interests of women in poorer the nations.  The horror suffered by women in the third world is truly unimaginable, and an example of exactly what can happen when a society is completely patriarchal and concerned mainly with the male interest.  The faster these changes can happen, the better, though of course it is a long road.[/quote]

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