Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site sbcs.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!sbcs!debray From: debray@sbcs.UUCP Newsgroups: net.women Subject: Re: women as world leaders Message-ID: <417@sbcs.UUCP> Date: Mon, 18-Jul-83 16:09:35 EDT Article-I.D.: sbcs.417 Posted: Mon Jul 18 16:09:35 1983 Date-Received: Tue, 19-Jul-83 09:31:04 EDT References: <934@umcp-cs.UUCP> Organization: SUNY at Stony Brook Lines: 14 I'm not sure I agree with the thesis that the world would be a more peaceful place if women were world leaders. The view that women are less aggressive than men seems, to me, to be based on an essentially obsolete stereotype dating back to the days when the woman stayed at home and cooked while her man went out and conquered the world! True, many women, even today, are less aggressive than most men; however, the increasing number of aggressive women seems to indicate that that might very well be due to social factors, and not any inherent difference between the sexes. In which case, it would seem, little would be changed if all the world leaders were women. Saumya Debray SUNY at Stony Brook