"If more women were in power, there would be no war."

AbysmalDescent · 2026-06-16T17:30:39+00:00

A big part of this problem is that many women are under this disillusion that women are inherently kinder, altruistic and fairer than men, when that just isn't the case. A big part of this is also because most women tend to be viewed with rose colored glasses(women are wonderful effect) and that women effectively live a privileged and sheltered lifestyle that is only really possible because men provide it for them.

Not only do they neglect the fact that most of the men who commit horrible things often do so for the benefit of women but often with their support, but they also neglect the fact that if men weren't there to take on the brunt of life's many pressures and adversities, they would also have to take on most of those masculine roles and responsibilities, which means also adopting a lot of the same traits that they fault or resent men for.

They will make arguments like "women commit less violence than men, therefor if women were in charge then there would never be any war", but the reality is that women can generally be less violent because they can just get men to commit violence on their behalf. That's not even getting into many other issues in how violence from women can be interpreted, treated, reported and recorded as well. There is a massive bias in the way violence from women is viewed, on a systematic level, which is then used as proof that women are inherently less violent when that isn't the case.

etymoticears · 2026-06-16T16:28:37+00:00

This is just such bullshit anyway. Women are not kinder than men, they just do conflict in a different way. Women are more likely to gang up and bully and attack reputationaly. They can be absolutely savage. Just look at a website like Tattle Life. Mostly middle aged women, and one of the most unkind places on the internet. I also note that people who make this argument forget about women like Condoleeza Rice, Margaret Thatcher and Aung San Suu Kyi who oversaw an ethnic cleansing. How many female Israelis are rabid Zionists?

Roam1985 · 2026-06-16T17:26:47+00:00

It's not accurate.

As long as power is reserved for the ambitious: power will be reserved for those who wish to abuse power. Be they man or woman.

If you want rulers that don't believe subjects are beneath them, you need people that don't seek to rule people beneath them.

singalsbylandy · 2026-06-16T16:05:51+00:00

It maybe would be, until a bear attack. Imagine that - the blessing of being "frightened" by a bear, instead of a man.

So, here we are, the death and expense of men of millennia provide us this society that we now have the privilege of hating.

I hope you are doing well friend, and hope you know that you are valued.

I've been writing extensively on this dark period for "ordinary men" and just wanted tor each out and say, I hear you - I see you, and am hoping for you.

AdOtherwise3824 · 2026-06-16T16:45:33+00:00

I send hugs man. It's hard. I can't honestly say "they are rare" or "it doesn't matter that much" because they are common and it does matter. What I can say is this. Those people suck. They are horrible. And while they will probably get all sorts of rewards for it, they also are trashy and live a life you do not want. It's good to still try and be good and right, even when others are trash.

Deleted_-420_points · 2026-06-16T17:26:45+00:00

You should look into the stats on women gaining power followed by more war. Congress needed the women's vote to declare war and use the draft to force plenty of male US citizens to die in Vietnam. After all of the feminist activism, we still have a male only draft system called the Selective Service.

Search for the statistics on queens going to war more often and longer then kings from history. Also search for the history of voting and the draft.

True equality would be no draft at all.

Nobleone11 · 2026-06-16T18:43:14+00:00

Thank you all for the support. I'm starting to come out of this moment a bit.

But still, honestly...is there truly a place for me in this era?

ChimpPimp20 · 2026-06-16T19:33:21+00:00

Show them this next time.

ChuckDanger-PI · 2026-06-17T14:41:56+00:00

To the extent this can be tested, history says the opposite is true. At least in Europe, queens were 27% more likely to go to war than kings. No doubt some would argue this is still men's fault, that they see a weak monarch and attack or that queen needs to prove she is tough as any man and so goes to war, but if that's your argument, the conditions are the same today. No reason to think that having a female leader would not lead to war still.

https://qz.com/967895/throughout-history-women-rulers-were-more-likely-to-wage-war-than-men

Carbo-Raider · 2026-06-17T01:52:49+00:00

I'm not surprised by that because... That line is not new. I'm 58 and have been hearing that exact rhetoric my whole life. No surprise that people would still think that way because we've all been brainwashed to think women are somehow angels and don't have what's considered human shortcomings (when it's just natural to have conflict). Speaking of conflict, how many sisters get along perfectly with each other?

This line also shows a big lack of understanding of why wars happen. No one wants war. If people really believed women were the solution, we'd vote in all women. But even women don't.

purpleblossom · 2026-06-17T07:10:03+00:00

What bothers me most about this is that historically when a ruler is a woman, she often committed more violence than men, and I don't think it can always be claimed to have anything to do with "she had to prove to men she could rule" when men were also constantly trying to overthrow one another. That's just been the nature of being a ruler, someone else wanted the crown, and gender had nothing to do with it.

Grand-Feeling-9301 · 2026-06-17T14:02:36+00:00

This always makes me roll my eyes out of my head.

It's just a beyond stupid platitude on the face of it. For one, it ignores well known history of war, lol.

But in a more modern context...are female politicians not beholden to the same interests and pressures as male politicians? Did they not come up through the same system?

Gender has no basis in politiking. Idealogy does.

Jason-Skywalker · 2026-06-17T19:27:58+00:00

It angers me, but it's also very revealing. The fact that anyone on this planet still believes in this fairytale is literal proof that the Women Are Wonderful Effect is real. Like unicorns and Santa, it is entirely without evidence and so it can be dismissed without evidence.

I watched a documentary on female Nazis not that long ago, and toward the end, it talked about the Nuremberg Trials and how these women were treated. They were given lighter sentances (no surprise there) and many of the the prosecuters had the same or similar excuse, that something (usually a man) had tainted their "feminine innocence".

That should tell you everything. Even when women have proven that they are just as capable of good and evil as any man, it is still filtered through a rose-tinted lens. That's how imbeciles can say that a female-led world would be a peaceful utopia.

skllyskullstyle · 2026-06-17T04:51:08+00:00

If there really was a patriarchy, or ever was one, we wouldn't have female monarchs or there would be MRAs and manosphere everywhere.

AriochBloodbane · 2026-06-17T18:43:53+00:00

Any feminist wanna say something about how the most brutal and ferocious Nazi death camp overseers were women?

Or how domestic violence rates of lesbian couples are much higher than for straight couples?

Or how women commit the vast majority of infanticides?

Or what about the ratio of kind vs cruel queens being much worse than for kings?

Where is this ridiculous idea that women are nicer than men coming from? 🤷‍♂️

Elfinlocksable · 2026-06-20T05:05:41+00:00

The worst psychological trauma / horror of my life came from a woman deciding she didn’t like me enough and to have her coterie harass me out of a department several jobs ago.

Just because the conflict isn’t easily provable doesn’t mean it isn’t there.

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Qer_7854 · 2026-06-21T05:17:28+00:00

I don't recall seeing women giving white feathers to soldiers tho

Resident_Step_191 · 2026-06-16T16:48:41+00:00

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