Queens on attack

_Nces · 2015-11-14T02:18:22+00:00

The world would be a better place if women were in charge, many people say—or, at the very least, a place with fewer armed conflicts. Psychologist Steven Pinker said so, as did Francis Fukuyama in a 1998 article for Foreign Affairs. There's just one problem with those arguments: From the end of the 15th century to the start of the 20th, queens were more likely to start wars than their male counterparts.

And there you have it. Anyone who thinks women are more peaceful than men need only look at Hillary Clinton's record.

https://consortiumnews.com/2015/04/23/is-hillary-clinton-a-neocon-lite-2/

I would also note that Steven Pinker's work on war has been completely discredited by anthropologists and archeologists.

See:

http://www.academia.edu/3816994/Pinkers_List_Exaggerating_Prehistoric_War_Mortality

One can make an argument that war is not inevitable in human society. I certainly hope it isn't, because sooner or later we're gonna run out of luck and the nukes will fly. However replacing powerful men with powerful women is clearly not the solution.

rudelyinterrupts · 2015-11-14T04:38:15+00:00

Women are more willing to send men off to die. Anyone shocked?

kizzan · 2015-11-14T02:46:56+00:00

Yes women do commit less murders and violent crimes. That is because they realize they are weaker. But they often get men in their lives to do their bidding for them (thus skewing the numbers as that then counts as one less woman doing a violent crime and one more man in each case). The reason for this may or may not matter on a personal scale. However, knowing this makes it obvious that the statement that there would be fewer wars if women ruled the world is false.

rottingchrist · 2015-11-14T14:17:46+00:00

I've often said that it's easier to send someone off to die when you can't put yourself in their shoes. It's a matter of one's ability to empathize.

TheDude41 · 2015-11-15T08:54:37+00:00

Just because women are less likely to throw a punch doesn't mean they're less likely to launch a war.

Actually, women are more likely to throw a punch too.

Title	Queens on attack
Author	rbrockway
Upvotes	34
Comments	10
Date	November 14, 2015 1:55 AM UTC (10 years ago)
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