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If women ruled the world, black-men will be kings.
You see, women from ALL cultures LOVE black-men to
death, and this is what caused the intense jealousy
that gave birth to what we today know as RACISISM.
Black-men young and old are demonized and victimized
so that they will not live to their full potential for
precisely this very reason.
If you have a knack for reading people, it is easy to
notice how a clean-cut, sober, dignified and
good-looking black-male can arouse so much jealousy in
other males.
Drugs and alcohol were injected in black communities
to destroy lives by giving rise to criminal activity,
prostitution and the resulting hopelessness so
prevalent among many inner city black males.
If women ruled the world, black-men will have ALL the
fun.
If women ruled the world, the old familiar proverb
will read like this; "Behind every great woman there
is a black-male".




--- Richard Yarl <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> Friends, on the other hand, why not?  Lots of logic
> and critical reasoning to make this world a peaceful
> and better place to live.  This is how I see it.
>
> Cheers!
>
> Richard
>
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>
> If women ruled the world
>
> BBC World Service's Africa Live! programme is
> examining the issue
> of women in power on the subcontinent. Here, Nana
> Oye Lithur of
> the International Federation of Women Lawyers in
> Ghana gives her
> view.  Yes, the world would definitely be a better
> place if women
> ruled it.
>
> Nowhere in the world, is women's involvement in the
> political
> process proportionate to the 50% of the population
> they
> approximately represent
>
> Yaa Asantewaa of the Asante Kingdom of Ghana is a
> classic
> historical example of a female leader who reaffirmed
> loyalty to
> the Golden Stool, the symbol of the Asante
> nationhood.
>
> In the face of despair, when all the male leaders
> had given up,
> she restored hope, and marshalled the Asantes to
> fight the British
> to preserve the Golden Stool, the sovereignty of the
> Asantes.
>
> Her leadership was critical, she restored and
> rekindled their
> determination to assert and fight for their
> independence against
> all odds. There would be fewer conflicts if women
> ruled the world.
>
> Political life is organized according to male norms
> and values
> that promote confrontation, competitiveness, and is
> adversarial.
>
> These masculine norms facilitate conflict.
>
> In their dealings, women adopt mechanisms that
> facilitate peace;
> these are mediation, conciliation, collaboration and
> consensus
> building.
>
> Governance by women according to a feminist model of
> politics that
> applies mediation, conciliation, collaboration and
> consensus
> building mechanisms in governance would foster
> peace.
>
> Social issues
>
> Women leaders would address the issue of patriarchy,
> cultural and
> traditional values and broaden the scope of politics
> to include
> issues like land ownership, inheritance rights,
> reproductive
> rights, and social services.
>
> Women would ensure that these issues become
> political issues
> instead of social issues. They would ensure
> equitable
> representation.
>
>
> Most Africans believe that a woman's role on earth
> is to assist a
> man and not to lead
>
> Chris Ajoku, Nigerian in USA
>
> Can women solve Africa's problems?
> Particularly in Africa, women leaders would ensure
> that socio-
> economic rights, including the right to health,
> education, social
> security, and a safe environment, are justifiable
> and guaranteed
> in national constitutions - instead of being hidden
> in the
> directive principles of state policy chapter of
> national
> constitutions, a practice that has been adopted by
> some African
> countries.
>
> As directive principles of state policies they act
> as guides for
> states, and are not legally enforceable.
>
> With women leaders, there would be an emergence of
> what I would
> term "humane governance".
>
> Democratic governance with a human face that would
> address more
> positively, critical concerns of the governed:
>
> Provision of social services;
> Safe drinking water;
> Employment;
> Food;
> Healthcare;
> Childcare
> Land
> The most critical issue is that women would not be
> better leaders
> if they have to apply the prevailing patriarchal,
> male political
> structures to govern.
>
> The application of these structures in governing has
> ensured that,
> though women have been guaranteed political rights
> in over 95% of
> all countries in the world, nowhere in the world, is
> women's
> involvement in the political process proportionate
> to the 50% of
> the population they approximately represent.
>
> As far as I am concerned, democracy that is gender
> blind and
> lopsided is no democracy.
>
>
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