I'd like to propose that a better system of democracy than the one we have now would comprise both a men and a women's legislature, which would be presided over by elders. There would also be courts of women's and men's jurisdiction. Comments?

That doesn't seem like a good idea to me, hard to say why though, beyond the fact that democracy was meant to be inclusive, not divisive. Where would you draw the lines? Would you then not be open to other groups demanding separate courts and legislatures? Where would the gay community fit? I can just imagine the laws and decisions a little "queen" would suffer under in a system like that! In a clash of intent, who would win? How would you pick the "Elders"? How would appeals work, against a decision of the Elders? I could see a gradual process of antagonism developing under such a system too, between the two genders, hardly conducive to overall happiness. Just my opinion.

absent!

Dear whistler,

I don't know how relevant this website
will be to what you have in mind, but
I came across it while scrawling the web:

http://2mf.net/archive3.htm

It looked interesting.

Hasn't this topic been done to death already?

Yes, pelican. Been there, done that.

http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?discussion=2522

I'm surprised OLO's giving him another run at it so soon.

Yawn.