Men support the empowerment of women because an imbalance of male power brought life on Earth to the brink and it's perfectly obvious the imbalance is self-correcting.

A referendum on governance conducted by agreement between women's and men's legislatures, courts and corporate committees re-balances power, a certainty with hardly anyone left who doesn't support equal rights between women and men

Oh is THAT what I think. Must write that down so I don't forget. What do I think about gay marriages?

"A referendum on governance"? Isn't governance a male idea?

whistfull..quote..<<..Men support..the empowerment of women..because an imbalance..of male-power HAS brought life on Earth to the brink>>

the only trouble being...the woman...we then chose..try to out man the men...[thus we get the thatcher type matriarchal types...that out testosterone..the men...and the men turn into..[as awartzneiger puts it...'girly girls'..

the real cure..is to change governance..away from the patriarchal model..that decree's instant/blind..*obediance..to ever more oppressive rule..

into a MOTHERLY matriarchal corerction...where govt becomes like a loving mother..not the disiplinarian father...seeing each gets a fair share...where the weakest mosdt innocent child[citisen]..is protected and given a fair share...not a shakeup

<<and it's perfectly obvious..the imbalance is self-correcting.>.
its perfectly obvious..the system is a patriarchy of domination..be it feminine yes men..or go get tough on em thatcher-rights..in femail masks..

but with male brains...male thinking...making war..dividing con-queering..stiffiling..[destroying..[making pieces]...in lue of seeking ways to make peace..seeking fairnes..equality..a fair deal for all

<<A referendum..on governance..conducted by agreement>>>FULL-STOP

a ref..<<between women's and men's legislatures>>.this dosnt egsist,

and wouldnt be any cure..if its only the girls out maning the men

stop taking testy-tosserterone...
let the motherly horemoans..do thier living loving nurture
do we not attract more flies with honey?

we need less standing urinating upon those smaller than the urinators
and more taking the seat...at a table of equals..comming to serve the people..

not bullies butting each other...head to head..
butt..to end the the boys-own club..of patriarchal similtude
know nuthin..do nuthin sheep..following the patriarchal/party-line

MATRiarchal-courts and matriarchal-corporate committees THAT seks to re-balance power,..that realises a fair share...a fair way...for all equally

creating..<a certainty..with hardly anyone left>.and barely any on the extreem right

<<who doesn't support equal>>-LY..<rights between women and men>>
duties between rich/poor...obligations between worker/em-ploy-er..the clear difference between service...and abuse

I have been fortunate that i grew up in a liberated house hold as a child. My mother was a liberationist. Not the bra burning type, the beat them at their own game type. My father required complete respect and equality between my brothers and sisters. He did this with leadership, the girls interests were treated with as much importance as ours and we were all expected to pull our weight equally around the home, and our say on family matters was held with equal importance. He did his share of the cooking and house work, no biggy, remember this was the seventies.
The down side has always been that i am somewhat blind to much of the prejudice that is in society. I never seem to expect it and am always caught off guard when it occurs. It seems so ridiculous to me and is usually caused by fear and ignorance. This goes both ways of course, i have found just as many women discriminatory toward men when they get the chance.
Don't think any great change in legislation is required rather it is time for men to have their great liberating adventure. We to can through off the shackles that hold us to the negative stereo type that we seem to be cast in. Mostly it is unjust as we as men are not like society seems to project and only appreciate the same levels of respect and consideration as anyone else.

one under god, that was a particularly sexist and ugly post.

The wording of much of your post highlights one of the problems. "Alpha" behaviors get labeled as male behaviors rather than alpha (or some other term which describes combative types with a desire to dominate others).

There may be some truth to relating the characteristics to genders but there are enough breaches and enough socialization involved that I think it does way more harm than good. I've never felt the need to stand urinating on those smaller than me and I don't seek the lack of desire to do so as a female characteristic.

People of both genders have good and bad in them, both genders can be corrupted by power, both can be impacted by the messages they are taught about how to be their gender (but not all).

What you have done is something similar to what I saw in a lot of the feminist literature I read when trying to answer vanna's challenge. You label aggressive uncooperative behaviors as male, the cooperative ones as female and go from there.

Rather it would be much more useful to identify the aggressive behaviors as aggressive behaviors and then think about how society rewards and reinforces those behaviors.

R0bert