A quote and my thoughts

An interesting follow up to the last post is an interesting quote I heard:

“The man is the head of the family, but the woman is the neck and can turn the head at will”
I really like this quote!

I had an argument awhile ago about if women were in charge that the world would be a better place. I think that is BS, the feminists will come after me for this but hear me out. I think men should remain the leaders, but only if they have a strong wife and even better a family. Most of the great mad men had no strong female support (Hitler, Pol Pot, Stalin). Imagine a world where Pol Pot’s wife gave him a stern look when he announced his plans for mass murder at the dinner table, then berated him till he changed his mind, and suggested nice re-education camps.
The balance of the forces is best, since occasionally war mongering and aggression is necessary (let’s face it that is what men are best at) so in those times a man is necessary, but most of the time the woman will prevail and restraint will win the day. My case for why it can’t work the other way is that women have their extremes too, but men are less efficient at controlling women, so the converse, of a strong husband just doesn’t work. It is a gender culture issue, plain and simple, eons of time have taught women to control men, but not the other way around.
Oh sure some women crave and deserve power of their own, but short of massive changes to our system they will always face nearly insurmountable obstacles. The crafty women find a man, helps get him into power, and then wields that power (and more) from the safety of the “innocent woman” defense.
I use to think that being a secretary was demeaning, ‘cause if I had to do it I would be miserable. However, it is the same thing, a woman who actually exercises the power of her boss. She has by proxy the power of his position, plus control over what he sees and hears, and the force of her own authority. I am not talking about the “pretty young thing” who does her boss ‘cause she is drunk on his power, I am talking about the woman wants the power for herself, you know the ones. While she has a smaller desk, she is given great power to run the “empire’s” day to day affairs, all while keeping the mantle of safety tightly over her, but since no one dare challenge her, it is largely unnecessary.
If you stop and think most traditionally female jobs, and think that. Nurses and teachers, exercise the authority of a traditionally male job (doctor, principal).
Perhaps I am a practical feminist but women wield a huge amount of power already but are often shielded from the consequences. So, just because every little girl in America can’t go up to be president she can be first lady or an aide. Which technically means that there are more women in power than men, so think about that for a bit.

A side note on sexuality, men and power:
Just remember the path to achieving true lasting power via a man (if you aren't married to him) shouldn't involve sleeping with him, sure you get his attention but it weakens your position in all ways, and is grounds for both or most likely you to be gotten rid of. If you are married the “powerful man”, don't use sex as a weapon, it is just a bad call. Remember men respond better to positive enforcement than negative. I think I need not finish the thought... However, if your man is in power remember there are lots of other women who are interested in his power and are willing to do “very interesting things” to gain short term power (see above). So, plan accordingly and think long term. I don’t mean to diminish the role of love in marriage since I am not that cynical yet, but love is for when he is snuggled against you at night and you are warm and safe, during daylight you must be on guard. Remember, other women want power too, and are actively plotting against you. Seriously, think back to HS, what do you think those girls grew up into… Here is a hint the more sex a man gets at home, the less likely he is to even notice other women. For real, after puberty men have only a fixed libido, but if you can’t use it, it accumulates and sooner or later builds to the point we can’t help it, since it controls us…. and we want to cheat or go to Hooter’s. However, if its not in control most men are so oblivious that short of a woman jumping us, we don’t notice the “signals”. How to best keep us from the Hooter’s-stage is a different topic for another day.

New side note:
Men are use to taking orders, but you have to know how to give them. Nag or annoy us and we are also very resistant. Speaking of taking orders (it will be clear in a minute). Men are very willing to kill or die for their family, and when it is necessary march off in droves to do so. Nationalism is important but in the end each man does it for a woman of some kind, wife/girlfriend are the obvious but sister/mom are the others. He goes on a one way trip knowing that they will be safe for his sacrifice and that his family will carry on to the next generation. When little girls are learning whatever they learn or playing house, little boy’s learn the basic skills to survive and gain the will to make this sacrifice if they are called to. I am not sure that women understand want it means to be willing to kill or die for their family but it is way all this works. Men bond to women, and let women control them (yes, I said let, we are slow but not unaware), we need women to balance us. The point of this is that we (men) know about the shadowy world women live in, and since we can’t go there we send our women into it armed with the power to see the common will done.

End side notes, and I now return you to the regular rambling

I am not saying there isn’t discrimination (in fact I mentioned it earlier) and that we don’t have a lot of work to do, (men are as a group total sleaze and I am often shocked by some of the crap my gender does) but a lot of women content with “safe/demur” power. Women have made huge strides in America to achieve “visual equality” but from where I stand real equality would cost women massive amounts of status in the shadowy realm of the exercise of power. If I am right women who want to play with the “boys” will always face resistance from the “boys”, and from the female establishment as well. So, to all little girls (and women) out there who feel opportunity has past them by I say don’t feel cheated, playing with the boys isn’t as great as you think, go make Machiavelli proud. PS his wife was named Marietta, and if you look, he really didn’t do anything of note till after he married her. Hmmmm.

I have some what watered down my message, but I think that women will still understand. However, men will miss the message and remain blissfully unaware…