n557 asked:
Q. Are there inherent, that is, genetic differences between men and women that would indicate men are unable to lead? Or is it because men are the dominant sex?

A. No.
The fact that men started all the thousands of wars during the last 5,000 years and the US Bureau of Justice Statistics data that men commit 92% of all violent crime- that indicates that most men are unfit to rule.

However, this is not a genetic biological fault. It is the artificial social mandate of "manhood" (patriarchy) that is just as artificial as women being told to be submissive to men.
Most men have been brainwashed to believe in "manhood" This is why they are unfit to lead.

Since some men are kind and non patriarchal, and some women are total psychos such as Margaret Thatcher etc, proves male violence and female submissiveness is a learned behavior.

In ancient Crete, men enjoyed and preserved **1500 years** of peace. It is NOT normal for zillions of men to walk in unison (march) and allow other men to dress them all alike like barbie dolls with accessories (guns and bombs)!
It is NOT natural for men to be so obedient that they kill other men they dont even know just because some dysfunctional knuckle-drager tells them to (I was just obeying orders etc Baaaa! Baaaaa!)

There is no dominant sex.
The only reason men run the world (are primitively "dominant" ) is because they gang up on the weak, (like the cowards they are) and rape and kill them.

Here is some information to answer the endless "What about Margaret Thatcher" question I have heard a few thousand times from the Gift Economy web site.

Q: Men have a feminine side; women have a masculine side. What we need is
balance.

A: I believe that the female is the norm. That is, all human beings are
maternal, and the most important human processes such as communication, are based
on directly satisfying needs like mothers do. That is, on gift giving.
Patriarchal masculinity, the characteristics of which are domination and not-giving,
is a social pattern that is invented in opposition to mothering as the basis of
an artificial non maternal male identity, which is due to socialization
according to a mistaken social interpretation of biological differences. “Balance”
is over valued as a concept because of the market emphasis on equating
values. What we need to do is not to balance male and female but to dismantle
patriarchy entirely and propose a gift giving identity for all, and an economy that
fits that identity.

Q: Some men are very gift giving and compassionate while some women are
cruel, stingy and want to dominate.

A: We live in a Patriarchal Capitalist system, which functions according to
the values of self interest, accumulation and domination. It brainwashes both
women and men, broadcasting its values to the whole society. Thus women can
embrace the Patriarchal Capitalist values while it is also possible that some men
do not, and that they remain more in touch with the maternal economy. The
institutions in which we participate have deep patriarchal patterns however.



As for women needing protection-who do we need protecton from? MEN!
Cops and armies are male protection rackets to supply jobs for men who would be out of work if most men werent violent jerks.