So, let's throw a little gas on the new year fire and go for an interesting question right off the bat. That question;
What if women instead of men were the ones who, throughout human history, had been the ones to have the pressure to compete and and prove themselves instead men? What would have become of humanity, even today?
Background for Topic
In real life human males, even in cultures or societies that discourage it, are known to be far more aggressive, competitive and goal/purpose orientated that human females - that is human males spend significantly more time and effort in the pursuit of proving themselves better than other males, seeking prestige of some kind, etc.
One of the more common theories behind why this is (and one some of you are probably familiar with) is that because throughout human history (from the time we could reasonably be defined as a "human species") the availability of breeding males has ALWAYS been significantly higher than the availability of breeding females, and the females capable of breeding are not mathematically able to handle all of the available males.
("Breeding" male/female in this case means a male/female that is healthy, of age and capable of having children - before any societal restrictions are imposed, which would further narrow the pool of candidates).
Because of this limit, males, in order to fulfill the basic biological urge to reproduce, have to compete with every other male at basically times to secure a suitable mate.
So what if we reversed that? What if females instead had to be the ones competing; for a basic reference, let's say that there are simply not enough males to go around (IE: Population skewed say that humanity becomes 65% female, 35% male etc.) or that a plurality of males cannot breed for some reason - thus making the remaining males or the ones that can breed something women have to compete over.
How does humanity change? Does it change?
Is everything the same, just more pink?
EDIT: TO clarify, I'm talking about if had been this way since "humans" could reasonably be defined as a species, not if it just started today.
What if women instead of men were the ones who, throughout human history, had been the ones to have the pressure to compete and and prove themselves instead men? What would have become of humanity, even today?
Background for Topic
In real life human males, even in cultures or societies that discourage it, are known to be far more aggressive, competitive and goal/purpose orientated that human females - that is human males spend significantly more time and effort in the pursuit of proving themselves better than other males, seeking prestige of some kind, etc.
One of the more common theories behind why this is (and one some of you are probably familiar with) is that because throughout human history (from the time we could reasonably be defined as a "human species") the availability of breeding males has ALWAYS been significantly higher than the availability of breeding females, and the females capable of breeding are not mathematically able to handle all of the available males.
("Breeding" male/female in this case means a male/female that is healthy, of age and capable of having children - before any societal restrictions are imposed, which would further narrow the pool of candidates).
Because of this limit, males, in order to fulfill the basic biological urge to reproduce, have to compete with every other male at basically times to secure a suitable mate.
So what if we reversed that? What if females instead had to be the ones competing; for a basic reference, let's say that there are simply not enough males to go around (IE: Population skewed say that humanity becomes 65% female, 35% male etc.) or that a plurality of males cannot breed for some reason - thus making the remaining males or the ones that can breed something women have to compete over.
How does humanity change? Does it change?
Is everything the same, just more pink?
EDIT: TO clarify, I'm talking about if had been this way since "humans" could reasonably be defined as a species, not if it just started today.
