If Women Ruled the World How to Create the World We Want to Live In
by Ellison, Sheila; Wilson, Marie C.Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2004-09-13
Publisher(s): New World Library
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Summary
How can we support work and family balance, improve our health-care system, and protect the environment? What could be different in our schools and communities? How can women everywhere stand up for compassion, peace, and equality? If Women Ruled the World shines the spotlight on women's opinions and ideas and suggests concrete calls-to-action, challenging women to be true participants in leading the world. With poignant personal essays from more than 150 women, this visionary book invites women to take on today's issues -- from the personal to the political -- and asks that we all rise to the occasion to create a world of grace and humanity. Book jacket.
Table of Contents
| Foreword | p. xv |
| Introduction | p. 1 |
| The Courage to Be Ourselves | p. 7 |
| Introduction: We Would Trust Ourselves | p. 9 |
| Peace Would Begin with Me | p. 11 |
| Self-Respect Classes Would Be Part of Our High School Curriculum | p. 14 |
| A Poem: Portrait of a Woman | p. 17 |
| We Would Celebrate Our Strengths and Not Focus on Our Weaknesses | p. 18 |
| We Wouldn't Give Our Power Away | p. 21 |
| We'd Learn to Disappoint Others | p. 24 |
| Ice Cream Would Be Considered the Sustenance of Life and Not a Guilty Pleasure | p. 26 |
| We Would Love Our Thighs | p. 29 |
| Labels Wouldn't Define the Woman | p. 31 |
| Everyone Would Explore Gender and Sexuality Freely | p. 33 |
| We Would Be Sexual Dynamos | p. 36 |
| The Title "Sexy" Would Take Some Years to Earn | p. 38 |
| Menopause Would Be Celebrated as a Gift | p. 40 |
| A Poem: Waiting | p. 41 |
| We'd Embrace the Feminine Face of Spirituality | p. 44 |
| A Poem: We'd Remember Women | p. 46 |
| The Insight to Build Family | p. 49 |
| Introduction: Equality and Compassion Start with Our Families | p. 51 |
| We'd Pick Our Partners Wisely | p. 53 |
| Families Would Be Based on Love and Commitment | p. 56 |
| The Lessons That Children Have to Teach Would Be Valued by All | p. 59 |
| "Time-Out" Would Apply to Grown-Ups, Too | p. 61 |
| We'd Create Family Within Our Communities | p. 63 |
| Women's Work Would Not Be Defined as Housework | p. 65 |
| We Would Set Our Own Expectations for Our Lives | p. 66 |
| We'd Have a Room of Our Own | p. 68 |
| We'd Speak the Truth Even in Difficult Situations | p. 71 |
| Our Relationships with Our Mothers-in-Law Would Be Easier | p. 73 |
| A Poem: Soccer Mom | p. 75 |
| We Would Cherish the Old as Well as the Young | p. 77 |
| Stay-at-Home Fathers Would Be Commonplace | p. 79 |
| We Would Be Role Models for Our Daughters | p. 81 |
| A Poem: Motherhood | p. 83 |
| We Wouldn't Question Our Parenting Choices All the Time | p. 84 |
| Equal Parenting Would Be the Norm Instead of the Exception | p. 87 |
| We Would Teach Our Children the Importance of Volunteering | p. 90 |
| Connecting in Our Communities | p. 93 |
| Introduction: The Power of Women with Purpose | p. 95 |
| We'd Take Time to "Clean House" in Our Selves, Our Homes, and Our Communities | p. 97 |
| We'd Support Tolerance and Acceptance of All People | p. 100 |
| We'd Communicate in a Relational Way | p. 102 |
| We'd Dialogue More and Argue Less | p. 104 |
| The Animosity Between Girls Would Disappear | p. 107 |
| Personal Space Would Be Respected | p. 109 |
| The Sexual Double Standard Would Disappear | p. 112 |
| We'd Fund Programs That Support Family | p. 114 |
| We'd Form a Society Based on Partnership | p. 118 |
| We'd Make More Time to Play | p. 121 |
| We'd Extend Care and Compassion to All Members of Our Community | p. 123 |
| Bullying in All Forms Would Be Unacceptable | p. 126 |
| The World Would Be Awash in Pink! | p. 129 |
| Having a Voice in the Business World | p. 131 |
| Introduction: We Would Hold the Door Open for Women to Follow | p. 133 |
| Our Voices Would Be Heard | p. 135 |
| We Would Use the Role of Chief Purchasing Officers of Our Households to Influence Politics and Policy | p. 138 |
| Stay-at-Home Parenting Would Be Counted as Paid Work (with Retirement Benefits!) | p. 140 |
| The Work Versus Family Trade-Off Wouldn't Exist | p. 144 |
| Being Happy Would Be a Career Goal | p. 147 |
| The Corporate Model Would Expand | p. 149 |
| We'd Create a Community of Support | p. 151 |
| Female Athletes Would Be Treated the Same as Male Athletes | p. 153 |
| We Would Celebrate Our Ability to Do Anything | p. 156 |
| We'd Have More Women Conductors | p. 158 |
| Businesses Would Focus on Employee Needs | p. 160 |
| We'd Compete to Cooperate, and Everybody Would Go Home in a Pink Cadillac | p. 162 |
| Business Would Be More Fun! | p. 165 |
| We Would Have a Safer World | p. 167 |
| We'd Value the Health of Our Children More Than Big Business | p. 170 |
| The Wisdom to Seek National Solutions | p. 175 |
| Introduction: We'd Put a Compassionate Face on America | p. 177 |
| All People Would Vote | p. 180 |
| We'd Support Women in Leadership Positions | p. 183 |
| There Would Be No Unplanned Pregnancies | p. 187 |
| Family Court Orders Would Be Enforced | p. 189 |
| Special Education Would Truly Be Special | p. 192 |
| Video Violence Would Become Flower Power | p. 195 |
| We Would Portray Real Women in Advertisements | p. 199 |
| We'd Shift How Sex is Portrayed | p. 202 |
| We'd Respect Alternative Healing Therapies | p. 205 |
| We Would All Have Health Care | p. 207 |
| We'd Get Two Bucks' Value for Every Dollar Spent | p. 209 |
| We Would Make Heroes of Those Who Demand Peace | p. 212 |
| "American Women": A Poem for the Struggle for Equality | p. 215 |
| The Compassion to Embrace the World | p. 217 |
| Introduction: We Would All Have a Say | p. 219 |
| A Poem: Mother's Day Proclamation, 1870 | p. 221 |
| No Woman Would Die of an Illegal Abortion | p. 223 |
| Baby Girls Would Always Be Cause to Celebrate | p. 226 |
| Female Genital Mutilation Would Cease to Exist | p. 228 |
| We Would Walk a Mile in Each Other's Shoes | p. 230 |
| We'd Develop a Blueprint for Peace | p. 234 |
| A Poem: Earth Rebirth | p. 239 |
| There Would Be No Laws That Discriminate Against Women and Girls | p. 241 |
| We'd Banish All Fundamentalism | p. 244 |
| Feminism Would Not Be a Dirty Word | p. 247 |
| Feminism Would Have No Illusions | p. 252 |
| A Poem: If Women Ruled the World | p. 257 |
| Acknowledgments | p. 261 |
| About the Editor | p. 263 |
| Contributor Index | p. 265 |
| Join the Discussion | p. 269 |
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