What if Women Ruled the World?

What if women did the rule the world? Would things be any different than they are in a male dominated society? According to Rosemary Roberts in an article entitled "What if Women Ruled the World?", in the News and Record on January 22, 2010 things would be drastically different. I think that Rosemary Roberts has a great point. "Women leaders might be less inclined to invade countries." I know that many women might be less likely to go to war, although there are many women who would be more than happy to go to war if they felt that their country, family, or values were being threatened. Since women have not held that many leadership offices, especially in the United States, it is hard to tell, based on facts and statistics, whether having women in office would bring about a great deal of change.
I would like to think that women are capable of bringing about change. I know that I personally voted for Hillary Clinton in the 2008 presidential election for many reasons. For one, it was because she was a woman. Also, I agreed with her political ideologies more than I did Obama's and/or McCain's. As a woman, I felt that Hillary Clinton held a different perspective on issues that I think are very important. I am a strong advocate for pro-choice, and the talk about making abortion illegal, and attempting to reverse Roe v. Wade (although I am well aware that would be a very difficult process) scares me. I feel that women should be responsible for their bodies, and that men do not understand the severity of this, because they will never have to make the decisions that a woman has to make in regards to her own body. However, many women are not pro-choice, so putting just any woman in office would not protect my rights to control my own body.
Rosemary Robert's praises both Hillary Clinton and Sarah Palin for their roles in the 2008 presidential election. Although it was a huge deal that there were women running on both sides of the political spectrum. It really upset me when people I knew admitted that they took Hillary Clinton more seriously because she was a less attractive woman than Sarah Palin. It is possible to be attractive, intelligent, and a woman. I feel that women still have a lot to prove, and it is going to take a long time before we realize whether or not the world would be a better place if women ruled the world.