though one of my old readers Cimurai ( i wonder where he vanished off to? he did say he was a deep sea fisherman..) would insist it was a disguise!

we could get Ceridwen up as leading candidate for Goddess..

In any case i don’t really see how intrinsically more females per se would ‘restore’ peace - women are perfectly capable of being mean nasty bitches and often are! When people talk about motherhood and maternal instincts and only refer to the ‘caring’ bit they seem to overlook the aggressive and protective aspect this can also involve. Think tigresses.

It doesn’t make sense that women should be excluded from the public sphere, and that’s why it should be possible for a person, regardless of their sex, to participate without fear of bias and prejudice. I call myself an ‘equalist’ and not a feminist as the latter term often gives rise to accusations of favouring women over men. I’m interested in equality. one of the problems with feminism was that we women weren’t very happy to give equal rights to men in many cases - so fat lot of good it was talking about equality.

I’ve just finished re-reading the Da Vinci Code and he makes some great references to how once upon a time, the female godess and the celebration of femininity was the religion of the day until the Church decided to change matters. The basic point is, that a man’s world is a destructive one, and more female interaction is needed to restore the natural order of peace.

So maybe we should champion a female UN GS.

“Behind every great man, is a woman.”