OF MEN AND WOMEN

This one is for the MEN to comment…

Ever wondered what would happen if 99 men and a woman survived the end of the world and were stranded on an island? (Spare me the mundane thoughts about need for food, shelter… blah, blah, blah…and get to the point, you perverts). Obviously, the most attractive one with the richest, shiniest feathers would try attracting the female for mating and probably wins her over. The rules haven’t changed much during the course of evolution but we aren’t talking about peacocks but humans. The best one might not be the strongest one, and so a war begins. 99 of these men divide… kill… reunite and then divide… kill again…!!! This continues till we reach a point where we have a meager number alive (say 10 men), too tired to continue the fight or who have reconciled to the fate of sharing than dying. Keeping in mind the fertility to sterility ratio of 2%, there wouldn’t be more than one progeny (two, if lucky) at the end of a year. I’ve my doubts, if the little one (say brown haired/black eyed) would survive a few days because the black haired/brown eyed man is going to kill it or vice versa. Eventually, the world does come to an end.

Here’s for the WOMEN to comment…

What would happen, if only the numbers in the situation were swapped… that is 99 women and just a man? Well, in this case he, blest with the divine’s grace (assuming he is the fertile one), ends up impregnating 97 women (remember…fertility sterility ratio). At the end of the year, the world has almost doubled its population and trebled after two (2.52 births/woman; source - www.google.com/publicdata). What happens next…??? 

Obviously, all these women raise the off-springs to adulthood and the life perpetuates. I want to know… What happens of the man…??? (Considering the following)

(a)          The society will surely take a gynecocratic (or gynarchial) form. The man still carries the ideologies of patriarchal society etched in his brain where tribes like Mosuo are referred as an exception.

(b)          Women are better equipped at supporting each other emotionally, and with the innate desire of motherhood fulfilled; the man serves no role now physically or emotionally.

 

P.S.        (i)            The article in no way corroborates feminism or intends to afflict chauvinist ideology.

(ii)      The Mosuo reference has been used as an example of matriarchal society. The complex details of parallel lineage and walking marriages are expected to be overlooked.