In the future, women get so fed up with men and their macho additudes that they take complete control of the USA. The United States of America is renamed the United Women of America (UWA). The national anthem is replaced with I Am Woman by Helen Reddy. A Matriach takes the place of the President.
Men are discovered to be inferior to women. Men are 70% more likely to die in a car accident than women. Married men live longer than single men, so it's determined that men need women to survive. Whereas single women live longer than married women.
For their protection, men's driver's licenses are revoked and they are confined to the protection of their women family members. A man can't travel without the consent of their wife, mother, or elder sister. They take to staying at home. They take care of their screaming children, do dishes, and make sandwiches for their wives. Eventually head coverings and dresses become standard wear in their society.
Since the founding of The UWA, there has been no participation in war. Conflicts have been resolved with diplomacy. It is determined that men shouldn't serve in the military because they are too likely to cause conflict. The military's budget has been cut drastically and the remaining budget has been better spread to benifit veterans and serving members of the armed forces.
Health care has been socialized and covers contraception as well as abortion and midol. Sex education in schools is actually informative as to the actual effects of having sex. Maternity leave is rarely an issue in any buisness field. Research in the medical field has increased and many different diseases have been cured.
Education has improved. The UWA is a world leader in education. College has become more affordable and more jobs are available upon graduation.
Scientific research has helped to find cleaner fuels and develop less waste. Polution in North America hasn't been this so low since before Europeans stuck their nose in its business. Most everything comes from a renewable resource. Products are once again built to last. Technologies have been built to improve efficiency and productivity. The economy rises until The UWA is in fact the best country in the world to live.
This has been a message from The United Women of America.
This was the idea behind a utopian/distopian society me and my friends created for our English class my senior year. We actually researched all sorts of statistics in order to create effective propaganda. We started our presentation by playing our national anthem. Then I, the Matriarch gave a speach. There was then a news cast filled with propaganda (and a reference to the Hunger Games because the other girl in the group would not let it go). Then we finished with the two guys dressed in skirts and head covering explain the basic life of a male in our society. The goal was to be as sexist as possible and some of the statistics we found helped a lot with that.
Now that I think about, it sounds a bit like the premise of a bad 1950's horror film.
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