If only women existed in the world (no men), would we still be in the stone age?

Question

If not, do you think electricity would have been invented by now? What other things do you think would / wouldn't exist if the world was made up of only females? This is not a sexist question and I would appreciate only serious answers!

This is a theoretical question and it should be assumed that they would have means of reproducing. If you can not understand that, please do not answer this question.

Answer 1

I think that humans would not exist after about eighty years.

Answer 2

I will forgo the obvious answer that without men there would be no reproduction and just answer the question... First I do think that advancements would have been made (women have made great contributions to science, industry, medical research and many other things) The only reason that women were not known among the great thinkers and inventors in the past is because a "women's place was in the home" -- women did not have the rights that men had. Thanks to the great feminists this is no longer the case, although some cavemen still exist to push these ideas but in my opinion they are just insecure and know that when up against a capable women they will lose.

Answer 3

I believe that if there were only women, there is a possibility that technology would be invented and a possibility that it wasn't. Not only would we reproduce differently, but our psychology would be different too. Because there were no men, women would have characteristics associated with them. They would be more aggressive. The way you asked, it seemed to ask if male inventions would have been invented, but would be have electricity if Ben Franklin never lived? Its not like All men invented electricity. But if you saying its more likely that a male wouldn't invent is, and women would be more like men if there were no men, they electricity would probably have been invented.

Because I think inventions are related to people, not gender, Then by changing the people that were alive, people would have different relationships, different ways of thinking, and maybe could care less about making glowing lights and such. Or maybe they would become more advanced than we are now. Different people, different thought processes.

Answer 4

You pretend your query is not sexist, yet it reeks of sexism. Why would you even ask such a question? Try substituting "Jews" or "Micks" or "Indians" and see how it sounds.
As far as women having the means to reproduce without males to mate with - don't you know there are several species of creatures alive today that can do that? It is called "parthenogenesis". It's questions like this that make it more likely a bright woman scientist will figure out a way to make it happen for human females. Ya like that thought? Then keep it up...

Answer 5

First, if only females, or men, were to occupy the world, there would be no way to reproduce. I guess you haven't learned about the birds and bees yet.

If you want to talk theoretical, then the world would probably have progressed much faster under female control than under male. Men are naturally aggressive thus creating thousands of pointless wars and injustices since the dawn of history. Females probably would have been more logical and cooperative.

This is coming from a male. Also, you're a ******* idiot.

Answer 6

Awesome question, and I totally "get it."

If I wanted to be flippant, I'd say the whole world would be flowery pink polka dots, with houses that looked like cute little mushrooms, and all cars would be Volkswagen beetles.

The reality is, society wouldn't have progressed very far because aggression (the quintessential male trait) fuels conflict, which is the mechanism that prompts change. Case-in-point... natural selection.

Human females just aren't wired for aggression.

Difference in potential is responsible for action. While it may be argued that mankind's wars have held us back as a species, nothing could be further from the truth. Competition for resources is what fuels innovation. From the first caveman who discovered that a sharpened stick could kill better than a dull club, to the guy who gets up everyday and slugs it out trying to beat his coworker for that coveted promotion, male aggression is responsible for our dominance on this planet.

This is not to say that females aren't just as important in the grand scheme of things. Quite probably if the planet was populated entirely by males, we wouldn't have gotten past killing each other everyday for food.

Men and women need EACH OTHER to progress.

Answer 7

Well, many seem to be stuck at the reproductive question. :-) It's a good point. But, assuming that reproduction was NOT an issue, I believe that many of the inventions and novelties that we enjoy today, we would still enjoy. If you are not familiar with Merlin Stone's work, "When God was a Woman," you'll find it fascinating in light of this question. Merlin Stone and others have written much about pre-written history, about matriarchy and matriarchal societies. Of course, men existed in these societies, but the structure and characteristics would, I imagine be about the same as a monogendered society.
- I imagine phallic images would be nonexistant, possibly less or no weaponry of mass destruction.
-It's a fascinating idea.

Answer 8

I dont think we would be lacking anything. As I have heard that electricity was actually made with a little help from his wife. So I think that without men around we would have evolved differently but still evolved maybe better as we would not have to worry about unfaithful spouses that is assuming that being we could have children on our own we would not have a spouse. I know gay women and they are no more faithful to each other than the hetros.

Answer 9

If no men existed, there would be no children. Therefore, there would be noone after the first woman. Human beings would have been extinct way before any thought of the invention of electricity or anything else.

Answer 10

Well technically if there were only women and somehow could reproduce without men then I would have to say YES they would be in the "stone age"

Answer 11

I think we would be the same as we are now because women might have evolved to be asexual, like some real organism out there, and would be forced to think as our world leaders today. I mean, all women are smart, but instead of Thomas Edison inventing the lightbulb it would have been...a woman.