If Mothers Ruled the World By Pia de Solenni

As I watched Sally Field's primetime Emmy rant to the effect that there'd be no wars if only women ran the world, I found myself wondering, "When was the last time you spent any time with a group of women? Have you watched Desperate Housewives or The View?"

Until I married, my best friends were both women and men. Now, my best friend is my husband and I'm fortunate to have many good friends, both men and women. I grew up with three brothers, no sisters. I had close girl friends, but I felt sorry for my friends who had sisters because they were always fighting with them, especially over clothing. A quintessential nerd with a very bad haircut, I experienced no blissful feelings of sisterhood with my sixth grade classmates. In high school, I rather enjoyed being on the debate team because it wasn't just girls. After a few months of living in an all-girls dorm in college, I was convinced that I probably didn't have a religious vocation since I couldn't relish the idea of living with a bunch of women for the rest of my life. Though I came to realize that more would have to factor into the discernment of a religious vocation, my opinion of communal living with women did not change after four years of dorm life.

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