Somewhere, over the rainbow, in the promised land, women finally rule with a loving iron fist. The once odd conjunction of “nurturing man” is now a functional reality. I swear on the bible. Bible. Women are in control, well organized, well armed, and pissed off. Ten girls for every boy. Holy jaysus. Under this scenario the center made a coalition with the right (right after the right agreed to drop its demand for mandatory emasculation starting at age five and to keep it voluntary) and was able to form a government, while the left, some of whose members still find some forms of masculinity acceptable, keeps up a loyal, if fulsome, opposition. Go figure. It's only temporary. If they watch their step, rethink some of their ancient suppositions, they'll have a run at it too, some day. It's a free place. The ruling party favors a feminine definition of male gender nurturing (mariconism), with the result that masculine nurturing (machism) is no longer welcome. Masculinity is a negative trait, anyway, right?, and because the advent of machism is the first step toward violence against all women and all children and all old people and all effeminate minorities and everybody knows this except criminals, it is no longer tolerated. Of course, the ruling party has redefined "masculinity," and "machism," so there can be no chance of an irksome misunderstanding. Democracy (and general good taste) now truly reigns supreme. Four out of five voters agree, or else. Poll this. Actually, ten and a half out of eleven. Boxing was first to go. Spitting. Then ice hockey became a nurturing sport, with players helping each other up off the ice and over to the bench after a rough tumble. Things like that. Kickboxing. Loud snoring. Punk music. Leaving the toilet seat up. Sideburns. Smelly feet. Rap. Out. Crime is being eradicated by arresting all violent offenders in advance (preventata… tative meyshers), swiftly sentencing them to stiff prison terms (they are released only after a panel of prominent antimachism specialists agree on the probable success of their rehabilitation), and forcing them to build their own jails, keep them clean and tidy, and take dancing classes. Only males need to be jailed, it's clear. Women can't be machists, by cojones. In the dark days, the menstrual period was considered a bad thing, a jinx. As it turns out, the jinx was always testosterone, and the evil, uncontrollable rages it provokes. Any man found guilty of abusing the advantage of physical strength receives a mandatory twenty years in the pen. Domination violence against women, children, defenseless minorities and the elderly provoke the death penalty except for extraordinary cases (two out of fifty thousand in the last decade). Men can be arrested and held without charges for up to sixty years, with no limit on extensions, for reasons of state security, on simple suspicion of being too male. Male nudity in any form is aggressive and threatening and evil and criminal unless the woman wants it really badly and is willing to write the male in question a permission note. Otherwise it's considered outrageously threatening behavior. It's about time! Some forms of public nudity (like little children at the beach) are allowed, but only if they meet maternal ethical standards. Everyone associated with "gentlemen's" entertainment has been prosecuted and jailed by now, so we're safe there too. Party girls have been rounded up and enrolled in deprogramming clinics. Get thee behind me, Satan. The all-purpose pocketless jumpsuit has become de rigeur. The army and police are dominated by serious-minded women who are taught to think like a mother lioness defending her pack. Lately some women have begun to resurrect diversions that were once banned as being too machist, but which are now deemed reasonable because they are practiced by women and have become feminine activities. Natch. A male striptease artist is a respected professional because he has learned to do it so women are no longer offended or treated like a piece of meat. Or only a little bit and when they ask for it. There is still some way to go, but further progress is being made even as we speak. Male children are well behaved and docile. When they reach school age (there are special schools for male children, all free of charge and mandatory, run and taught by specially trained women) they become the responsibility of the mother, and the father (if he is living at home) must test for and obtain a nurturing license from the government before he is allowed to participate in instructing his sons. Without a license, this activity is illegal. And a father instructing his daughter is illegal and not appreciated in any case. The license is renewable every year, but can be revoked by the authorities at any time, and the child-rearing privileges rescinded, even for probable cause. The father has the right to appeal, of course, since this is a true democracy, like I said, so in a year or two his case will come up for review. We have less and less trouble with male children now, and experts surmise that in a few years, with the added benefit of chemical regulants, male violence will be entirely a thing of the past. Everything has changed. Males can own property and drive and travel and so on but they need written permission from their mother or wife. Wars nowadays are just wars, defensive wars, righteous wars. Bombing raids are carried out with much regret and copious tears, not like in the olden days. Cluster and phosphorous projectiles are hurled at suspected male terrorist cells throughout the world only as a last resort. The remaining countries that are too masculine in their attitudes are being confronted and rectified, all for the good of the world's future babies. It is the duty of every mother or potential mother to contribute to the cause. Silence is death. Secret women's organizations do an admirable job of coordinating their work abroad, saving lives by setting up female defense centers, women-only health clinics, forceful gender reprogramming action cells, and generally promoting empowerment seminars for tomorrow's leaders around the world, none of which will be men, for obvious reasons. There is hope. Finally.