MISS ZOE: THE HISTORY OF THE GYNARCHY, PART 1

(Miss Zoe, who has previously shared vivid scenes of growing up in a gynarchic
family, here indulges her dominant imagination to “chronicle” a much-to-be-wished-for femutopian state. First of a two-parter. BTW, Zoe’s British spellings are native to her.—Thomas Lavalle)

THE HISTORY OF THE GYNARCHY, PART 1

The early years of the Gynarchy are wrapped in myth and legend. There had been rumours about families where the women were in control and the menfolk obeyed. Some small businesses were run on these principles, as were schools and colleges.

About 200 years ago, around 1820, a tribe of Arabs began to live on a small island in the Gulf, which subsequently was renamed ‘’The Free Republic of the Gynarchy,’’ or Gynarchy for short.

Women were honoured and venerated in the new republic, and men took their natural place as helpers, servants, workers, drudges and sissies.

In 1854 a new President was appointed, Aariyah Dotta. She appointed an all-female cabinet of advisers and new laws were introduced which more clearly defined the disparate roles of men and of women.

The first changes were in education, and these laws are still followed today, with about ten amendments to accommodate modern ideas and practices.

Boys Education: Boys go to the same nursery and primary schools as girls. They all learn together Gynarchy Arabic, English, History of the Gynarchy, Mathematics, Geography, Basic Gynarchy Science, Basic Home Economics and Physical Education and Games.

The boys are separated for Religious Education so that they can appreciate the Gynarchy Goddesses and understand why they must obey when a girl gives them an order or task. The girls learn their higher place and how to worship the Gynarchy Goddess and manage males in their life.

 

At age 11 a test is taken by both boys and girls. Bright boys go to a boys-only Grammar-style school and can go on to college or even a boys’ university.

The not-so-bright boys go to domestic school to learn how to be a husband, helper, low-grade worker, heavy lifter, driver or all-purpose slave. They leave school at 15 years and go straight to work in military, civilian or domestic jobs.

The girls all go to ‘girls only’ grammar schools. They are graded according to ability, and the brightest go on to university or college, whilst the relatively less bright go to secretarial, clerical or domestic college to learn supervisory techniques and more nonacademic skills.

The education reforms were, and are, very popular because they teach children how to be happy in their rightful place in society. They learn not to complain or criticise those who are above them or be unkind to those below.

An early reform was to allow only females to vote. This was surprisingly very popular among men because it meant there was one more responsibility that they didn’t have to be concerned with.

When they did vote, they voted only as agreed with their Named Responsible Female, so it didn’t affect them at all.

Along with not being allowed to vote came “not being allowed to own property,” “have opinions different to those agreed,” “only being allowed to marry an approved person’’ and “a nightly curfew of 7 pm.”

These rules were common practice anyway. It was actually laughable to many females that a male could own property, or freely express opinions, or marry without permission. The nightly curfew made the streets safe for females and enabled them to go out and have fun without worrying about unwanted male attention. They could take a guy out dancing or to the theatre without breaking his curfew, as the curfew applied to lone males only, or males unaccompanied by a female. Male workers in restaurants and clubs, who had to be at work before the curfew ended, were taken home in designated buses after work.

The concept of a “Named Responsible Female” was introduced to ensure that all men had a female to whom they were, and are, responsible. It could be a mother, sister, wife, daughter, cousin, aunt or any other named female who agreed to take the role.

These names are registered with the local Town Council and the Police. This means that if a man is stopped by a policewoman, he is asked for his identity card which gives pertinent information such as blood type, level of education, crimes or misdemeanours committed and the name of his Responsible Female with contact details.

As a result of these laws, law enforcement works well and crime levels are very low in the Gynarchy.

World of Work: All gynarchy workplaces, public or private sector, have strict rules about jobs done by males and females. Males can only aspire to junior roles under the supervision of a Named Female.

If they are bright and have been to a boys’ university, they may have an important job, such as teacher, doctor, engineer and so on, but they must be supervised by a female. This is why a teacher in a school will have a female in the classroom to supervise, or a doctor will have a female in the consulting room.

In the law firm where I work, men can only be juniors or secretaries and kitchen staff (not chefs or cooks). They have their own entrance and work on floors one to 39. Any floors above (that is 40 to 50) are female only. A man can work on those floors under strict rules of supervision but cannot have a desk there or be there alone.

I have an office on the 45th floor and am supported by 20 junior staff. Five of them are male and are very sweet and efficient. They work with a female at her desk doing such tasks as drink-serving, photocopying, shoe-cleaning, errand-shopping, cleaning, toilet duty and foot worship.

Healthcare: Everyone in the gynarchy contributes to a state insurance system which supports healthcare for all. Males and females have slightly different facilities for healthcare and are treated on different floors in our General Hospitals.

They are both treated well in modern facilities and monitored for any problems, but men are only not allowed to call an ambulance or got to Accident and Emergency departments without their Named Responsible Female giving permission.

If a man, for example, has a cardiac arrest in the street, a woman passerby or shop worker can call an ambulance, the paramedics will attend and get the man’s identity card and telephone his NRF for permission to proceed.

If she is not responding or unavailable, the man will be taken to a “holding cell for medical emergencies” in a local police station. The NRF will be informed and he will get food and some minimum care until the matter is resolved.

Gynarchy hospitals are among the best in the world, and our Medical Schools are very popular and always oversubscribed.

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I will continue this short history of the Gynarchy later, looking at Home life, marriage and how boys and girls are raised. -- Zoe