Best Country in the World for Women

Check out the June 2006 issue of Marie Claire; there's a great article explaining the benefits of being a Swedish female citizen (13 months of maternity leave, also applicable to the fathers!) There is a police chief (a woman) who oversees a group of officers who are predominantly women, and she has been hailed as being instrumental in successfully combatting crime in the country. I am by no means a bra-burning feminist, but the following thought does pass my mind more often than not: if only women ruled the world...