Girls are Fun

Maybe it's just me, and maybe I'm a little biased, but it seems that every time I read books that have terrible not happy endings, such as The Lord of the Flies, the main characters always seem to have a Y chromosome. It makes me wonder, what if girls had been stranded on that little island? In my opinion, if there had been a little more estrogen present on the island, "society" wouldn't have met its match quite so easily. This isn't true for all of the female human population, but in general, most girls are a little more level headed and don't jump strait to violence as soon as they can. Once the boys reached the island in Golding's book, they immediately fight and end up in a giant power struggle. As a member of the "girls' team" myself, I know that the first thing I would have done on the island is get organized, much in the way Piggy tried to do. Girls don't care about power until after all other, more immediate, worries are taken care of. It's in our very nature to make sure that all the small children are accounted for and fed, all the older ones have jobs making shelters and finding food for the group, and to make sure the environment in general is made stable and livable. I haven't ever been in a situation as extreme as the one in the book, but I just can't imagine ever giving up my morals, even if I could do whatever I like with impunity. Girls pay close attention to our consciences and we feel guilty about the littlest things. In light of all the differences between the chicks and the fellas, I believe that society and rational thought wouldn't have been so easily forgotten if the boys left on the island were actually girls. Throughout history, women are said to be the mild ones; the ones with the level heads and the even tempers. Sometimes this is a little demeaning, but not having the constant craving for power can be seen as a strength. Having a the strong will not to resort to violence and to resist chaos is a leading quality that comes out in females, especially when normalcy is scarce. So girls, here's our chance to show those boys what's up. Would you be able to kill another human who is completely innocent? Would you be able to kill someone who wasn't? Would you be able to kill a pig with your bare hands, even if it was just for meat? You have other options. There's plenty of fruit on the island. The boys didn't think about any of these things. They just went out and acted on instinct and the result was gruesome and ugly. I don't think girls would do that, even in the worst of circumstances.

---Taylor