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The world needs to think more like women

Kathrine Switzer, who was the first official woman entrant in the Boston Marathon 50 years ago, acknowledges the crowd as she is introduced before firing the gun to start the women’s elite division at the start of the 2017 Boston Marathon in Hopkinton, Mass., on Monday, April 17, 2017.
Kathrine Switzer, who was the first official woman entrant in the Boston Marathon 50 years ago, acknowledges the crowd as she is introduced before firing the gun to start the women’s elite division at the start of the 2017 Boston Marathon in Hopkinton, Mass., on Monday, April 17, 2017. Mary Schwalm The Associated Press

Compliments running the New York Times article about K.V. Switzer, who ran the Boston Marathon 50 years ago. She showed that women can be equal and could run as well as men. It seems men tend to jump into war while women tend to talk and negotiate, which is what we need more of. World War III could be the end of civilization on our small fragile planet if male thinking prevails.

Bill Denneen, Nipomo

This story was originally published April 22, 2017 at 6:22 PM with the headline "The world needs to think more like women."

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