Men and Women Are Equal

[Anonymous]

I should probably do some sort of witty introduction, but nah, let's get down to the nitty-gritty!

First off, I apologize for any typos.

Point 1: Let's start at the obvious-- physical strength. Males win this one because of testosterone and overall muscle mass. However, to even this score out, we see that women produce much more antibodies and white blood cells. They develop less diseases and recover much quicker.

Point 2: Men have bigger hearts, which means better circulation and faster wound healing. To balance the score here, women have biological presets to have lower blood pressure, and are less likely to suffer from cardiac diseases.

Point 3: Men are less likely to suffer from eating disorders, depression and anxiety. Women are less likely to suffer from antisocial personality disorder, alcoholism, and developmental issues like autism.

Point 4: Men have a greater spread of IQ, both men really high and really low. Therefore, more men have exceptionally high IQ. But the average woman is slightly smarter than the average man due to less variance. Women also are less likely to suffer from autism because of this.

I could go on, and on, and on. But there is simply no winner, it all evens out. We are all equally different-- predispositioned to some advantages and disadvantages based on gender, but especially in our day and age we have come to see that anyone can do ANYTHING despite gender.

The point is that life is not a battle of the sexes. Don't let it be for you. Do whatever the hell you want because YOU CAN!

Men, your worth isn't based on how much you can lift or how much money you have. You're awesome as hell the way you are.

Women, you are USEFUL and amazing. Your worth is not based upon looks and sex. Don't cover up when your personality is showing.

Sources:

https://atlantablackstar.com/2012/07/05/battle-of-the-sexes-are-women-biologically-superior-to-men/

https://www.quora.com/What-are-the-biological-advantages-of-being-a-girl

Med & Physiology text book

[Jxpxtxr]

Such a nice take but I'm gonna bet my freaking pet dog that there's gonna be some bitter ass people feeling the need to comment how this is wrong and how their gender is better or how their gender is treated oh so unfairly.
So pathetic...

[jacquesvol]

Men and Women are or should be equal in rights but are biologically different.
Where's the problem?

[jacquesvol]

The problems are society, traditions and double standards.

[GreatnessPersonified]

The problem is biology.

[Mesonfielde]

Tradition and culture indeed.

[jacquesvol]

@GreatnessPersonified Men just have to accept that.

[Homebakedcookies]

Traditions and culture are largely based on our natural gender roles.

[lilac_flowers]

Point 1: Yes, but this point is not: survival capacity. It's physical strength. Women lose this one, no doubt.

Point 2: WTF? You have no idea how biology works. Men have bigger hearts so they heal faster? Holy...

Point 3: This is not "evening out". This is just women and men having different psyches that react in opposite ways to same stimuli - deprivation.

Point 4: BULLSHIT. So called "dumb men" are smarter than "dumb women". Men as a gender, a whole gender rise above women in IQ. Not by some huge lot, but they do and consistently outperform women mentally on all accounts with even distribution. Even in psychology and social skill that Aspies among men fail at.

"I could go on, and on, and on. But there is simply no winner, it all evens out. We are all equally different-- predispositioned to some advantages and disadvantages based on gender,"
Yes!!! I agree.

"but especially in our day and age we have come to see that anyone can do ANYTHING despite gender."
Noooooooo! Women and men are DIFFERENT. Logic itself clearly leads to a conclusion that they CAN'T do the same things BECAUSE of gender. They can all do them BADLY, but do well, or do functionally, that they can't.

Example: Cows and chickens have a vital role in feeding us. Cows give milk, chickens eggs and both are important to survival. But they are DIFFERENT, which means a chicken can NOT do the job of the cow and vice versa, even if both are of the same worth and their powers "evens out" when we consider different worlds they come from.

"The point is that life is not a battle of the sexes. Don't let it be for you. Do whatever the hell you want because YOU CAN!"
Battle of the sexes is not created when sexes do what they are naturally adapted to do, it's created when some delusional person shouts: We can all do the same things! YOU CAN!

No. No you can't.

This is when men hold women to male standards, women hold men to female standard of success and behavior and war ensues accompanied by lack of fulfillment and misery.

[myTake Owner]

Haha

[Rawrzz]

No. My worth is based on what I contribute to society: achievement and occupation. As opposed to a woman's social worth which is guaranteed, plus extra for whatever they achieve and if they have a good occupation.

There is one thing you didn't mention, however. Women have eggs which are more biologically valuable since they are in shorter supply. Sperm is cheap, eggs are expensive. See the same thing in economics. If goods are in short supply, their price goes up. If they are in large supply, the price goes down. This is directly tied to social value. Given that our instincts are somewhere around 20,000 years old, our bodies don't realize that there are 7 billion of us clogging up the works, so population isn't an issue. But, 20,000 years ago, women were very, very, very extra important. This is why men became the hunters and warriors and women became the gatherers and home-keepers.

All you have to do is imagine a woman being tortured versus a man being tortured. One is tremendously tragic, the other is expected, honorable, funny, or meaningless. Unless he is a man who has achieved, has a good occupation, or is otherwise known to be of personality or personal value.

I've heard several people laugh when I talk about a story of a wife cutting her husband's penis off and chopping it up in the disposal. The typical thought is also that he did something to deserve it. Same thing with domestic abuse. If a man says he is getting his ass kicked by a woman, it's hilarious. If a woman says she is getting her ass kicked by a man, it's supremely tragic.

[Botchie]

"Men, your worth isn't based on how much you can lift or how much money you have. You're awesome as hell the way you are.

Women, you are USEFUL and amazing. Your worth is not based upon looks and sex. Don't cover up when your personality is showing."

You are awesome for uplifting both genders, not just women :D Thank you for being an amazing and level headed human being.

[myTake Owner]

Thank you for such kind words! You're awesome! People deserve to be uplifted no matter what they have between their legs :p

[Entity]

It doesn't actually even out. Chromosomes actually are where the loss is at right away; with an XY all the negative of X and all the negative of Y are simply added together but with XX some of X1 and some of X2 gets dropped thus why males are more likely to suffer from genetic disorders.

[myTake Owner]

That's true. However, what I'm saying is that because there are advantages to both sexes, it does even out.

[Entity]

Your heart is in the right place so I won't go into an explanation of why that isn't true either.

[myTake Owner]

Actually it is true. Enjoy thinking that someone is lesser based on gender, its a dismal outlook. Thanks for commenting.

[Entity]

In the game of comparison there are three options, "Lesser", "Greater", and "Incomparable".

Why is it that you choose to only allow two options?

Males are not females. Females are not males. They are not comparable nor should one try to equate them particularly because the come out with terrible conclusions; genetically speaking from an objective standpoint females are infinitely superior to males simply because of XX to XY, and then after birth we go on and make things up about advantages but in reality how much strength someone has is more based on what they do than what genitals they have and unless we're talking maximums (which is pointless) everyone can quite easily acquire general level strength for everyday behaviors.

I am saddened that we still fight a battle of sexes that just isn't necessary.

[myTake Owner]

I do agree. I think you may have missed the point... Where I said life is not a battle of the sexes.
The point of comparing a few traits was to show that there are advantages to both, because a lot of people think males are superior due to physical strength when really we are all awesome even if its not obvious.

[Entity]

We're done. Goodbye.

[myTake Owner]

I agree with you though. However we are all equal as humans..

[myTake Owner]

But I was just starting to have fun! x3

[FakeName123]

And at the same time men are also more likely to have really good genes.

Thats simply because the Y-chromosom is the mutagen. The X needs to be stable. As a result - to use intelligence as an example - men are more likely to be at the bottom and the top of it. There are way more male geniuses, but also way more male potatoes out there. Women are inbetween in the safe average.

[Entity]

@FakeName123 We actually say that men are more likely to be "outliers", since calling genes good or bad tends to be short-sighted; some genes which cause beautiful features for instance are connected to terrible diseases and other genes which cause extreme intellect such as with savants obviously are debilitating in many other ways.

[myTake Owner]

@FakeName123 see, it evens out lol.

[Ruaware97]

You seem like youve taken some courses in genetics so im interested would we ever be able to genetically engineer a human to possess both positive attributes that XX and XY offer in the difference of genders

[Dipsy]

Yes they are equal, but it always seems like gender vs gender, why can't we work together.. We're 1 species overal.

[myTake Owner]

Couldn't agree more.

[Azara]

Women and Men are not equal In respect opportunity rights freedom power.. This is a problem. It is regressive to pretend otherwise. Wit does not change that.

Furthermore, comparing all Women to men as if we are different species-despite good intentions- only serves to reinforce an already pernicious cultural tendency to reduce individuals to stereotypes.

Generalizations do not create understanding, they perpetuate ignorance prejudice and alienation.

[Riggers]

By any chance do you have a blog on Tumblr?

[BruceJender]

She probably does @Riggers. She speaks like one of those freaks.

[Luvme66]

Men and women are never equal... my arguments
1. If they were equal... why would there be a difference in their spellings!

2. if they were equal why isn't there a phrase "gentlemen first"!

3. if they were equal why would we guys and girls give a damn about each other and reproduce!

4. if they were equal, why were the suppressed during the early stages of modernisation

5. if they were equal you would not be writing this take.
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[Berethor]

Not bad summary, but men are generally stronger then women not only because of testosterone and muscle mass, but also because men are also generally taller then women. The main reason that life should not be battle of the sexes, if because in the end we are needing both men and women.

tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OneHeadTaller

[myTake Owner]

Yes this is true. Thanks for commenting!

[Berethor]

I was glad to add more points for your summary, also interestingly enough in ancient Sparta, women that died in child birth was giving the same honor as an man who died battle.

en.wikipedia.org/.../Women_in_ancient_Sparta

[dartmaul15]

so the TL:DR. We're equal through balanced share of differences.

A good case of yin and yang. And honestly, the only realistic way to see genders

[DocRim]

"Men and women are equal. We just have different tasks." I like this take.

[Phoenix98]

Ehhh it kind of evens out yeah, I mean truly, true equality can never exist, it's impossible and won't ever exist simply because of the way we are as humans, enough is never enough.

I respect this mytake you share a lot of good points but the reality is the two races will never be equal not in this life anyway.

[FatherJack]

Good take !! Women & men are equal , but very different , we are supposed to compliment each other. Gender conflict is deliberately engineered by the " media " as it's owners do NOT have our best interests at heart , they want a downtrodden , negative , easily controlled population.

[GreatnessPersonified]

Men and women are equal in that they have what the other needs and one cannot function fully without the other.

[JustinTheGreat]

"Equally different"
I like that! A lot of feminists and others don't understand that men and women ARE different. But that doesn't mean we aren't equal.

[Anonymous]

Good article. Men and women also gossip and talk smack about other people equally; the only difference is that women take the gossip into colorful detail, whereas men just cut to the chase and omit the detail.

[devilish-cutie]

very nice take :) with factual arguments for those that don't get that social norms are an issue too

[Anonymous]

There's no logical reason why men and women can't be equal because we are. We're just made slightly differently, that's all.

[myTake Owner]

Truth.

[AlwaysBelieving]

YES! I want a gal that's my "equal." We might be good at different things, and yet in the relationship in equals out. A gal that comforts and challenges me is good in my opinion.

[James19]

Men and women are equal. But sadly our society thinks otherwise...

[myTake Owner]

Ugh right

[jaredletoisbae]

Its 2015 why are people still trying to debate which sex is "better"?

[myTake Owner]

No idea.