gender and inequality

First Ladies , In the Truest Sense

Worldwide , women are becoming more and more prominent in all aspects of life , particularly in politics in the past decade , and this could have a profound impact it seems that the sex difference does matter . There is evidence that women politicians tend to hold different priorities from men . Women seem to be more concerned about the welfare of people , rather than about aggression and winning (in wars . Francis Fukuyama argued that "a world run by women would follow different rules " and that the growing predominance of

women will make societies "less aggressive adventurous , competitive , and violent " This is somehow supported by some evidence that some behavioral differences between men and women are hardwired Girls Gone Wild

Feminism was originally about equal rights and opportunities between the sexes , not the blurring of distinctions between them . But the growth and influence of feminism has proven that when women gain equal status with men , they become like men , in all the best and worst ways , in politics sports , the corporate world . In sports , in particular , there seems to be almost no difference in women 's and men 's conduct , ritual humiliation and demeaning antics are as popular with women as with men . The essence of what is being said is aptly condensed in the quotation : Women haven 't been playing sports for quite as long and haven 't had a chance to reach their full meanness . But they are going to be mean , just as men are Response

There must indeed be hardwired gender differences between the sexes , and these cannot help but come into play in just about any aspect of a person 's life . For instance , the tendency of women to experience more intense emotions and be more expressive about can obviously affect a woman 's decisions . It also seems natural , for example , that women will have a more "motherly " instinct

Of course , there is still the possibility that this gender difference exists only because of societal conditioning , and that women that become involved in what used to be the "man 's world " of politics will become indistinguishable from men in terms of their responses to problems that they face . However , it may also be that the tendency of women to become like men , as described in the second article , is just a tendency to act in accord with the established norm , which of course was set up by males . It is certainly difficult to be certain about the significance of these gender differences in this case only time , indeed can tell

I tend to agree that there are fundamental differences in how men and women behave , but this difference might only manifest itself if women actually became the more dominant force that determined the basic structure of whatever field they are acting in , be it politics or sports...