Why

were

women

treated

so

horribly

throughout

history

Kevin

Yue

former

Military

History

Teacher

Answered

Dec

Author

has

answers

and

answer

views

Edit

I

am

not

entirely

happy

with

my

original

answer

and

believe

I

conflated

multiple

points

in

a

manner

which

was

confusing

In

lieu

of

editing

the

entire

answer

I

will

provide

my

rationale

here

There

are

definite

occurrences

of

women

being

mistreated

through

history

and

I

do

not

mean

to

discount

any

of

them

here

However

I

have

found

these

legitimate

complaints

are

buried

in

a

tide

of

incorrect

ones

These

tend

to

stem

from

two

misinterpretations

deliberate

or

otherwise

of

the

historical

context

My

answer

is

largely

devoted

to

correcting

these

errors

FIRSTLY

there

is

a

tendency

to

interpret

history

through

modern

values

The

most

egregious

example

is

to

conflate

good

treatment

with

personal

freedom

This

is

a

value

which

is

true

in

modern

day

but

not

in

ancient

times

For

most

of

humanity

over

most

of

history

the

goal

was

survival

not

freedom

In

todays

world

selling

yourself

into

slavery

is

unthinkable

in

the

ancient

it

was

a

way

of

life

Thus

legal

status

alone

is

not

enough

to

show

mistreatment

More

historical

context

is

required

SECONDLY

There

is

a

natural

tendency

for

people

to

look

upwards

rather

than

downwards

When

we

look

at

society

its

easier

to

see

what

we

want

fixed

or

what

we

want

to

acquire

than

what

we

ought

to

give

away

When

it

comes

to

history

we

have

the

additional

issue

of

the

vast

majority

of

accounts

being

those

from

the

elite

This

presents

a

skewed

portrait

of

the

data

If

I

asked

you

about

the

emperor

Augustus

you

could

tell

me

a

great

deal

If

I

asked

you

about

the

condition

of

beggars

in

Rome

it

is

a

much

harder

question

to

answer

FINAL

NOTE

I

believe

that

the

rhetorical

statement

women

were

treated

terribly

is

of

little

value

whatsoever

There

is

no

way

to

compensate

for

ills

centuries

old

and

if

there

were

the

line

of

those

waiting

for

them

would

include

every

human

being

I

paid

no

attention

to

allocating

blame

and

neither

should

you

However

the

question

what

causes

men

and

women

to

be

treated

differently

is

a

historically

valuable

one

and

this

is

the

one

I

endeavored

to

answer

IN

CONCLUSION

these

are

the

points

I

was

trying

to

make

I

was

not

primarily

hoping

to

answer

the

question

but

rather

to

provide

a

framework

by

which

it

could

be

discussed

in

a

historically

accurate

light

I

have

a

handy

little

chart

which

explains

this

The

reason

many

people

complain

that

life

was

unfair

for

women

or

that

women

were

treated

horribly

as

per

the

question

is

because

generally

theyre

comparing

the

average

woman

with

the

toptier

man

The

vast

majority

of

social

evils

that

women

were

subjected

to

were

not

the

result

of

some

Patriarchy

but

rather

come

from

living

in

a

dangerous

and

unfair

world

Aside

from

a

few

elites

NO

ONE

had

much

freedom

of

choice

for

the

majority

of

history

For

most

of

history

people

had

low

life

expectancy

low

wealth

and

very

few

options

I

know

lots

of

people

will

object

to

my

claim

so

Ill

invite

you

to

not

take

my

word

for

it

there

is

an

easy

litmus

test

Simply

take

the

complaint

of

gender

inequality

and

see

if

it

also

applies

to

a

lowclass

male

For

instance

voting

rights

Complaint

Women

could

not

vote

through

most

of

history

Test

Could

lowclass

men

vote

through

most

of

history

Verdict

No

lowclass

men

could

not

vote

Its

important

to

note

that

we

must

also

include

defacto

truths

not

just

technical

ones

For

instance

Complaint

Women

were

not

allowed

to

own

property

Test

Could

lowclass

men

own

property

Verdict

Technically

yes

but

if

were

talking

about

lowclass

men

by

definition

they

didnt

have

much

property

to

begin

with

But

of

course

Im

not

claiming

that

this

explains

everything

There

will

be

exceptions

Complaint

Women

were

often

subject

to

domestic

violence

Test

Were

lowclass

men

often

subject

to

domestic

violence

Verdict

No

lowclass

men

were

probably

less

atrisk

for

domestic

violence

than

women

Now

there

are

a

couple

of

points

I

would

like

to

address

here

What

makes

you

think

the

above

graph

is

correct

why

is

it

correct

What

makes

you

think

lower

class

men

were

treated

worse

than

lower

class

women

Why

cant

we

compare

upperclass

women

with

upperclass

men

So

where

does

the

idea

of

women

being

treated

worse

come

from

What

about

the

inequalities

which

pass

the

litmus

test

What

makes

you

think

that

the

graph

is

correct

why

is

it

correct

The

answer

to

this

is

pretty

simple

What

is

the

main

difference

between

men

and

women

At

its

most

simple

level

the

difference

is

babies

Females

get

pregnant

give

birth

and

can

nurse

young

Males

impregnate

do

not

give

birth

and

generally

can

not

nurse

young

This

means

that

given

a

basic

family

unit

the

mother

is

obligated

to

devote

many

months

to

the

care

and

nurture

of

each

child

Now

that

is

not

a

huge

deal

today

but

back

in

early

civilization

it

was

Children

were

the

critical

social

resource

for

most

of

history

more

children

meant

more

labor

more

labor

meant

more

food

a

better

workforce

and

the

ability

to

go

to

war

Add

to

this

the

fact

that

infant

mortality

was

often

as

high

as

and

the

optimal

social

strategem

would

be

maybe

pregnancies

per

woman

Even

today

infant

mortality

can

go

up

to

in

poorer

regions

In

other

words

women

were

expected

to

spend

most

of

their

adult

life

pregnant

What

makes

you

think

lower

class

men

were

treated

worse

than

lower

class

women

Well

simply

put

if

a

pregnant

woman

is

subject

to

danger

stress

malnutrition

etc

her

risk

of

losing

the

child

goes

up

Given

that

children

were

a

critical

social

resource

most

societies

went

out

of

their

way

to

prevent

such

a

loss

A

great

example

of

this

is

wartime

When

a

city

was

conquered

the

men

would

all

be

killed

whereas

the

women

would

be

enslaved

Why

the

difference

Because

children

and

therefore

women

were

critical

social

resources

This

is

why

men

went

to

war

and

women

stayed

home

or

why

men

are

expected

to

give

women

their

seats

on

a

lifeboat

Its

an

old

tradition

from

the

days

when

women

were

just

objectively

more

valuable

than

men

To

put

it

bluntly

its

like

a

showhorse

complaining

that

a

ploughhorse

has

it

better

The

showhorse

doesnt

see

the

backbreaking

labor

the

whips

or

the

terrible

conditions

All

it

sees

is

that

the

ploughhorse

gets

to

go

outside

Why

cant

we

compare

upperclass

women

with

upperclass

men

Oh

you

definitely

can

and

I

am

inclined

to

agree

Upper

class

men

have

always

been

the

most

privileged

members

of

society

and

compared

to

them

women

are

treated

rather

poorly

indeed

However

my

objection

now

is

not

a

factual

one

but

rather

a

practical

one

You

can

of

course

compare

the

conditions

of

say

a

prince

and

a

princess

But

this

comparison

will

only

really

be

relevant

for

of

the

population

You

can

not

extrapolate

from

princesses

were

treated

worse

than

princes

to

women

were

treated

worse

than

men

And

definitely

not

to

women

were

treated

horribly

Isnt

it

simply

awful

that

Lord

Albert

refused

to

buy

me

a

new

crown

Here

I

am

wearing

the

same

one

twice

Im

so

embarrassed

And

this

of

course

leads

to

So

where

does

the

idea

of

women

being

treated

worse

come

from

Well

it

stands

to

reason

that

the

wealthier

a

civilization

is

the

more

upperclass

people

there

will

be

And

since

the

upper

class

was

always

where

the

men

had

more

power

than

women

increased

social

wealth

counterintuitively

increased

the

gender

imbalance

If

the

bottom

class

disappears

entirely

then

all

women

will

be

worsetreated

than

all

men

Which

incidentally

is

what

began

to

happen

in

the

Industrial

Revolution

The

sudden

enrichment

of

Western

society

did

not

illuminate

a

gender

imbalance

which

already

existed

It

created

the

gender

imbalance

by

disproportionately

benefiting

men

over

women

Possession

of

wealth

social

mobility

and

the

ability

to

work

had

always

been

benefits

men

had

but

they

are

very

small

benefits

in

a

scarcitylevel

society

compared

to

the

increased

security

and

comfort

of

being

a

woman

Tell

a

starving

man

that

hes

lucky

because

hes

allowed

to

own

property

in

society

and

hell

either

laugh

at

you

or

begin

cursing

Or

if

you

want

to

think

about

it

this

way

the

fact

that

the

man

owns

the

bank

account

is

inconsequential

when

the

account

balance

is

cents

But

when

the

family

suddenly

becomes

wealthy

Its

a

big

deal

What

about

the

inequalities

which

pass

the

litmus

test

Oh

there

are

definitely

many

But

I

think

you

have

to

be

careful

about

the

claims

you

make

regarding

those

Making

the

wrong

claim

undermines

your

credibility

and

actually

makes

it

harder

to

correct

actual

injustice

Todays

society

has

largely

given

up

on

the

old

boy

who

cried

wolf

lesson

in

favor

of

serial

outrage

If

you

are

trying

to

advocate

for

gender

parity

it

is

best

to

stick

to

facts

For

example

I

brought

up

the

point

about

DV

early

on

in

my

post

Im

definitely

not

unsympathetic

to

DV

or

I

wouldnt

have

brought

it

up

however

it

is

critically

wrong

to

suggest

that

it

was

a

societal

movement

Society

has

never

applauded

men

for

hitting

their

wives

in

point

of

fact

the

saying

is

exactly

the

opposite

Never

hit

a

woman

is

what

we

still

tell

most

children

Of

course

there

are

many

people

who

broke

this

rule

but

it

is

wrong

to

attribute

it

to

culture

or

society

Additionally

you

have

to

be

very

careful

when

making

complaint

to

look

down

as

well

as

up

I

think

the

of

homeless

people

who

are

men

will

not

care

that

of

CEOs

are

men

People

who

are

dying

to

honor

killings

dont

really

care

how

many

cents

on

the

dollar

you

make

If

you

arent

sympathetic

to

the

people

who

have

it

worse

than

you

do

why

should

you

expect

the

people

above

you

to

have

any

sympathy

for

you

Views

View

Upvoters

Usha

Wadhwa

studied

Knows

English

Hindi

Farsi

Urdu

and

a

Bit

of

Gurumukhi

Answered

Dec

Author

has

answers

and

answer

views

Good

At

least

someone

has

accepted

the

fact

that

women

were

treated

horribly

throughout

history

Now

the

question

remains

as

to

why

One

can

not

ignore

the

fact

that

nature

played

a

big

role

in

the

subjugation

of

women

Without

doubt

man

had

tough

time

during

hunting

era

being

physically

stronger

he

went

out

to

hunt

and

risk

his

life

Not

only

a

female

was

physically

weaker

most

of

her

life

was

spent

producing

children

one

after

the

other

She

was

either

pregnant

or

nursing

a

child

So

she

stayed

at

home

cooked

the

food

and

looked

after

the

family

When

humans

started

cultivating

and

settling

down

slowly

societies

came

into

existence

Things

started

improving

but

not

for

women

New

rules

came

up

to

regulate

the

society

As

men

were

stronger

bigger

than

women

he

made

the

laws

all

to

his

advantage

The

social

laws

in

all

the

medieval

Ages

favor

men

be

it

Western

or

Orient

societies

Men

went

out

to

work

while

the

women

stayed

at

home

so

boys

got

education

or

taught

skills

to

earn

but

girls

remained

uneducated

The

one

law

that

affected

the

most

in

defining

the

position

of

women

in

the

society

was

sending

her

to

her

husbands

house

after

marriage

Uneducated

with

no

skill

for

earning

cut

away

from

her

Natal

family

she

became

totally

dependent

on

her

husband

and

at

the

mercy

of

an

alien

family

it

was

their

choice

as

to

how

they

treat

her

No

wonder

in

many

houses

especially

at

the

lower

strata

of

society

she

lived

more

like

an

unpaid

slave

And

believe

me

she

was

prepared

for

this

She

was

taught

to

treat

her

husband

as

her

lord

by

her

own

mother

and

other

women

of

her

parental

home

She

even

endured

domestic

violence

very

quietly

because

she

was

aware

that

things

can

not

be

changed

Polygamy

was

common

in

Eastern

societies

Men

were

allowed

to

marry

as

many

as

they

could

affordor

fancy

Muslim

kings

had

large

harams

in

which

there

were

innumerable

girls

Any

beautiful

girl

the

king

fancied

was

forcibly

brought

to

the

harem

Guarded

by

eunuchs

life

was

more

like

living

in

a

prison

without

committing

any

crime

Can

you

imagine

that

life

Each

inmate

vying

for

the

attention

of

one

man

because

to

become

kings

favorite

was

the

only

way

to

have

a

place

in

the

society

There

were

girls

who

spent

their

whole

lives

in

those

harams

unsung

and

unheard

Sometimes

the

king

would

use

a

girl

once

and

then

gift

her

to

a

favorite

After

reading

this

will

anyone

say

women

were

not

treated

horribly

Can

you

imagine

that

life

in

a

harem

Enclosed

inside

four

walls

plotting

against

others

always

The

daughters

of

other

kings

were

no

better

A

daughter

could

be

gifted

to

please

somebody

married

to

an

old

king

for

sealing

an

alliance

No

the

daughter

was

not

considered

as

human

if

the

father

could

use

her

to

fulfill

his

selfish

goal

Men

were

killed

in

wars

which

were

quite

often

no

doubt

But

after

the

war

women

of

defeated

country

were

raped

and

taken

into

slavery

A

soldier

dies

only

once

but

these

women

died

a

little

every

day

of

their

life

What

is

your

reaction

when

you

hear

the

term

sex

slaves

and

these

girls

dont

even

belong

to

enemy

country

Ordinarily

too

while

men

had

the

right

to

marry

if

the

first

wife

died

or

take

a

second

wife

if

he

so

pleased

for

women

chastity

was

of

utmost

importance

Even

if

in

my

dreams

I

have

thought

of

another

man

burn

me

Oh

Agni

says

Sita

the

accepted

role

model

of

Indian

women

A

widow

a

raped

girl

had

no

chance

of

marrying

And

medical

science

not

advanced

as

today

there

were

many

deaths

during

childbirths

The

life

of

a

woman

was

no

better

in

the

western

countries

The

great

philosopher

Aristotle

had

declared

slaves

and

women

should

not

be

allowed

to

vote

clearly

equating

a

womans

position

with

that

of

a

slave

A

quote

from

Genesis

commands

women

thus

Thy

desire

shall

be

to

thy

husband

and

he

shall

rule

over

thee

And

ancient

texts

justify

the

subjugation

of

women

Till

the

Middle

Ages

girls

got

no

education

and

had

to

marry

whosoever

the

father

chose

All

the

dowry

she

got

from

her

parents

went

to

her

husband

and

if

she

displeased

him

or

he

thought

she

had

he

could

turn

her

out

of

his

house

penniless

She

had

no

Under

Roman

law

if

she

disobeyed

her

husband

he

could

punish

her

as

he

desired

could

kill

her

even

and

go

unpunished

by

law

implying

that

she

was

his

property

and

he

had

all

the

rights

to

treat

her

as

he

desired

All

of

you

who

are

of

the

opinion

that

women

were

not

treated

horribly

please

read

this

carefully

in

medieval

era

if

a

woman

was

raped

I

hope

you

know

that

a

rape

is

without

the

consent

of

the

woman

the

husband

must

not

can

divorce

her

There

is

more

she

was

not

allowed

to

wear

jewelry

after

her

rape

nor

to

take

part

in

public

ceremonies

She

was

very

clearly

punished

for

a

crime

committed

by

another

male

Have

you

heard

of

chastity

belts

that

women

had

to

wear

so

as

they

dont

indulge

in

extra

marital

affairs

Men

of

course

were

free

to

have

as

many

relationships

as

he

wanted

So

to

answer

the

why

part

in

short

Firstly

the

nature

made

her

physically

weak

so

she

can

be

easily

overpowered

Two

She

is

the

one

to

bear

and

nurse

the

offspring

and

Thirdly

Her

body

is

vulnerable

to

rape

molestation

The

humanity

has

evolved

we

have

become

more

civilized

law

abiding

and

have

innumerable

laws

to

protect

women

and

yet

every

day

we

read

instances

of

gang

rape

and

other

crimes

against

women

In

todays

world

brain

has

become

equally

important

as

brawn

and

in

this

a

female

can

compete

equally

with

a

male

Women

are

no

more

ready

to

take

things

lying

down

They

want

equality

They

want

justice

Is

that

asking

for

too

much

Views

Quora

User

Passionate

interest

in

History

of

Christianity

Answered

Dec

Author

has

answers

and

answer

views

First

lets

get

some

basic

level

agreement

on

some

important

caveats

up

front

The

modern

feminist

movement

has

lost

its

way

Instead

of

addressing

genuine

issues

of

real

injustice

based

on

gender

it

has

become

petty

perpetually

offended

and

insensitive

to

injustices

not

its

ownsome

of

which

it

has

helped

create

I

mean

really

Baby

Its

Cold

Outside

Thats

what

you

want

to

make

an

issue

of

When

of

the

homeless

are

women

with

children

who

wont

get

anything

for

Christmasnot

even

a

Christmas

meal

And

make

no

mistake

some

new

laws

and

governmental

requirements

created

to

address

old

injustices

have

in

fact

created

new

ones

Get

involved

with

the

legal

system

concerning

domestic

issuesfrom

a

purely

observational

perspective

without

anything

personal

at

stakeand

it

will

become

painfully

obvious

what

a

tangled

web

we

have

now

woven

Second

Its

difficult

to

deny

that

women

suffer

more

than

men

as

a

result

of

their

gender

But

justice

isnt

a

relative

concept

If

it

were

we

could

suggest

we

should

care

less

about

racism

against

black

people

just

because

Asian

people

in

this

country

are

more

likely

to

be

victims

of

raciallymotivated

hate

crime

Obviously

thats

nonsense

But

so

might

be

ignoring

issues

that

affect

men

more

severely

than

women

just

because

women

overall

have

it

worse

Delving

into

the

data

reveals

a

surprising

array

of

areas

in

which

men

might

have

the

hardest

time

Heres

six

worth

thinking

about

For

single

people

cohabitees

and

divorcees

women

report

significantly

higher

levels

of

domestic

abuse

than

men

however

thats

not

the

end

of

that

story

of

married

women

reported

a

case

of

domestic

abuse

over

the

past

year

as

did

of

men

Married

men

and

women

were

equally

likely

to

be

victims

of

nonsexual

family

abuse

while

for

partner

abuse

and

stalking

a

greater

proportion

of

men

were

victims

than

women

There

are

far

more

men

than

women

in

prison

That

could

evidence

things

about

human

nature

but

it

is

also

true

that

of

male

firsttime

offenders

and

of

women

were

sentenced

to

serve

time

in

prison

this

last

year

Men

have

a

chance

of

being

bailed

while

for

women

that

figure

is

On

average

men

serve

of

their

sentence

but

women

serve

less

The

average

length

of

the

sentence

whatever

the

plea

also

suggests

that

could

evidence

issues

in

the

criminal

justice

system

Men

are

times

more

likely

to

have

a

fatal

injury

at

work

than

women

They

work

in

the

majority

of

the

highrisk

lowpay

jobs

out

there

such

as

mining

Men

are

also

more

likely

to

be

made

redundant

and

less

likely

to

be

reemployed

than

women

Boys

now

lag

behind

girls

in

several

areas

of

education

This

may

be

connected

to

the

issue

of

selfperception

boys

fear

being

labelled

as

feminine

for

taking

a

great

interest

in

academic

work

and

teachers

tend

to

have

lower

expectations

of

precollege

age

boys

than

they

do

of

girls

Statistics

on

the

homeless

have

varied

numbers

depending

upon

country

but

in

every

country

the

majority

are

male

In

England

claims

of

the

homeless

are

male

while

in

the

US

SAMHSA

research

indicates

between

and

are

male

For

every

single

age

group

between

and

men

were

significantly

more

likely

than

women

to

take

their

own

lives

It

wasnt

too

long

ago

I

wrote

an

answer

on

another

controversial

question

concerning

Mens

Rights

Activists

I

had

watched

a

young

man

I

dearly

loved

reduced

to

near

suicide

by

a

women

with

a

NarcissisticMachiavellian

personality

disorder

and

in

an

effort

to

help

I

had

discovered

Dr

Tara

J

Palmatier

She

did

research

on

suicide

among

young

men

and

discovered

abused

men

have

fewer

resources

than

abused

women

and

far

less

social

recognition

and

support

leading

many

to

believe

their

only

way

out

is

suicide

She

began

Helping

men

break

free

from

abusive

relationships

since

to

provide

other

options

All

of

this

is

true

and

fair

and

real

But

dont

make

the

mistake

of

thinking

this

proves

women

have

not

been

treated

badlyeven

yes

proportionately

worsethrough

most

of

human

history

including

todays

Justice

isnt

a

relative

concept

Its

an

absolute

standard

and

we

must

all

strive

for

it

for

each

other

or

it

is

not

a

standard

at

all

Today

there

are

women

at

every

economic

level

in

our

society

including

rich

women

but

it

is

also

true

that

of

the

Fortune

company

CEOs

this

year

only

are

women

the

rest

are

men

The

middle

class

is

shrinking

in

America

while

the

upper

and

lower

classes

grow

and

though

the

percentage

of

men

and

women

in

the

middle

class

is

almost

equal

between

the

genders

The

real

median

earnings

of

men

and

women

who

worked

fulltime

yearround

was

and

respectively

At

the

lower

end

of

the

economic

spectrum

women

outnumber

men

in

all

categories

except

homelessness

Of

those

living

below

the

poverty

level

are

women

and

are

men

Chart

Poverty

level

Income

and

Poverty

in

the

United

States

We

are

doing

better

than

we

used

to

but

we

are

still

influenced

by

where

we

have

been

in

the

past

and

the

past

is

a

very

long

story

of

gender

bias

Third

Its

been

suggested

that

women

in

the

past

were

valued

and

protected

because

of

their

ability

to

bear

children

and

the

value

of

that

to

society

This

argument

fails

if

children

have

not

been

valued

by

that

society

The

bare

fact

is

throughout

human

history

societies

have

had

very

mixed

attitudes

about

children

and

children

are

nothave

never

beenvalued

equally

and

universally

Children

are

expensive

and

even

in

agricultural

societies

where

children

could

potentially

be

additional

workers

they

also

always

represented

another

mouth

to

feed

That

feeding

had

to

go

on

for

a

long

time

before

it

was

even

possible

to

get

any

real

productive

work

out

of

themthen

they

got

old

enough

to

leave

The

return

on

the

necessary

economic

investment

in

children

therefore

was

low

This

hard

truth

resulted

in

one

of

humanitys

most

disconcerting

practices

infanticide

It

is

not

modern

practice

nor

is

it

limited

to

the

ancients

it

was

practiced

everywhere

Anthropologist

Laila

Williamson

notes

that

Infanticide

has

been

practiced

on

every

continent

and

by

people

on

every

level

of

cultural

complexity

from

hunter

gatherers

to

high

civilizations

including

our

own

ancestors

Rather

than

being

an

exception

then

it

has

been

the

rule

Its

hard

to

argue

that

is

evidence

of

children

being

a

value

to

society

Women

werent

protected

by

society

because

society

valued

childbearing

Some

men

protect

women

because

theyre

decent

and

good

Society

has

never

been

on

the

side

of

either

women

or

children

The

biologically

normal

ratio

of

gender

at

birth

is

usually

about

males

per

females

normal

male

numbers

hardly

ever

range

beyond

at

the

top

to

at

the

bottom

So

when

a

society

had

or

has

a

ratio

of

male

to

female

children

that

is

significantly

different

from

that

normal

ratio

it

meant

people

were

killing

their

girl

babies

Because

those

ratios

never

shifted

in

favor

of

females

There

is

evidence

of

that

all

through

history

The

Greeks

and

Romans

practiced

exposing

infants

they

didnt

want

leaving

them

to

die

from

hypothermia

hunger

thirst

or

animal

attack

Sometimes

someone

came

along

who

wanted

a

slave

to

use

or

sell

and

they

would

pick

them

up

Exposure

was

an

accepted

societal

practice

that

allowed

people

to

get

rid

of

those

extra

mouths

they

didnt

want

to

feed

or

perhaps

acknowledge

especially

girls

who

were

also

a

dowry

liability

Childbearing

as

a

valued

blessing

has

never

been

a

universal

value

Therefore

it

cant

be

legitimately

used

as

the

premise

for

the

argument

that

women

were

valued

because

of

it

The

argument

fails

in

the

face

of

grim

reality

Infanticidio

by

Mexican

artist

Antonio

García

Vega

Fourth

Its

been

suggested

that

men

going

off

to

war

and

dying

counterweights

all

other

arguments

that

women

have

had

the

worst

time

of

it

throughout

history

The

argument

is

men

died

in

war

while

women

lived

to

be

childbearing

slaves

and

thats

better

because

any

life

is

better

than

no

life

Those

enslaved

women

lived

to

see

their

children

become

part

of

their

new

community

Men

came

home

from

warif

they

lived

through

itwith

PTSD

So

men

died

or

were

damaged

by

warthat

counters

anything

else

women

have

endured

Not

so

First

men

werent

always

killed

even

in

ancient

wars

Captured

enemy

soldiers

could

be

executed

but

they

were

often

enslaved

instead

This

was

true

in

every

society

from

ancient

Egypt

to

Roman

Empire

During

the

Egyptian

New

Kingdom

when

the

pharaohs

were

committed

to

conquests

in

Nubia

Canaan

and

Syria

the

number

of

slaves

in

Egypt

grew

dramatically

I

gave

to

them

captains

of

archers

and

chief

men

of

the

tribes

branded

and

made

into

slaves

impressed

with

my

name

their

wives

and

their

children

were

made

likewise

Papyrus

Harris

James

Henry

Breasted

Ancient

Records

of

Egypt

Part

IV

By

the

time

of

the

Roman

Empire

the

vast

majority

of

gladiators

were

prisoners

of

war

Hundreds

of

gladiators

might

be

involved

in

spectacles

that

could

last

as

long

as

daysbut

at

least

it

was

an

alternative

to

slavery

Second

women

do

die

in

war

as

well

even

noncombatant

women

but

that

isnt

the

worst

that

happens

to

women

who

get

caught

by

war

In

times

of

armed

conflict

sexual

abuse

including

acts

such

as

rape

forced

oral

sex

mutilation

of

sexual

organs

forced

pregnancy

and

prostitution

is

used

as

an

extension

of

the

battlefield

Wilbers

The

Machel

Study

points

out

that

rape

is

now

recognized

as

a

deliberate

weapon

of

war

used

to

humiliate

and

weaken

the

morale

of

the

perceived

enemy

to

terrorize

populations

and

to

force

the

enemy

to

flee

Rape

is

a

sexual

expression

of

aggression

and

in

general

is

characteristic

of

extreme

torture

when

committed

during

war

rape

can

be

regarded

as

the

ultimate

symbolic

humiliation

in

one

month

in

women

were

raped

byJapanese

in

Nanking

China

In

a

quarter

of

a

million

EastPakistani

women

were

raped

by

WestPakistani

soldiers

Wilbers

In

the

former

Yugoslavia

rape

of

Bosnian

women

by

Serbs

was

used

not

only

as

a

tool

of

war

but

to

implement

a

policy

of

impregnation

in

order

to

further

destroy

one

people

so

that

another

people

could

proliferate

Women

forced

to

carry

and

bear

the

children

of

their

aggressors

suffer

serious

mental

physical

and

spiritual

harm

The

longterm

psychosocial

effects

of

rape

are

difficult

to

resolve

and

often

are

ignored

With

forced

pregnancy

women

may

be

psychologically

traumatized

and

unable

to

have

normal

sexual

or

childbearing

experiences

Fisher

Noncombatant

women

can

and

do

suffer

from

PTSD

after

war

If

one

intends

to

destroy

a

culture

women

are

tactical

targets

of

special

significance

because

of

their

important

roles

within

the

family

structure

Seifert

That

men

die

in

war

is

indisputably

tragic

but

war

is

tragic

for

anyone

touched

by

it

women

too

which

means

it

is

not

a

gender

specific

tragedy

Therefore

the

effects

of

war

do

not

provide

a

valid

argument

that

women

have

had

it

better

than

men

Again

justice

isnt

a

relative

value

The

fact

that

men

die

does

not

prove

women

dont

suffer

Throughout

most

of

history

women

have

in

general

had

fewer

legal

rights

and

career

opportunities

than

men

Women

have

been

considered

not

only

intellectually

inferior

to

men

but

also

a

major

source

of

temptation

and

evil

Long

considered

naturally

weaker

than

men

squeamish

and

unable

to

perform

work

requiring

muscular

or

intellectual

development

they

couldnt

own

property

or

inherit

land

and

wealth

and

were

frequently

treated

as

mere

property

themselves

In

some

countries

women

could

be

confiscated

by

money

lenders

or

tax

collectors

to

help

settle

debts

Until

recent

times

women

throughout

Europe

the

Middle

East

and

Asia

were

unable

to

have

any

influence

over

the

political

religious

or

cultural

lives

of

their

societies

Romans

required

widows

to

remarry

and

forbid

them

to

inherit

but

at

least

this

isnt

the

ritual

widow

murder

common

throughout

India

and

China

when

women

would

be

killed

or

kill

themselves

shortly

after

the

deaths

of

their

husbands

Even

in

the

socalled

enlightened

society

of

ancient

Greece

where

the

concept

of

democracy

supposedly

originated

women

had

no

property

or

political

rights

and

were

forbidden

to

leave

their

homes

after

dark

Similarly

in

ancient

Rome

women

unable

to

take

part

in

social

events

except

as

employed

escort

girls

and

were

only

allowed

to

leave

their

homes

with

their

husband

or

a

male

relative

Its

one

thing

to

take

over

the

positions

of

power

in

a

society

but

another

to

seemingly

despise

women

and

inflict

so

much

brutality

and

degradation

on

them

What

sane

species

would

treat

half

of

its

members

and

the

very

half

which

gives

birth

to

the

whole

species

with

such

contempt

and

injustice

Why

The

oppression

of

women

stems

largely

from

mens

desire

for

power

and

control

Many

cultures

have

had

a

strong

antagonism

towards

women

viewing

them

as

impure

and

innately

sinful

creatures

who

have

been

sent

by

the

devil

to

lead

men

astray

The

last

years

of

mans

inhumanity

to

woman

can

partly

be

seen

as

a

revenge

for

arousing

sexual

desire

in

men

Why

Men

Oppress

Women

Footnotes

The

other

gender

divide

where

men

are

losing

out

The

Reverse

Gender

Gap

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There

are

only

women

CEOs

in

the

Fortune

heres

the

full

list

The

American

Middle

Class

Is

Losing

Ground

Income

and

Poverty

in

the

United

States

Infanticide

Wikipedia

Infant

Exposure

and

Infanticide

Oxford

Handbooks

Roman

Family

and

the

Exposure

of

Infants

Roman

gladiators

were

war

prisoners

and

criminals

not

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Men

Oppress

Women

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Naythias

CoFounder

of

Synergist

School

of

Gender

Equality

Answered

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answers

and

answer

views

Ever

hear

the

Story

of

Paul

Revere

Utter

bullshit

the

only

reason

anyone

even

remembers

his

name

today

is

because

it

was

easy

to

rhyme

Revere

was

one

of

several

riders

and

he

was

captured

nearly

as

soon

as

the

ride

began

among

a

great

many

other

discrepancies

Ever

hear

how

Thomas

Edison

invented

the

light

bulb

Also

bullshit

the

electric

light

bulb

had

been

around

longer

than

Edison

had

been

All

he

really

came

up

with

was

the

screw

base

and

a

slightly

improved

vacuum

technique

Oh

and

furniture

made

from

concrete

Nearly

all

the

crap

you

hear

about

women

being

treated

like

shit

throughout

history

is

pure

Feminist

propaganda

Unlike

most

Feminists

Im

not

only

old

enough

to

have

personally

lived

through

some

of

the

Dark

Ages

but

also

knew

my

greatgrandparents

quite

well

what

I

havent

experienced

firsthand

Ive

experienced

far

closer

to

the

source

than

most

others

Bottom

line

to

the

entire

equation

is

that

society

is

built

to

serve

biology

and

only

women

are

capable

of

giving

birth

Picture

a

neolithic

huntergatherer

society

where

your

principle

source

of

protein

are

animals

large

enough

to

kill

you

faster

than

you

can

blink

Who

logically

would

you

send

to

try

to

take

down

something

like

a

mammoth

Would

you

send

the

children

to

go

fight

one

of

these

things

Of

course

not

Women

are

quite

capable

yes

but

there

are

babies

to

care

for

and

what

do

babies

eat

They

dont

they

nurse

Mother

dies

kids

die

And

what

of

pregnant

women

Could

you

see

a

woman

steelworker

on

the

job

within

a

week

of

her

due

date

Odds

are

that

shes

barely

able

to

walk

Assuming

a

single

birth

what

if

its

twins

or

triplets

No

youre

going

to

send

the

men

Once

the

pregnancy

is

underway

the

man

can

die

and

nothing

changes

everything

depends

on

the

womans

survival

Throughout

history

and

across

cultures

last

stand

s

were

fairly

common

the

women

would

lead

the

children

and

elderly

away

from

danger

while

the

men

prepared

to

meet

their

own

deaths

in

the

slim

hope

that

their

sacrifices

would

buy

sufficient

time

for

the

women

to

get

everyone

else

to

safety

And

lets

not

forget

the

Birkenhead

Drill

during

the

sinking

of

the

Titanic

men

were

shamed

assaulted

and

even

killed

for

daring

to

board

the

lifeboats

while

women

and

children

remained

in

danger

Some

exception

was

made

for

men

who

accompanied

their

wives

and

children

though

many

of

these

men

gave

up

their

seats

to

other

women

and

kissed

their

wives

goodbye

knowing

they

were

soon

to

die

Not

only

are

there

deeply

embedded

social

strictures

against

fighting

someone

significantly

weaker

than

yourself

which

mostly

applies

to

men

and

mainly

benefits

women

but

men

have

near

always

been

taught

from

youth

to

never

hit

a

woman

even

if

she

has

it

coming

Think

not

Look

no

farther

than

Carrie

Amelia

Moore

Nation

Had

any

man

come

into

a

saloon

wielding

an

axe

hed

have

been

shot

dead

before

he

took

three

steps

Carrie

Nation

on

the

other

hand

threw

stools

into

bars

shattered

casks

with

her

hatchet

and

smashed

mens

faces

in

with

her

Bible

singing

hallelujahs

as

she

went

She

was

arrested

on

a

few

occasions

but

no

man

ever

dared

raise

a

hand

against

her

Do

you

honestly

see

much

women

being

treated

horribly

going

on

here

Lets

say

youre

a

computer

tech

youve

been

building

and

troubleshooting

computers

since

you

were

a

kid

and

youre

familiar

with

every

operating

system

from

CPM

to

Windows

and

most

every

flavor

of

Linux

Maybe

youve

even

actually

designed

a

microprocessor

Dad

thinks

RAM

Disk

is

how

you

install

software

on

a

computer

and

Mom

thinks

the

Scuzzy

port

is

part

of

the

computer

that

really

needs

cleaning

But

their

computer

is

on

the

fritz

and

they

have

important

work

to

do

with

it

IDEALLY

if

you

had

scads

of

time

and

the

patience

of

ten

Jobs

youd

walk

them

through

everything

stepbystep

explaining

everything

as

you

go

teaching

them

how

to

track

down

what

went

wrong

how

to

fix

it

and

how

to

keep

it

from

happening

again

Much

more

probable

youd

push

them

aside

and

do

it

yourself

getting

the

job

done

better

faster

and

with

far

less

frustration

than

delegating

the

task

to

them

Such

was

the

case

through

most

of

human

society

Men

were

expendable

so

theyre

the

ones

who

took

the

risks

in

exploring

early

commerce

and

so

forth

When

civic

affairs

came

up

they

were

the

ones

who

had

seen

the

enemy

with

their

own

eyes

knew

the

lay

of

the

land

and

had

been

taught

from

youth

how

to

capitalize

on

what

advantages

they

could

They

were

the

ones

to

brave

weather

and

bandits

along

wandering

trade

routes

in

order

to

bring

back

exotic

oils

for

their

wives

and

novelties

for

their

children

Until

the

industrial

age

nearly

all

employment

was

onerous

backbreaking

work

beyond

the

scope

of

what

women

were

capable

of

Furthermore

living

standards

had

evolved

to

the

point

where

a

housewife

spent

hours

per

day

simply

maintaining

the

home

If

youve

ever

had

to

wash

a

load

of

laundry

by

hand

youd

understand

why

most

historians

regard

the

automatic

clothes

washer

to

be

the

most

liberating

advance

in

the

history

of

women

Add

better

home

heating

eliminating

the

need

to

spend

an

hour

per

day

cleaning

soot

from

the

walls

grocery

infrastructure

no

need

to

maintain

your

own

cow

Looking

back

through

a

historical

lens

its

worth

noting

that

womens

suffrage

came

about

in

each

society

almost

the

exact

same

time

that

society

reached

this

same

technological

standard

Its

also

worth

noting

that

only

a

small

minority

of

women

actually

wanted

voting

rights

most

actively

objected

to

voting

rights

because

they

feared

it

would

mean

giving

up

some

portion

of

their

special

protections

and

privileges

See

Carrie

Nation

above

Also

worth

noting

is

that

the

voting

age

was

later

lowered

from

to

in

response

to

protests

arising

from

the

Vietnam

War

young

men

were

being

sent

overseas

to

die

by

a

government

in

which

they

had

no

voice

Laws

might

not

always

keep

up

with

changing

times

but

its

not

through

lack

of

effort

Throughout

much

of

the

and

centuries

women

had

special

access

to

resources

men

didnt

An

old

widow

woman

could

walk

into

the

grocers

to

pick

up

a

carton

of

eggs

loaf

of

bread

and

quart

of

milk

and

walk

out

without

paying

When

women

enjoyed

public

entertainments

some

man

or

other

was

expected

to

pay

her

way

or

she

was

admitted

without

charge

Part

of

why

women

used

to

be

paid

less

than

men

was

due

to

the

above

they

had

fewer

expenses

and

actually

needed

far

less

money

than

men

who

were

expected

to

pay

on

behalf

of

women

The

other

part

is

that

employees

used

to

bid

for

how

low

of

wages

they

would

work

and

in

the

process

of

underbidding

men

took

over

quite

a

number

of

oncemaledominated

professions

Throughout

most

of

history

however

birth

control

was

virtually

nonexistent

having

sex

meant

a

high

probability

of

pregnancy

and

unlike

today

no

one

in

their

right

minds

would

even

consider

the

possibility

of

willingly

terminating

a

pregnancy

It

was

simply

the

wages

of

sin

though

societal

norms

also

forced

the

childs

father

to

provide

for

the

womans

every

need

In

fact

it

became

standard

practice

for

women

to

seduce

men

and

become

pregnant

to

force

a

man

to

marry

and

provide

for

her

One

can

never

properly

evaluate

history

through

a

modern

lens

To

quote

Mark

Twain

The

past

is

a

whole

other

country

they

do

things

quite

differently

there

While

some

aspects

may

seem

far

less

appealing

by

todays

standards

human

society

has

nearly

always

valued

women

over

men

Rights

responsibilities

and

privileges

were

seldom

the

same

but

they

were

usually

pretty

close

to

equal

Views

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requested

by

Vaan

Cotton

Quora

User

Has

a

degree

in

History

and

worked

for

some

years

as

a

high

school

teacher

Answered

Feb

Author

has

answers

and

answer

views

Well

men

were

also

treated

terribly

throughout

history

The

world

was

a

madhouse

and

people

could

get

beaten

tortured

mutilated

raped

enslaved

branded

or

simply

killed

for

the

smallest

trifle

Most

of

the

oppression

women

experienced

back

then

was

just

because

the

world

was

so

unsafe

that

men

thought

that

they

needed

to

keep

their

women

safe

like

in

a

safe

so

they

could

bear

his

children

in

peace

Feminists

will

kill

me

with

fire

after

this

but

I

really

dont

believe

man

is

inimical

to

woman

there

was

simply

no

reason

why

the

world

would

be

different

considering

what

was

at

stake

Feminism

is

a

result

of

the

remarkable

development

of

the

modern

world

which

has

enabled

women

to

move

about

safely

which

simply

was

not

the

case

in

would

be

probably

a

fugitive

from

law

or

an

escaped

slave

When

you

examine

the

history

of

the

world

there

is

always

a

clear

pattern

the

higher

up

in

society

the

more

women

enjoyed

safety

and

rights

Thats

not

a

coincidence

a

higher

position

in

society

entailed

power

and

privileges

which

meant

that

a

commoner

who

attacked

such

a

woman

would

be

killed

or

maimed

Remember

Lady

Godiva

and

Peeping

Tom

While

you

could

argue

that

women

were

oppressed

back

then

it

was

also

true

that

a

noble

woman

could

ride

around

the

town

naked

and

nobody

would

see

her

fearing

for

their

lives

Poor

Peeping

Tom

had

his

eyes

burned

gynacaeum

There

is

also

another

pattern

warlike

societies

like

the

Greeks

and

the

Romans

gave

lesser

rights

to

women

while

more

peaceful

societies

like

the

Celts

and

the

Germanics

gave

them

more

rights

Female

oppression

as

an

absolute

thing

a

war

of

the

male

sex

against

the

female

is

bullshit

Female

oppression

is

a

relative

thing

that

varies

from

culture

to

culture

from

time

to

time

depending

on

how

safe

people

feel

the

world

to

be

and

also

on

the

social

status

of

a

given

woman

Views

Answer

requested

by

Vaan

Cotton

Mike

Barksdale

BA

BA

MBA

Business

Finance

Economics

Colorado

Mesa

University

Updated

Dec

Author

has

answers

and

answer

views

Heres

a

hint

women

havent

been

treated

horribly

by

men

Im

going

to

be

arguing

that

men

and

women

have

had

an

equal

amount

of

importance

getting

us

to

and

the

idea

that

men

treat

women

horribly

is

pure

hogwash

First

lets

remember

that

our

society

revolves

around

men

protecting

women

and

children

When

we

copulated

two

million

years

ago

males

had

no

real

incentive

to

stay

after

they

had

impregnated

a

female

Why

did

they

do

it

Because

its

easier

to

protect

the

female

and

stay

to

help

feed

her

when

she

fulfills

your

sexual

urges

and

her

offspring

look

like

you

As

a

rule

males

have

stayed

to

protect

females

because

that

was

how

our

species

thrived

As

a

collective

the

men

go

off

and

face

the

danger

and

the

women

raise

the

children

feed

the

men

promise

BOTH

ARE

EQUALLY

IMPORTANT

Its

not

a

competition

Its

like

asking

who

is

a

better

basketball

player

Tom

Brady

or

Mickey

Mantle

Its

nonsensical

to

ask

the

question

who

is

better

Men

have

had

an

important

role

providing

for

the

individual

family

Women

have

played

a

key

role

in

helping

the

collective

Voting

patterns

today

bare

this

out

The

idea

that

men

have

dominated

and

walked

all

over

women

is

just

completely

insane

In

case

you

didnt

notice

its

not

very

easy

to

just

walk

all

over

women

They

tend

to

be

fiesty

and

tough

and

men

tend

to

get

goggleeyed

and

stupid

around

them

when

they

look

pretty

Women

have

traditionally

held

a

psychological

power

over

men

that

men

dont

have

over

women

Women

are

statistically

better

at

spotting

lies

and

liars

because

they

have

had

to

A

sexual

experience

with

a

bad

mate

to

a

man

has

little

consequence

A

bad

sexual

encounter

to

a

woman

Men

have

died

and

sacrificed

for

women

not

because

we

think

they

are

gentle

little

creatures

but

rather

because

we

know

they

hold

the

key

to

life

in

their

womb

A

tribe

cant

thrive

if

all

its

women

are

being

captured

and

raped

by

the

other

tribe

Powerful

men

like

Genghis

Khan

have

raped

women

historically

not

because

they

want

gratification

per

se

What

they

want

is

to

skip

the

part

where

they

have

to

actually

try

to

win

a

womans

affections

and

just

gone

right

ahead

to

the

sexual

pleasure

In

other

words

they

are

admitting

that

you

cant

just

dominate

a

woman

Genghis

Khan

could

have

had

any

woman

he

wanted

without

raping

her

Yet

he

still

did

it

enough

times

to

make

Wilt

Chamberlain

look

like

a

seven

foot

virgin

Why

Because

it

was

easier

than

trying

to

convince

his

women

that

they

should

sleep

with

him

At

the

end

of

the

day

we

are

still

animals

We

have

small

testicles

and

large

penises

compared

to

other

animals

This

means

that

two

factors

are

at

play

We

are

supposed

to

be

more

monogamous

than

polyamorous

Historically

we

havent

slept

with

a

lot

of

other

mates

Rather

we

pick

one

out

and

protect

her

and

her

offspring

and

help

her

by

raising

crops

and

feeding

her

while

she

is

pregnant

Women

have

a

very

long

gestation

period

relative

to

our

size

which

means

that

women

have

historically

needed

a

male

to

care

for

them

while

they

are

pregnant

and

immediately

after

We

have

large

penises

compared

to

other

apes

and

that

means

that

we

value

and

care

for

female

input

during

copulation

If

you

look

at

a

large

silverback

gorilla

they

have

small

penises

and

large

testicles

The

big

daddy

of

the

group

basically

sits

all

day

and

breeds

with

all

the

females

Hes

the

daddy

He

can

do

what

he

wants

and

pleasing

his

mates

is

irrelevant

Humans

are

a

little

different

We

want

to

please

our

mates

because

our

species

is

a

dual

selection

species

Meaning

both

parties

choose

their

mates

voluntarily

Therefore

we

dont

just

dominate

women

Both

gender

of

humans

have

been

equally

successful

in

getting

us

here

One

side

may

dominate

physically

and

be

more

famous

infamous

and

documented

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as

the

saying

goes

behind

every

great

man

there

are

a

lot

of

great

women

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however

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enslaved

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horrible

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history

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can

make

generalizations

based

on

what

we

know

but

we

dont

know

everything

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things

being

said

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women

in

many

major

ancient

cultures

tend

to

have

fewer

civil

rights

than

men

Yes

Were

there

exceptions

to

this

Yes

Were

women

in

some

major

ancient

cultures

considered

inferior

to

men

Yes

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is

even

to

be

expected

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have

different

needs

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a

culture

where

verbal

ability

multitasking

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discrimination

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skills

are

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women

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actually

be

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the

ancient

world

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strength

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not

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in

building

civilizations

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strength

provided

protection

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and

the

energy

to

dig

canals

lift

timbers

hew

stones

and

mine

metal

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men

also

tend

to

be

the

highestlevel

mathematicians

and

math

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to

engineering

and

architecture

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may

also

have

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to

be

early

astronomers

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are

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and

strong

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are

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a

core

need

for

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were

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revered

as

the

Mother

or

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due

to

their

unique

ability

to

deliver

and

nurture

a

tiny

human

being

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the

ability

to

give

birth

comes

with

some

disadvantages

in

some

circumstances

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heavily

pregnant

woman

is

not

that

effective

in

battle

and

if

a

nursing

mother

is

killed

her

baby

might

die

as

well

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in

the

modern

military

women

are

injured

more

often

than

men

because

our

bodies

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thing

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unfairness

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it

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horrible

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it

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to

men

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women

the

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men

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qualify

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me

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the

happiness

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male

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civil

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physical

necessities

of

life

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the

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pain

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life

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emotionally

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selfactualization

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notions

of

social

justice

and

equality

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enter

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energy

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brain

power

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why

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college

professors

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young

people

obsessively

dwell

on

things

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centuries

ago

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on

it

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them

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some

professors

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young

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get

so

irate

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few

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violence

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them

feel

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and

have

some

kind

of

power

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they

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fed

a

distorted

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version

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history

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of

unfairness

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injustice

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to

stir

up

anger

and

resentment

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anything

to

balance

their

feelings

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you

immerse

yourself

in

a

subject

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going

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balledup

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the

time

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listening

to

depressing

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constantly

feeding

yourself

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affects

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angry

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think

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and

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pain

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can

be

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an

infant

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exhausting

involving

almost

complete

selfsacrifice

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to

this

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fact

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women

are

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usually

as

physically

strong

as

men

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have

as

much

testosterone

to

give

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gifts

and

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still

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highly

valued

by

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women

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apt

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on

outside

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people

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of

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angry

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the

time

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things

that

happened

long

before

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born

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change

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and

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your

health

and

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relationship

with

roughly

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on

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having

to

have

anyone

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intrinsic

selfworth

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answers

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by

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and

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of

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that

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than

men

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on

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agriculture

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the

concept

of

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and

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came

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wanted

to

share

his

hard

earned

resources

with

someone

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child

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were

pregnant

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of

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time

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them

in

a

state

of

vulnerability

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of

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child

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comes

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power

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comes

down

to

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the

terms

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woman

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through

out

history

all

over

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planet

a

particular

gender

has

been

larger

in

size

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having

more

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and

higher

bone

density

resulting

in

being

physically

stronger

and

therefore

physically

more

dominant

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general

with

human

beings

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mammals

and

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gender

is

simply

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larger

and

stronger

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to

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physically

larger

and

stronger

animal

usually

wins

The

second

issue

is

the

fact

that

the

other

gender

deals

with

the

physically

restricting

factor

of

pregnancy

and

the

small

issue

of

having

one

or

more

children

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are

innately

obligated

to

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cleaning

protecting

and

in

many

cases

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takes

an

extreme

physical

and

psychological

toll

on

an

individual

leaving

less

time

for

that

individual

to

dedicate

thier

time

to

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pursuits

such

as

creativity

labor

politics

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individual

who

is

pregnant

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is

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and

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a

baby

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is

more

physically

more

vulnerable

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a

gender

who

ultimately

only

has

a

physical

responsibility

for

themselves

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gender

has

capitalized

on

this

since

day

one

not

necessarily

out

of

malice

or

cowardice

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because

it

is

natural

for

the

bigger

stronger

and

more

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centuries

of

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a

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the

human

race

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value

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gender

nuetral

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are

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beginning

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see

a

balance

of

power

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genders

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societies

races

and

cultures

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well

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persons

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have

a

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the

first

place

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more

time

for

a

person

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the

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creativity

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and

politics

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eventually

lead

to

a

world

where

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gender

equality

gap

becomes

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as

long

as

a

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gender

is

more

innately

obligated

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the

physical

psychological

and

emotional

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of

children

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Oshiro

Master

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in

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Business

University

of

Nantes

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most

of

history

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vast

majority

of

men

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women

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job

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one

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rulers

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the

other

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the

tribe

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protect

the

women

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the

children

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allow

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jobs

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need

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herself

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her

kids

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the

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all

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civilization

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women

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latter

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end

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understandable

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an

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dangerous

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women

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not

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casual

sex

with

strangers

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she

might

have

ended

up

pregnant

with

a

kid

and

nobody

to

help

feed

him

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that

a

single

woman

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not

possibly

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care

of

a

child

and

do

all

the

farming

work

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to

feed

them

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at

the

same

time

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the

fact

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birthing

was

not

without

danger

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you

quickly

understand

why

it

was

deemed

necessary

to

curb

down

any

female

sexual

activity

outside

marriage

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did

not

exist

so

infanticide

was

a

common

although

cruel

way

to

get

rid

of

unwanted

children

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preferred

to

restrict

female

sexual

behavior

for

morality

purposes

and

for

example

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infanticide

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be

a

crime

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pretty

sure

you

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agree

too

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upper

class

men

and

women

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difficult

lifes

compared

to

today

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a

member

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the

upperclass

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at

the

top

of

the

hierarchy

was

your

priority

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you

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go

back

as

lowerclass

individuals

and

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would

prove

disastrous

for

your

children

future

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high

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individuals

would

have

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access

to

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the

only

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it

anyway

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it

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make

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the

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it

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men

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women

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rule

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have

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choice

about

it

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a

lot

of

responsibility

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as

leading

your

dynasty

and

the

common

folk

on

your

lands

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wanted

to

take

your

place

your

rivals

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to

destroy

you

and

your

superior

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loyalty

and

obedience

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though

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than

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proportion

of

men

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be

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part

of

the

upper

class

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women

on

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other

hand

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to

attract

the

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desirable

mate

and

take

care

of

their

children

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was

necessary

in

order

to

conclude

alliances

with

powerful

families

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survival

of

your

dynasty

was

the

most

precious

thing

to

live

for

so

sending

away

your

daughters

to

marry

important

men

was

the

best

way

to

fulfill

that

goal

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is

thicker

than

water

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allies

your

dynasty

would

soon

crumble

against

so

many

powerful

rivals

So

it

was

necessary

to

sacrifice

your

daughters

to

ensure

the

safety

of

your

dynasty

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thing

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economic

development

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the

industrial

revolution

and

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Humanity

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enough

resources

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live

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of

surviving

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is

no

need

to

force

women

to

have

kids

all

the

time

because

you

do

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need

children

to

work

at

the

farm

anymore

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became

extremely

expensive

and

time

consuming

to

raise

and

you

wish

to

limit

them

to

an

acceptable

number

Infant

mortality

has

also

been

nearly

removed

from

existence

The

nature

of

work

changed

dramatically

No

need

to

break

your

back

labouring

office

work

is

the

new

fashion

Women

are

perfectly

capable

of

both

sustaining

a

family

and

taking

care

of

the

few

children

they

will

have

Even

though

some

people

will

disagree

I

would

say

that

the

economic

development

brought

by

capitalism

is

what

allowed

feminism

to

even

exist

in

the

first

place

On

the

opposite

should

a

catastrophe

bring

down

civilization

to

preindustrial

levels

there

would

probably

be

another

crack

down

on

womens

freedom

Views

View

Upvoters

Ambarish

Kr

Mishra

Answered

Dec

Because

men

had

power

and

women

were

inferior

to

men

In

the

past

without

technology

physicality

played

a

huge

role

Many

day

to

day

tasks

and

major

tasks

depended

on

strength

whether

it

was

fighting

a

war

or

hunting

a

tiger

As

such

women

were

naturally

at

a

disadvantage

and

had

to

be

dependent

on

men

They

needed

protection

from

men

This

dependency

resulted

in

a

severe

tilt

in

powers

between

men

and

women

which

resulted

in

mistreatment

of

women

At

the

same

time

religions

developed

which

was

binded

society

with

certain

rules

and

regulations

Women

due

to

the

power

imbalance

got

many

discriminatory

things

to

go

with

it

And

since

religion

had

such

a

huge

impact

on

the

society

women

were

doomed

for

many

centuries

to

come

You

also

have

to

consider

that

in

the

past

men

did

the

outside

work

and

women

had

the

primary

job

of

giving

birth

Therefore

rules

were

made

to

maintain

it

that

way

which

made

sense

for

that

period

but

discriminatory

in

the

present

time

With

technology

on

the

rise

we

are

reaching

towards

an

ideal

completely

equal

society

But

still

today

in

many

parts

of

the

world

which

are

underdeveloped

physical

strength

is

essential

Hence

women

continue

to

be

discriminated

against

in

those

parts

although

considerably

less

than

earlier

times

And

some

parts

are

overtly

religious

so

same

scenario

there

This

is

my

view

about

the

matter

I

am

no

history

student

but

with

the

little

bit

I

know

and

observing

things

around

me

I

have

reached

this

conclusion

Views

Claudia

Hurley

BS

Political

Science

Graphic

Design

Southern

Virginia

University

Answered

Dec

It

was

the

inherent

idea

that

women

were

inferior

you

can

see

that

in

interpretations

of

the

Bible

and

if

you

have

ever

read

Paradise

Lost

by

John

Milton

you

can

see

that

ideal

escalated

Adam

believed

Eve

to

be

less

than

himself

because

she

was

created

second

from

his

rib

It

is

also

apparent

if

you

read

JeanJacques

Rousseau

that

these

views

of

women

became

even

more

degrading

He

had

enlightened

ideas

of

human

equality

but

women

werent

deserving

of

those

human

rights

to

him

as

they

NEEDED

men

and

were

less

rational

Writings

like

this

furthered

the

idea

In

some

cases

though

the

treatment

of

women

have

gotten

better

since

well

life

began

but

wives

girls

and

women

in

general

are

still

treated

horribly

whether

through

genital

mutilation

ritual

servitude

abuse

rape

or

murder

in

many

countries

today

Ethiopia

Turkmenistan

Albania

Rwanda

Bangladesh

Ghana

just

to

name

a

few

Speaking

as

a

pretty

privileged

female

who

has

only

been

treated

horribly

on

a

number

of

occasions

we

have

to

do

everything

we

can

to

help

those

that

are

affected

by

this

oppression

at

a

worse

level

Views

Sijin

Stephen

Answered

Dec

Author

has

answers

and

answer

views

Because

thats

the

rule

of

nature

The

males

of

the

species

have

nothing

to

risk

during

reproduction

There

are

exceptions

but

they

are

very

rare

Women

need

to

expend

their

resources

and

time

for

the

species

to

survive

As

women

are

more

invested

in

children

they

suffer

more

in

nurturing

them

This

is

true

even

in

the

smallest

of

animals

This

gives

men

more

resources

to

find

food

and

other

mates

Consequently

the

more

aggressive

males

get

to

have

more

children

The

less

aggressive

males

donot

bear

children

With

millions

of

years

of

evolution

men

have

accumulated

the

aggression

and

capacity

to

treat

others

horribly

The

less

aggressive

genes

got

lost

Humans

are

not

mere

animals

We

can

think

As

a

result

most

men

have

a

fair

chance

to

have

children

We

dont

spend

most

of

our

time

in

fight

over

mates

Religions

and

cultures

have

set

some

rules

which

are

beneficial

for

men

there

are

rules

to

discourage

wars

over

women

Without

these

rules

at

least

the

better

looking

women

would

have

had

a

better

deal

as

long

as

they

are

young

The

men

would

have

to

court

them

As

women

become

properties

of

men

among

humans

they

are

treated

even

worse

than

other

animals

Marriage

Children

Sadly

If

a

woman

decides

not

to

reproduce

she

is

better

off

Views

Russell

Pollard

Answered

Dec

Author

has

answers

and

answer

views

There

are

a

few

reasons

Because

up

until

relatively

recently

everybody

that

lacked

power

was

treated

horribly

Because

raising

children

occupies

a

huge

amount

of

resources

that

for

the

vast

majority

of

our

history

only

well

conditioned

men

could

amass

especially

early

on

while

the

mother

is

recovering

from

the

birth

and

survival

was

often

a

marginal

proposition

at

best

Any

effort

spent

keeping

somebody

elses

child

alive

is

effort

that

is

not

spent

keeping

ones

self

and

ones

own

children

alive

Woman

have

irrefutable

proof

that

the

child

that

was

just

born

is

theirs

Men

do

not

Insecurity

around

this

was

and

is

often

used

by

religions

to

limit

womens

opportunities

in

the

hope

that

it

also

limits

their

ability

to

get

pregnant

to

the

wrong

man

Hopefully

the

availability

of

cheap

paternity

testing

will

remove

the

ability

to

exploit

this

insecurity

Relatively

recent

improvements

in

quality

of

life

and

educational

options

for

people

that

are

not

rich

or

politically

powerful

have

lifted

expectations

These

expectations

are

then

projected

back

complete

with

false

assumptions

about

the

historical

quality

of

life

men

in

the

same

position

were

getting

Im

not

saying

both

groups

had

the

exact

same

horrible

experiences

just

that

both

were

being

mistreated

as

best

applies

to

them

with

regard

to

their

position

on

the

political

pecking

order

This

varied

from

society

to

society

If

you

are

going

to

compare

a

female

slaves

quality

of

life

to

a

male

slave

owner

you

are

ignoring

the

fact

that

one

is

rich

and

powerful

and

the

other

is

a

slave

This

has

a

far

bigger

It

is

straight

up

power

politics

not

gender

politics

All

slaves

were

abused

regardless

of

gender

Male

slaves

in

the

ottoman

empire

were

routinely

castrated

before

sale

A

huge

number

did

not

survive

Those

that

did

were

permanently

maimed

There

was

no

female

only

equivalent

of

this

Before

anybody

starts

yelling

What

about

rape

go

watch

a

documentary

or

two

on

the

US

male

prison

system

It

doesnt

just

happen

to

women

and

is

again

about

power

not

the

gender

of

the

victim

Why

were

women

raped

following

a

successful

siege

For

the

same

reason

boys

were

raped

Because

the

perpetrators

could

get

away

with

it

They

had

the

power

because

they

had

just

killed

their

victims

defenders

Dont

trust

anybody

that

tries

to

turn

gender

politics

into

power

politics

for

personal

gain

They

usually

have

a

blind

spot

it

their

reasoning

Views

Max

Roberts

I

read

a

lot

of

History

Answered

Feb

Author

has

answers

and

answer

views

Were

women

always

treated

horribly

thruout

history

It

occurs

to

me

that

Etruscans

treated

women

rather

well

and

that

so

long

as

Roman

women

guarded

their

honor

they

had

the

run

of

Rome

with

very

few

other

duties

Then

there

is

Christianity

the

first

religion

to

give

women

as

much

a

role

even

though

it

never

allowed

them

in

the

clergy

Next

take

western

Christianity

Even

before

Christianity

women

in

Germanic

tribes

had

special

status

They

had

rather

equal

status

among

Celtic

tribes

too

who

often

chose

queens

If

you

look

closely

you

may

note

that

womens

estate

always

improved

during

prosperity

or

was

proportional

to

the

wealth

of

the

household

she

was

married

or

born

into

Life

was

little

better

for

men

though

in

many

millennia

of

nearly

constant

petty

wars

including

the

last

two

millennia

warriors

who

were

always

men

got

the

bulk

of

respect

General

prosperity

did

not

emerge

until

industrialization

had

settled

in

That

usually

took

about

years

as

it

did

after

the

Civil

War

After

you

see

US

womens

status

rise

markedly

only

to

fall

abruptly

after

Oct

After

and

now

even

more

home

laborsaving

devices

and

medical

knowledge

have

proliferated

You

complain

about

now

Just

go

back

a

century

Ask

a

simpler

question

Why

did

women

have

it

so

bad

thru

most

of

history

I

think

you

can

figure

it

out

Then

ask

Why

in

the

did

most

womens

husbands

or

fathers

die

at

around

years

Women

then

typically

had

six

or

more

children

and

dying

in

childbirth

was

not

a

rarity

for

mothers

so

their

average

lifespans

were

not

much

over

years

either

If

that

that

level

of

death

in

childbirth

suddenly

recurred

now

we

would

be

shocked

at

what

people

in

the

were

resigned

to

as

normality

Views

Answer

requested

by

Vaan

Cotton

Akhilesh

Mishra

Customs

Officer

Underwriter

MetroRail

Guy

Engineer

Answered

Mar

Author

has

answers

and

answer

views

Women

were

the

weaker

gender

The

fairer

sex

was

supposed

to

be

the

soft

sex

too

The

hard

part

was

left

to

the

men

they

were

biologically

stronger

So

this

male

psyche

made

the

male

haughty

about

welding

more

power

than

women

So

the

women

bore

the

brunt

of

a

bad

day

at

work

or

alcoholism

The

present

is

dominated

by

left

leaning

ideas

that

favour

equality

and

more

power

to

women

that

protects

them

from

undue

excesses

The

side

effect

of

that

is

that

women

sometimes

or

in

Indian

context

often

misuse

their

leverage

False

claims

of

being

pressurised

at

work

fake

claims

of

domestic

violence

thorough

abuse

of

legal

procedures

to

gain

benefits

Half

the

women

force

in

Government

sector

doesnt

work

because

noone

can

make

them

work

once

the

wordharrassment

is

wishpered

Morality

exists

for

a

rare

few

Its

the

stronger

gender

that

has

dominated

and

mistreated

the

weaker

gender

throughout

history

That

was

and

is

so

The

present

is

more

of

a

transition

phase

where

we

see

both

happening

together

Views

Meni

Roberts

Answered

Dec

Author

has

answers

and

answer

views

Women

have

NOT

been

treated

horribly

throughout

history

Norsemen

Women

in

Viking

communities

had

the

right

to

own

property

and

land

in

newly

conquered

regions

They

had

the

right

to

choose

their

own

husbands

and

divorce

him

if

he

was

a

poor

provider

Egypt

Egyptian

society

also

held

women

in

high

esteem

Women

had

every

right

to

own

slaves

and

servants

seats

in

government

property

and

land

etc

If

a

man

beat

his

wife

he

was

to

be

flogged

Japan

Women

during

most

of

Japanese

history

had

equal

rights

to

men

That

was

until

the

fall

of

the

Kamakura

shuganate

Benin

kingdom

and

other

West

African

kingdoms

Through

history

west

Africa

has

produced

some

very

notable

female

leaders

Queens

like

Moremi

Ida

and

Amina

of

Zaria

Women

had

the

same

right

as

men

including

the

right

to

hold

government

Women

were

seen

as

inferior

only

to

a

few

cultures

like

the

Chinese

and

the

Romans

The

reason

why

it

seems

like

women

have

been

discriminated

against

is

simple

Women

are

not

as

physically

strong

as

men

its

simple

biology

For

this

reason

men

with

their

natural

instinct

to

protect

their

mate

shielded

women

from

many

dangerous

things

Things

like

hunting

politics

and

war

Human

beings

run

a

patriarchal

society

the

same

was

elephants

and

ring

tail

lemurs

run

a

matriarchal

society

But

even

in

other

patriarchal

mammalian

species

the

females

arent

pushed

around

They

have

equal

rights

relatively

Its

the

same

with

humans

women

were

never

oppressed

The

oppression

women

see

is

a

recent

social

construct

And

its

on

the

basis

of

abrahamic

religion

Not

a

white

male

patriarchy

Well

this

is

just

my

opinion

you

may

have

different

views

in

the

same

matter

But

as

long

as

history

is

concerned

women

have

generally

never

been

discriminated

against

Views

View

Upvoters

Kashyap

Patel

Product

Marketing

Manager

at

Pronto

Software

Answered

Dec

Author

has

answers

and

answer

views

Because

somewhere

along

the

course

of

history

men

went

from

I

toil

so

that

I

can

provide

for

the

family

to

Since

I

think

I

am

the

only

one

who

toils

you

serve

me

Because

a

man

thought

he

had

power

because

he

was

the

breadearner

By

subduing

the

opposite

gender

that

power

continued

to

remain

with

them

Somewhere

along

the

way

a

male

thought

what

if

we

became

like

bees

where

the

queen

is

going

to

make

us

all

workers

toil

So

men

in

their

pursuit

of

holding

power

treated

women

in

the

way

they

did

to

ensure

that

that

power

remained

with

them

Some

sought

to

secure

positions

of

power

in

politics

and

religion

in

order

to

ensure

that

the

entitlement

remains

true

You

can

see

why

so

many

religions

continue

to

have

men

in

the

most

powerful

and

influential

positions

Because

men

created

stories

around

how

women

should

only

be

thought

of

as

child

bearers

and

nurturers

and

nothing

else

Because

men

created

stories

about

how

women

are

soft

and

delicate

although

they

can

bear

period

pains

and

can

deliver

a

child

Because

men

decided

to

not

allow

them

to

join

battles

because

that

would

mean

they

have

become

strong

Why

is

it

that

in

a

hostage

situation

negotiations

for

release

start

with

women

and

children

first

Because

even

males

enemies

believe

that

women

are

fragile

and

should

always

be

thought

of

that

way

After

marriage

daughters

leave

to

join

their

husbands

home

Why

Who

created

such

customs

Ofcourse

it

was

men

as

directed

by

religious

beliefs

which

again

were

perpetrated

by

men

Being

a

husband

to

a

strong

wife

I

can

understand

why

men

would

fear

them

And

therefore

treat

them

with

actions

that

tame

the

beast

It

is

because

we

fear

what

would

happen

if

they

actually

became

powerful

Which

they

slowly

have

and

we

have

redoubled

our

efforts

to

subdue

them

with

domestic

abuse

rape

and

salary

gaps

It

never

stopped

them

and

never

will

Kash

Views

Gary

Richter

I

am

human

behave

as

human

and

treat

others

like

humans

Answered

Dec

Author

has

answers

and

answer

views

I

wouldnt

say

that

women

were

treated

horribly

throughout

history

Id

say

everyone

was

treated

horribly

throughout

history

into

present

day

into

the

future

and

most

likely

for

eternity

or

until

we

wipe

ourselves

off

of

this

earth

From

a

social

perspective

have

women

been

treated

as

inferior

in

a

lot

of

situations

absolutely

But

so

has

every

classcast

of

people

that

society

deems

beneath

another

Thats

the

entire

basis

of

social

classes

We

divide

ourselves

up

into

like

groups

for

protection

and

comfort

always

aspire

to

move

up

the

chain

and

always

do

our

best

to

avoid

moving

down

Man

has

always

felt

protective

over

its

women

But

everyone

wants

to

be

in

control

to

feel

safe

even

women

But

at

the

end

of

the

day

everything

that

happens

on

this

earth

will

at

some

level

result

in

physical

confrontation

when

a

disagreement

occurs

unless

someone

concedes

And

the

strongest

generally

wins

and

men

just

happen

to

the

be

stronger

of

the

genders

overall

So

throughout

history

those

who

have

fought

for

equality

or

independence

have

been

beaten

into

submission

But

again

it

isnt

just

women

it

happens

to

Its

other

men

other

races

other

genders

other

age

groups

Literally

everyone

has

been

treated

bad

by

another

since

man

first

walked

the

earth

Views

Beena

S

Prakash

Tour

Operator

Updated

Dec

Author

has

answers

and

answer

views

Talking

scientifically

females

of

any

organism

are

more

stronger

than

males

In

human

too

women

r

biologically

more

stronger

than

men

if

any

natural

calamity

like

drought

happens

men

will

die

first

women

have

more

tolerance

to

unfavorable

conditions

so

their

chances

of

survival

is

more

Since

men

r

physically

stronger

than

woman

they

ve

always

dominated

womenit

may

be

due

to

lack

of

knowledge

but

after

industrial

revolution

and

feminist

movment

women

situation

ve

improved

I

feel

only

reason

why

women

were

treated

horribly

through

out

history

was

due

to

lack

of

knowledge

and

maturity

The

thought

that

men

Views

Answer

requested

by

Usha

Wadhwa

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