Equality of Men and Women

If someone asks you, ‘Are men and women equal?’, what do you have to answer? Are you one of those who quickly jumps on the ‘of course, yes’ bandwagon, or do you stop to ask ‘What do you mean by “equality”?’ If you belong to either of these groups, you need to read this.

There is no doubt that all humans are different from each other despite all the similarities that they have. The more different people’s group identities, such as age, gender and social class, are from each other, the more different they are from each other. That is why men and women are physically and mentally different. A lot of people see this difference as a beautiful thing that leads men and women to get together to create a family.

However, these differences can sometimes lead to problems. For instance, since men generally have stronger bodies, they can commit physical violence against women, or they could set up social systems in which women are not free. Also, women can use some of their social privileges to destroy a man’s life. Despite all of this, can equality be achieved?

A lot of scientists and philosophers today believe that the solution to inequality is freedom. They say that people should be able to follow their goals and passions. This can result in unequal outcomes, and some people will do better than others, but their success or failure would not be because of someone from the opposite sex.