GENDER EQUALITY; REDEFINED

Here's the thing:

1. Men and women are not (biologically, physically) the same. They might be in the future, but right now, women have breasts and ovulate - things men can't do. Men on the other hand have things - like penis and prostrate - women can't have yet.

2. Despite the (general) biological difference, men and women are originally human beings. In that aspect, they are the same.

3. Men and women should have equal rights and opportunities because essentially, they are the same. This isn't as hard as it seems. It's an understanding that though both gender might have its strength and weakness, this shouldn't be used as a general rule. Men might be physically stronger than women (generally) but it doesn't make them better or more important. Women might be intellectually stronger than men but it doesn't make them better or more important.

4. If a job is available, it shouldn't be automatically reserved for people of one sex because they seem better suited to handle it. Nursing shouldn't be for just women and construction work shouldn't be just for men - for whatever reason. The job should be open for anybody that can do it, regardless of if they're male or female. If a job requires that fifty sacks of cement be carried by each employee, we shouldn't assume that women can't do it and close the door against them. A woman who can carry fifty sacks of cement should be employed in the same way a man who can carry fifty sacks of cement could be employed.

5. People of both gender doing the same job should be compensated equally for their job. If their productivity aren't matched, their reward should be skewed on that aspect and not because we feel that the employee of one gender has more responsibilities than the other.

6. 'Equal rights and opportunities' means just that, 'equal rights and opportunities'. People shouldn't be discriminated based on their gender, they shouldn't be given special treatment based on their gender, either. A woman shouldn't be entitled to a man opening the door for her, taking her shopping or sending her money because she is 'the woman'. A man shouldn't be respected and served by his partner because he is 'the man'. You can't eat your cake and have it in this particular case.
   

7. This is merely a general rule. It's something I preach and expect generally. However, if you as a man, or a woman want something different, unequal rights and opportunities, that's fine, too. Go out there and find someone that agrees with you and is willing to offer that which you seek. This is important. Dont affix yourself with someone of the opposite ideology. That's where your problems will start.