Women produce children, women are mothers, women are wives, they do the cooking, the cleaning, the sewing and the washing - And of course they take care of men and are subordinate to male authority - True?

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Women produce children, women are mothers, women are wives, they do the cooking, the cleaning, the sewing and the washing. And of course they take care of men and are subordinate to male authority. True?

Men are known to be more aggressive, and independent, than woman. They are braver, more outgoing, and extroverted, confident in their own ability to control and manipulate the external environment. Most societies have traditionally regarded men as doers, warriors, hunters scientists artists writers captains of industry and politics.

These generalizations apply to pretty much every known human society. Some sociologists and anthropologists believe that there is not and never has been a society in which women do not have an inferior status to that of men.

If you were to ask others what they consider to be the most fundamental behavioral difference between males and females, most would likely say aggression – specifically, that males are more aggressive than females, because males secrete higher levels of the hormone testosterone.

It assumes that men everywhere and at all times have been women’s superiors and that work men do is more important or more highly valued than women’s work.  

Sex, gender, sexuality.  Chart,,,,,

All 3 are interlinked. Feminine or masculine gender identity exists only with in the framework of experiences of a body sexed as female or male and within the context of sexual practices understood as expressing the feminine or masculine identity.

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Men and women maybe two halves of the same species, but they seem to live in almost separate worlds.

Women have been the carers of men and their children. While a woman’s has been in the home, A mans place has been in the jungle, the battlefield or the world of work.

We describe ourselves in many different ways. One of the most fundamental ways is to say ‘I am a man’ or ‘I am woman’. That is to describe us in terms of our sex.

If you are a woman, people would not ...

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