I think this question is non-sense. For most history both men and women had it very rough. Men died in wars they had to fight because otherwise the king would have had their heads chopped off. Women had no control over their reproduction at all. Millions died in horrible diseases. There was nothing like modern medicine. There was slavery, etc. So in the past, it's really hard to distinguish who had it worse.
At the present, there's more or less an equality of opportunity for the sexes in Western countries, which I think you're writing from. This means men and women have the same rights. So I think both sexes have it quite nice. Society has different roles and expectations for both men and women, but it's not like a singular person has to abide by some invisible standard or else they cannot find meaningful connections. It's not like that, so I think only rights matter which are pretty Equal.
However, obviously both sexes have specific issues, stemming from their differences. I don't think it's comparable though. They are generally wildly different problems.
Yes both men and women would try to abide by societies expectations for an ideal man or woman, and that might be difficult for people, but it's not a be all end all.
Who has it worse, men or women?
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I think this question is non-sense. For most history both men and women had it very rough. Men died in wars they had to fight because otherwise the king would have had their heads chopped off. Women had no control over their reproduction at all. Millions died in horrible diseases. There was nothing like modern medicine. There was slavery, etc. So in the past, it's really hard to distinguish who had it worse.
At the present, there's more or less an equality of opportunity for the sexes in Western countries, which I think you're writing from. This means men and women have the same rights. So I think both sexes have it quite nice. Society has different roles and expectations for both men and women, but it's not like a singular person has to abide by some invisible standard or else they cannot find meaningful connections. It's not like that, so I think only rights matter which are pretty Equal.
However, obviously both sexes have specific issues, stemming from their differences. I don't think it's comparable though. They are generally wildly different problems.
Yes both men and women would try to abide by societies expectations for an ideal man or woman, and that might be difficult for people, but it's not a be all end all.