Just because of our sex, just because of who we are as human beings, means that we, as women or men, are belittled and looked down upon or seen as superior to others. Physically we can't change anything, we can't easily change our sex, we are all born the way we are.

But can we change what has been "determined" by society for centuries upon centuries? "Women need to be protected," "women shouldn't fight for themselves," "women can't walk alone anywhere because they can be raped." In court, women are only counted as 1/2 a witness, we're not even seen as a whole person, only half of a person. The witness of two women are equal to the testimony of one man. But no, in society's eyes, "men don't need to be protected," "men are allowed to learn how to fight and fend for themselves," they are allowed to walk alone without a chaperon. "Men can't be raped," and it's okay if something happens to a male, since they can protect themselves.

NO. Men CAN be raped, women CAN fight for themselves, but the world goes around and around and around unaware of the personal inequalities each sex faces every day. Men are expected to excel at sports; women are expected to excel at cooking or doing the laundry; men are preferred as they have "higher intelligence"; women shouldn't go into the medical field, they need to stay home and take care of their children. I'm not saying that each and every person should not take care of their responsibilities, whether it be their child, their commitment to sports, or their current job. I'm saying that you should take a step back and just observe. Observe yourself, those around you. What is the first thing that comes to mind when a man does something like wear pink and shorts shorter than knee length; what do you think when a girl has "boy-length" hair and isn't afraid to tackle someone or play sports roughly instead of inspecting her nails? How do people whisper and mock someone behind their back when a boy likes cooking or fashion products, or is seen near an alley; when a women is seen burping out loud, with their legs not together while sitting on a chair, slouching, and a tattoo on her arm?

School:
PE teacher: "A boy's goal in soccer counts as one point, but a girl's goal counts as two."

Boy to friend:
"She's weird, she's a girl but can't cook and she likes to play sports."
- All of these things, I've heard personally. I've watched how someone will compliment someone, then as soon as they are out of earshot, turn to their friend and criticize everything they did that was "out of society's norms."

You see these things every day whether you are aware of it or not. I'm not saying go up to your PE teacher and threaten them to give boys more points in a sport. I'm just trying to say that I wish, I truly wish that people would stop this inequality, they would open their eyes, to what is really happening. It begins with the generations before us. The generations of rules and regulations, of society's strict beliefs subconsciously drilled into them; then them turning it around and forcing it on us as was done to them. We see it at school; we see it when our parents force us into sports or learning how to cook or not being allowed to do something just because of our sex; we see it on television; we see it in our lives. But do THEY see it? Do THEY know what they are truly doing?

But what makes us different? What makes US not THEM?

Well, we are the new generation.

Noone is saying you can't, who cares about what they say.
As for people saying stuff like "She's weird, she's a girl but can't cook and she likes to play sports.", yeah well who gives a crap. It's just that boys grow up more muscular genetically, so they seem more suited for that type of thing I guess? I haven't heard anyone call anyone weird for that to be honest.

As for cooking, I think it's good to be able to cook being either gender doesn't matter. Being good at cooking is just a good skill to have in general, who cares whether you "should", be good at it or not.

"I've watched how someone will compliment someone, then as soon as they are out of earshot, turn to their friend and criticize everything they did that was "out of society's norms."

Society's norms are completly screwed anyway, people in general are pretty disgusting creatures. Humans under normal circumstances are selfish beings, they love themselves so very much that they just want everything for themselves.

There is another view where, females and males are equal, but that doesn't mean they do the same tasks, yet they are equal.

I honestly would like to live in a tribe on some far away mountain in the middle of nowhere.

we are all capable of a change. if you dare to risk it all for it that is. what makes you different from the bullies is an easy fact. you are you. they are they.
reality is not as it seems. since they have a different life.
and so do you.
we are all different. but behavior can still remain the same.
we are humans after all.
but what we do. is what makes the differens. I'm not saying that our decisions makes us for who we are. it makes us different from some people. but you have a personality, feelings, past life and opinions that are unique. it´s out decisions that can make a change. but we are already a change. because it only takes one person in your life to change everything you ever knew about. life is truly a mystery don´t you think? i don´t see it that bad. i see negativity as a natural behavior.
we can´t always be happy right?
but we can stand up for ourselves and stop them.
or at least be a good parent and try to teach our kids not to become a bully..
all we need is just a little bit of team work and we get would get far. problem is that it is dangerous to rebel against the system. so are you really ready to give your life for a change? that is my question.

>>1 I agree with you , You stole the words right from my mouth.I absolutely hate it when teachers give girls more points , it's so unfair , for both sexes.I hate it when a guy isn't that good at sports and the teacher it like : "You're a boy! You should be able to do it."What is it ? What is this ? I don't understand .Something else I hate is when some girls pretend to be feminist, and then immediately call a guy a girl as an inslut.Or be sexist to guys, and when someone tries to explain how it's not okay , they idmmediately call you sexist for standing up for a guy .

I love everything that you just wrote and I'm so glad when people have the same thoughts on this as I do . Thanks , man , you just made my day btter than it already is.

First off you are making a lot of assumptions. I have different personal experiences than the ones you talk about and you generalize that to everyone. That is quite close to what I know as stereotyping.

Secondly people judge and depending how much people have experience in one situation it will become normal to them. Lets say someone lives in a high crime area with one dominant race. Due to the experiences of being in the high crime area they relate the race to the crimes. But outside that area the correlation disappears, but the thoughts still link that race to what they experienced. You, yourself, even judge if you don't think you do.

Also from my experiences I think there is more females, than males, in the medical field. Also a female being called weird just due to not knowing how to cook, or do any stereotypical things, isn't really a big deal when one gets older. Most people I know don't know how to cook, males and females. It also varies person to person of what qualities they want in a partner too.

Also there is distinctions between the sexes physically. Just in general guys tend to have more muscle than girls. Even the faces of each sex is different. We all judge innately due to these physical differences. From there it is due to the good and negative influences, environment, or the world, that we experience.