Battle of the Sexes

The Old Testament is being challenged. The account of the creation is not accurate according to some people. It seems that after God had created the first man, He looked at the result, shook His head and said: Not bad, but I can do better then went on to create the first woman!

          While religious scholars may not be ready to accept that this version of events could replace the one in the Book of Genesis, we women of a certain age know it to be true!! It was simply not accepted by men over the centuries.

Things have certainly improved for women, but they are still treated as second class citizens by men today in many cultures. And it remains difficult to change attitudes. In North America today many older men live by the concept that they are somehow superior to women, that they are worth more. Ask any widowed or divorced female boomer dating men of a certain age, and they will complain that single older men are basically looking for someone to prepare their food and wash their underwear and socks. That’s not surprising given history. When I was working in a large corporation, I once had to attend a meeting where I was the only female. Before we sat down I heard a male colleague comment to another man: Do we really need a woman here? My thought: Yeah, you do. How else are your decisions going to be sensible ones?

And take the case of China where couples could only have one child. As most of them wanted boys—why?--there are accounts of female fetuses being aborted so couples could try to have boys. The result is that today males outweigh females which makes me wonder what will happen next. Will finding a wife involve dueling other males who get in the way?

Equality of the sexes is still far from won.