There is an insecurity between the genders that will never be erased completely. Women menstruate which in turns allows them to breed and continue with the immortality of future societies.
Consider this opinion, Primarily we survived with the danger of being taken, killed or our offspring killed. The reason behind women and men helping each other was based on logic and equality. Protection for birth and tribe strength. My opinion then turns to the reasons behind men becoming more dominant, seeking power and property to be the strongest alpha male in the area. Women had become used to sharing and not being responsible for the whole of survival, this new male changed that. Woman was a commodity that was now of use to keep lands and instill sperm into other tribes to create larger, stronger settlements. Woman lost the equality and man became more dominant and controlling.
It was the mind set of the female at that time. When a box is your home from birth, it takes many generations to find a way to open the lid and step out. I personally believe that when women opened the box it was like a new world and the power that came to us was in effect no different than men find in many situations in this world.

Women can have sex, get pregnant, have an abortion or give the child away.
Men can have sex, get a woman pregnant, walk away and get another woman pregnant 4 hours later, and keep repeating that routine if he is highly motivated and has stamina.....
On both sides of the coin we are responsible for our own thoughts, decisions and actions. I cant dispose of men and their actions without giving thought to the reason being locked subconsciously in my past interaction with men. Our views will always be biased. To be glib you could compare it to the state of origin, live together until that day comes when you need to choose the side you will be on.......Go Us Women.....

Citizen, this is a very personal subject for you because of your past. You see this world through the minority eyes of a sole father. When a man does the same duties as a woman he needs to be shown that he is appreciated and because of insecurities needs a slap on the back for the nearly impossible feat of being a single parent.
You raised your child alone. Excellent. There are many parents like you and who are doing so much to help their children become the best they can be. You chose a degree and then decided that you were willing to go without to achieve the outcome of studying. Congratulations, this was an amazing feat and I am sure you were left you without a social life and money but the end result is worth it. I cant understand what is making your taste of life so very bitter. Cleaning offices? If it pays the bills and allows you to have money who cares? Women arent allowed to live your envisaged life and achieve an outcome? It is getting very repetitive that genders blame each other for their own failings. I am divorced with 4 children who is left to survive and raise children and make sure I dont end up in a boarding house. My survival instincts will ensure I dont. Apart from sex and that is debatable I am not alone in my life. I dont pity myself, blame others for my life choices and decisions. Stop being bitter and using the gender debate for your life. Now I will finish my studies and go kiss my 4 children goodnight, and while I lay down to sleep in any part of the bed I want to I will consider the power I have in developing the future generation of this country and how to help my sons have confidence in their own abilities and be proud of their sisters and other women who will enter their life.

The blurb reads:
Jane Caro is a Sydney writer with particular interests in women, families and education. She is the convenor of Priority Public.
Sounds like 1963 hey.
Now if Jane was a woman of the 21st century and looking to the 22nd it would read:
Jane Caro is a Sydney writer with particular interests in men and women, their relationships and families as well as public and private education. She is the convenor of Priority Public.
How can we men and woman advance TOGETHER when only one gender is studied.

Jane’s frivolous frolic through the tulips offers yet another glimpse into what women want; choice, without responsibility. And according to Jane, women have been thriving in it - whether this is oblivious narcissism or just plain recklessness, we’ll just have to tune into the next generation or so, to find out.

This sudden abundance of choice for women has left a lot of people wondering whether it is time to scrap equity in preference for equality. Guess time will tell.

Is pre-marital sex an effective political statement? Double-standards are not beaten by joining them. Many claims are made by feminists 'representing' the silent majority of their sisterhood. However, surely the standard of chaste relations is not lost merely by the presence of a double.
I think most women would hope their chosen man would have waited for them, or if not, be able to reconcile themselves to their apparent sin and put on a new lifestyle of fidelity.
The modern person's compulsions to satisfy immediate desire are personally disciplined, or encouraged to be disciplined, in every other aspect than in their spiritual and sexual lives. Why is it that an elite performer or actor is expected to be ignorant of their own most intimate and fragile self?
Surely it is another example of 'loving neglect', decried by Mick Brooks, British rep and Head Teacher, of young people becoming 'unfit to learn' because their parents 'loved them too much to say no' (SMH 15-16 July, Rachel Johnson, Spectrum p. 26). I would add that people of all ages need encouragement to be self-loving and respectful of other people, in order to feel free to say 'yes'.
The capacity to make a positive 'yes' statement to the future cannot be taken for granted. Many folk find it easier to believe that they are loved and able to make choices to promote happiness when they have experienced it.

Renee,
What are you saying?
Communication means to get a message from your mind into the mind of another with the meaning that you intend to send.
Communication is not a gobblygook of words that sound impressive and intelligent but can't be understood by a simple mind like mine.
And you said "what?"