We hear time and again that women are better then men at certain things.
They "encourage more co-operation"
They "strive to find resolutions that make everyone happy"
They "tend to take all members' opinions into consideration"
http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?discussion=3644#87572
I thought I'd been told that men and women were just the same, or at least equal.
If it is permitted to say that women are better than men at some (all?) things,
is it permitted to say that men are better than women at some things?
Or is that sexist?
Does anybody think that men are better at some things than women?
If so, what are they?

Dear Proxy,
I know that women have babies and men can't. I also know women can't have babies without a man,s contribution. Men and women are better off in compatibility not competivness as they both have diferent perspectives to bring to a relationship. Mutual respect produces compatibility. Competivness in relationships brings jealousy and strife, both counter productive.

Off the top of my head Proxy and not directed at you:
(a) being more selfish than a woman who is a mother ie better at behaving selfishly
(b) better at placing themselves first generally [the majority I know in my age group 40's]
(c) most in this age group are better than the women I know in their 40's with mechanics and engineering [not to say that given the opportunities would be successfully able to qualify]although my girlfriends and self are excellent in identifying each mechanical problem ourselves
(d) most males in this age group ride mountain and racing bikes faster than the women of the same age group and develop muscle tone quicker [probably as a result of having natural muscle as opposed to fatty tissue] that we women unfortunately were given

I will think of some more later Proxy.

Enjoy your week

Proxy: <"I thought I'd been told that men and women were just the same, or at least equal">

Well that might be something that anti-feminists would disparagingly attribute to feminism.

Men and women are not the same and viva la difference.

The ideal is that PEOPLE have the same and equal opportunities to excel at whatever they do best, rather than live within confining dictates of roles they are expected to fulfil.

Once all opportunities are open and people are equally encouraged towards doing that to which they feel best suited, we might or might not find that more men are drawn to some sorts of endeavour and more women are drawn to another. Women who are suited to driving trucks or being CEOs and want to do that can do; and men who would prefer to work in nursing or homemaking or some other traditionally female role could make such a choice.

I don't know why some men work so hard to exclude women from something they want to try (like being a front line soldier or a fire fighter or police officer); because if such a thing really is better done by and suited to a male, then a smaller number of women will have the physical capability or whatever else is needed to fulfil the required tasks. In comparison, I can't think of any traditional female occupation where women have worked to exclude men. Whether many men will choose to take up jobs and interests traditionally classified as female-suited remains to be seen - but at least the opportunity is open to them to give it a whirl.

War of the sex's is it?
I surrender take me prisoner.
What women do better than men if you do not already know make it up.
Blokes with brains know enough to say nothing some times.

Men are better than women at Rugby League, but I can't think of anything much else.