If you ask me (and no offense) I don't believe in gender equality, hear me out. Girls and guys are different right? Mentally, physically and spiritually. And they should be treated as such. If you treat your average female like your average male problems occur. Your average male, can he give birth? Can he feed a child? Does he have the maternal awareness and sensibility? No. Your average female, does she have the endurance to work all day lifting crates? Shoveling dirt? Moving things? No. I'm saying all this is as a generalization. Obviously there are some women that are very strong and capable but you can't count on that. Obviously we all need to give the same amount of respect because we both give very much to society. WE ARE DIFFERENT, TREAT US DIFFERENTLY. You can't expect your average woman to work 10 hours pouring concrete or lifting crates. But you also can't expect your average man to care for a child, decorate, or fucking give birth can you? That's my stance. Again, I don't mean to offend anyone.

Okay i have been on a few dates lately and two of them with feminist woman and they both expected me to pay for the date so my question is.

how can you be a feminist and expect the man to pay is that equal rights because it don't sound it to me?

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So my sister tried to hit but, I slapped her a few times. My Mom said I was wrong for hitting a girl.Was I wrong? IMO I wasn't. NOTE:I'm new to reddit BTW I heard this would be a good place to ask.

I'm having a hard time understanding the current issues relating to gender equality. I've tried researching on my own, but I often come away feeling even more confused. Generally, the information I find seems either sensationalized or dogmatic.

Can anyone help me understand? Where does one get started in learning about these topics?

I've been thinking about this question for the longest while now based on my observation of the people I interact with and also the ones around. As a warning some people might get offended by this post but I feel it's important to be able to have stimulating discussions without putting personal feelings in the mix. Okay now that the disclosure is out of the way let's dig in. What is Gender Equality? Some people might argue that it's the belief that both genders are supposedly equal in every action or way, but is that really true though? Now don't get me wrong I'm all about treating everyone as equals and all that but I'm also not naive as to turn a blind eye to the fact that there are somethings one gender can do that the other can't whether it's frowned upon by society or just flat out incapable of doing. Now I'm going to do my best to take a juxtaposition on the matter that way there is equal criticism where it is needed. I think it's interesting how women everywhere are quick to lobby for gender equality and want to be treated as men are but then in that same breath when push comes to shove they excuse themselves from certain circumstances by saying "That's a man's job", call me crazy but should they not be able to do that "man's job" since they want to be viewed as equal? I saw a woman slap her husband the other day and I remember thinking to myself that if he had done that he would immediately be vilified and labeled as a monster. Now I honestly don't think people should be hitting each other in the first place much less a member of the opposite sex, I just find it interesting that it's okay for a woman to strike a man and no one bats an eye, but as soon as a man hits a woman, she goes from being a so called strong and proud woman lobbying for gender equality to being a victim and everyone loses their minds. Where is the gender equality in that? I might have missed it somewhere. Now it's not just physicality that I'm speaking about so bear with me. Just the other day at my job, one of my female coworkers walked into the men's room and no one even blinked, but I guarantee that if a male had walked into the women's room he would have been labeled as a pervert and scorned, he probably would have been fired. Where is the equality in that? Again, I might have missed it. I was standing in line at the grocery store last week, I'm paying just like everyone else and this woman cuts in front of me so I confronted her about it. She proceeded to tell me that women should always be first because I'm a man that can wait a little longer. I remembered laughing because I found it so interesting that she was a perfect example of one of those women that are all about gender equality but manipulate that cause for their own personal convenience. Where is the equality? In today's society it's completely socially acceptable to have a "Women only" gathering but as soon as males have a "Men only" we're labeled as sexist and it becomes a matter of heated controversy. Where is the equality? I'm not trying to be difficult, I'm just trying to understand why people whine and complain about establishing gender equality but then when it comes down to it, one gender clearly can manipulate the cause and get away with it while the other gender can't. I was having a discussion with some friends earlier and even my own girlfriend doesn't think there is any true gender equality. My apologies if anyone is sensitive enough to be offended.

Here's my issue with 'organized' groups and identifying with certain groups. Every group, be it the men's rights activists, or the feminists, have extremists that claim, 'i'm more oppressed'. Why can't BOTH be oppressed, but for different reasons?

So I was watching some clips on Youtube a while ago of Hell's Kitchen, specifically involving one of my favorite members of Gordon Ramsay's crew (Chef Andi).

I found this video

In the video the contestant chef makes demeaning comments about Chef Andi who gives him a hard time for being disrespectful in the kitchen.

While I do feel like she was a bit over the top near the end of the video, I feel like I just want to bash his face in for making comments such as he did.

I'm not saying treat them better just because they're women. I'm saying treat them better because they're human.

As a guy, I take issue with comments like these from people (and comments like those made by the guy in the video) because I've had women tell me that they think I'm like that.

I don't think it's right to refer to women as whores or bitches because that's just what you do or because you think you're better than them because I, personally, would hate for them to refer to me as "that fucktard" or whatever just because I'm a guy...