loa said:
Should men and women be treated equally?
No.
Women can't donate sperm. Men can't give brith.
Women use musclemass less efficiently. Men tend to be more single minded, less capability to multitask.
Denial of differences between sexes dishonest, counterproductive.
Assumption of general "equality" unrealistic, "be treated" encompasses everything.
Only logical answer can be no.
I think he meant treatment as a whole, like treating men and women as equals. I don't think anybody here advocates that there are no biological differences.
OT:
Should men and women be treated equally?
Yes. Of course they should.
Is there a societal gender equality problem in the first world?
Yes, in places. It might not be as bad as it used to be, but the problem not being as widespread doesn't mean that there's an absence of a problem. We should always strive to improve.
How are men treated better than women in society?
In popular culture, at least, there's a bigger variation in looks for men. At least in TV shows and the like. There are the widespread muscle-bound studs and the brown-haired everyman, of course, but overall there's a bit more variety.
Also, as other have mentioned, men are still seen as more capable overall and don't get as much harrassment online.
...Now that I think about it, what about male game developers? I know developers get death threats for stupid stuff all the time, men and women alike, but I'm reminded of the DA2 writer who got so many death threats and rape threats, one going so far as to
find out where her children went to school and threatened to murder them. All because they didn't like her writing. Do people put in as much effort when sending death threats to certain male developers? I'm not asking to judge anybody, I'm just curious.
How are women treated better than men in society?
Abuse and rape against men is almost always treated as a joke, a punchline. We have the false rape accusations from women which makes the whole rape reporting issue harder for
everybody. But while a man hitting or raping a woman is almost never played for laughs in media, a woman hitting or raping a man almost always is. This attitude is the reason why male rape victims and abuse victims don't dare to report it: They are afraid that they'll be seen as a laughing stock.
Also, as others have mentioned, a woman is more likely to get custody of her children than a man during divorces, even if she is a horrible mother.
If there is a problem, how bad is it?
Probably not as bad as it used to be, but like I said, a smaller problem does not equal a non-existent problem.
If there is a problem, how would you try to solve it?
There are no universal solutions, I'm afraid, but I'd probably start with introducing a few more varied female body types in media and inform people that female-on-male rape is a thing that happens (Maybe not as often, but how, exactly, do we know that if the victims don't dare to speak up about it?) and should be treated seriously.
On a scale from 1 to 10, how much do you hate me for making this thread?
You haven't insulted anybody and just wanted a few questions answered, so I don't hate you, at least.