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Neither. This debate had gone on for generations, which has been infinitely longer than it should have. The country made a big step forward in acknowledging that women can do everything a man can and declaring that there should (even if there isn't always) be equal rights between genders. Yet now there's the debate of which is better, with pig-headed men on one side saying that women should never have been let out of the kitchen, and extremist women on the other side saying that men should be considered inferior for several different reasons, but relating in some way to a belief that by putting males into an inferior position, it'll somehow right the wrongs of the past.

Isn't it a much nicer thought to believe that both genders are equal and that each person is an individual before whether he or she happens to be male of female? There can be very feminine men just as there can be very masculine women, especially if roles that are stereotypically geared towards one gender or the other. Just because someone is a women doesn't mean she can't fix a car or like football (or play football or any other heavy contact sport, for that matter). Alternately, just because someone is a man doesn't mean they can't cook or clean. The roles that each gender fits into is only a social construction that many fought very hard to destroy. But it's important to keep in mind what was being fought for during those earlier movements: equality, not superiority.

Are there differences between men and women? Generally, yes. But if focus is instead on individuals rather than general, one-size-fits-all cages (they never really do fit all), all the stereotypes break down. Personally, I know next to nothing about cars. I've met plenty of females who can identify makes and models of different vehicles while I'm referring to them by color. And, as a male, I despise watching sports and enjoy reading poetry.

Just because differences exist between two groups of people doesn't mean that one has to be superior to the other. There is no winning or losing by being born one gender over another. And, in today's society, there are plenty of people undergoing operations to change their sex, people who cross-dress because they feel an affinity towards the sex they were not born as, and as Thomas Beatie showed us, the line between what the main, physical differences between men and women is becoming blurred.

People cannot help which sex they are born. To say that one sex is superior to the other eliminates a long, arduous fight for women, and also for our advancement as a society. We finally saw that which chromosomes someone possess doesn't limit what he or she could do. History shows magnificent men and women. If one sex was superior, the debate would have ended long ago.

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