Rather it be some form of Intelligent Design, God's Design or a Random Occurrence of Nature, it is obvious that there is a sense of perfection in one aspect of our species that few can deny. That is Gender. Both Males and Females are fortunately or blessed or intelligently equipped with specific tools and equipment that no one can deny are unique to their particular gender and suit a particular purpose. They are also important to the survival and progression of each gender.
Men are equipped with a body that is more suitable for the physical demands for survival and women have bodies that are more equipped for reproduction and that are more pleasing to the eye, to attract the Male. There are higher levels of certain chemicals in Men that are associated with aggression and certain DNA differences. However, beyond the obvious physical differences and certain other differences, it seems that the largest differences between Genders are purely as a result of Culture and Society, as a whole.
What we expect out of our men and women has more to do with how we were raised and social norms, I suspect, than anything else. We expect certain things from our men and certain things from our women. For example: Women; your mortgage is severely pass due, along with the rest of your bills and the car is broken down. Your son got sent home early from school for acting up and your daughter has a bad cold. You stomp your toe on the way into the living room and see your husband sitting on the couch in a pool of tears. Is this what you expect out of your man? Of-course not. You expect him to be the emotional rock of the family. And he was probably raised to be and emulated his father who was the emotional rock of his family...... Is this man immune to the same feelings as the woman? No. He is in the same situation and loves his kids just as much. He has the same fears and worries, but was simply raised with a different mindset. From almost birth, he has been taught that the man is strong and the woman is weaker, although this is not technically correct. Actually, the man is strong in some areas and the woman is strong in others, thereby, making them a formidable team when working together. But the man grows up with a different mindset than the woman. Women are taught, almost from birth, that the woman should expect strength from the man and accept nothing less. Therefore, when the car breaks down in the middle of nowhere, the woman; who would be perfectly capable of calmly and rationally handling the situation; has not been taught or raised to. She has the physical and mental capabilities, but has never been taught much about a car and feels it's the man's responsibility. She will emulate her mother and how she would have responded. She will look at him, start complaining, start an argument and blame him for the car not being in perfect running condition, because it's his responsibility. And that's how she has been programmed, since birth, by her mother and society to react. Just like he will blame her for the kid's clothes being dirty or dinner not being done. It's how the man on TV reacts and how his father reacted. The man will be expected to calmly handle her complaints and address her arguments and accusations, while fixing the car and getting them home safely so that she can get the kids fed and to bed. If he accomplishes this, she will respect him as a good man and he will be extremely irritated at her, but will try not to show it, because society has raised him to expect that reaction from a woman. He will probably be looking forward to her making it up to him when the kids go to bed. Does this pattern sound familiar? That's because this is a socially acceptable pattern that everyday people follow in certain situations. It's the socially acceptable way to react and respond. Males and Females both automatically know the routine and their roles. They have been programmed.
There are, of-course, exceptions to every rule. There are Female Mechanics and Male Housekeepers. There are emotionally strong women and emotionally weak men. However, these exceptions are evidence of my point. In most ways, with some exceptions, women and men are both capable of taking over each other's socially acceptable roles, if they were raised in an environment that programmed them with the correct mindset and/or emotional temperament and/or physical strength and stamina. That's right; I believe that most women are capable of building much more physical strength and stamina than they are encouraged to. There are many women that are actually stronger than many men. They are certainly capable of changing a car tire. It is currently 2009 and the roles of Men and Women are slowly changing and the clear line is no longer drawn. I welcome these changes as a huge relief for men who are no longer forced to always carry the world on their shoulders and a huge benefit to woman; resulting in more fairness in Career Opportunities, Pay and other areas. I also think, as time passes, there will be a growth in understanding of the difficulties and challenges that both traditional roles have always faced. I am optimistic that this understanding can benefit Male and Female Relations, which have always struggled, because of our differences. I think we will soon have to recognize that there are more similarities than differences and the differences are mostly of our own doing.