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No possible way. It’s because the human species displays sexual dimorphism. Males and females have significant structural differences that go far beyond the obvious differences in reproductive systems.
Feminists can write treatises and books on sexual equality all they want. They are entitled to their own opinions, but they are not entitled to their own facts.
An observer from Mars may not see much difference between men and women. The differences between humans and bacteria are much greater than the relatively small differences between men and women. However many human gender differences are real.
Sexual dimorphism occurs because of genetic differences. This means there will be a strong tendency for males to be behaviorally different from females. On some variables, like physical height, there is a great deal of overlap. On other variables the overlap is small.
For example we now call firemen “fire-fighters” because there is some idea that women could do this job. It’s not true. A fire-fighter has to be big and strong enough to carry an unconscious human over long distances through burning buildings and rough terrain. Fire-fighters must past physical tests like this to get the job. The number of women who are big and strong enough is small. Because of the relative effects of testosterone and estrogen on muscle mass, even a very large woman would not be nearly as strong as a large man of the same height and weight. We still call them “fire-fighters”, but if you check your local fire station, you’ll see they’re all men.
The brain is also structured quite differently in men and women. The outside of the brain that you see in pictures is called the cerebral cortex. It does most of the complex thinking. From above it looks like a walnut, with two halves connected by a thinner piece. The connecting piece in between the two halves is called the Corpus callosum (which means connecting body).
The Corpus callosum is vital because it connects the two halves of the main part of the thinking brain together. This second picture shows the massive numbers of connecting nerve tracts which are deep inside the brain.
The Corpus callosum is smaller in men than in women. Women are better at using both sides of their brains at once. They can multi-task much better than men. Men are so bad at it that if he’s watching TV, he may not even hear you. Many men don’t understand how a woman can cook soup, talk on the phone and feed the baby at the same time.
But men seem to be better at math and they like science more than women. Don’t get me wrong, there is overlap on all these things, but the gender differences are very real and there are a lot of them.
The structural differences in the brain produce functional differences in thinking and emotions. It is not clear why brains are different in men in women, but one theory is that men are designed to be hunters, and women are designed to be gatherers. When men need a shirt, the go to a store, kill a shirt, and drag it home. They are not prone to distraction.
When women go shopping they may not even have a specific goal in mind, they can shop for several things at once, and they enjoy the process. Men are so poor at shopping they even fill the gas tank less often than their wives. Gas stations are increasingly designed for women.
In terms of brain structure, yes, in way men are from Mars and women are from Venus.
These differences are much larger than the differences between “races”. I said elsewhere that race differences are so tiny that geneticists have given up on finding very significant differences, except of course skin color. But the differences between men and women are numerous and important. Sorry Germaine Greer, but that’s just what the research evidence shows.
Can men and women be exactly equal? No, but we can be very complementary.
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