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Women have a harder time living than men
An old Jewish prayer says: "Thank you, Lord, that you did not create me a woman."
As a man, I believe that I really have something to be grateful for, since my life is both simpler and more comfortable.
Physiological reasons:
1. Every month (for some, less often) for 3 (or more) days, women experience painful sensations and hygienically inconvenient discharge. And this has been going on for 30-40 years.
2. Pregnancy. 9 months of discomfort, nausea, dangers, vulnerabilities. If there is more than one child, then it is repeated several times.
3. Painful and traumatic childbirth. Even if they do anesthesia, this is fraught with disability up to paralysis. Some, as they say, give birth easily - "it jumps out like a bullet." And others are "torn in half."
4. The risk of death from childbirth. With qualified medical support, this risk is now less, but still remains.
5. Postpartum recovery period. Even if there is no postpartum depression, and even if you are lucky enough not to “break” at all, the body still takes some time (sometimes a long time) to return to normal.
6. The “costs” of pregnancy for the body. As they say, teeth, skin, and so on deteriorate. The more births, the more noticeable the effect.
7. At the same time, there is a limit on the number of offspring. No matter how fertile a woman is, she will not be able to produce even twenty children. A man can have an unlimited number of children.
8. Even if we are talking about donating genetic material, for a man this is a process associated with pleasure, and for a woman it is painful and uncomfortable.
9. At the same time, difficulties in achieving orgasm or the complete impossibility (inability) to do so.
10. Less physical strength and less endurance limit the range of possible activities and achievements.
11. Smaller size and less physical strength make you more vulnerable and subject to violence and crimes related to violence (robbery, assault).
Some say that "but women live longer." If we mean that a man lives, for example, 79 years, and a woman 82 years, and these three years of difference are the deepest old age of a person, then this is exactly the kind of life we imagine when we say "but..."? Old people, as a rule, suffer from many diseases, think worse, and each will easily continue the most undesirable features of old age. Considering that this "live longer" falls on exactly this period of life, will we still say "but..." or add this as the twelfth point to the list of physiologically determined difficulties and complexities of a woman's path?
Social:
1. The period of bearing children weakens and makes you more dependent. Either on your husband, or on other relatives, or on society.
2. Interruptions in work activity due to childbirth make it difficult to pursue a career and professional growth.
3. Employers’ knowledge that bearing children excludes them from work activity makes it difficult to find a job.
4. Smaller size and less physical strength make it difficult to take a leadership position.
5. More dependence and vulnerability in personal relationships. A woman is usually so much weaker than a man that the fear of being physically suppressed is often present in any of her relationships – from the first meeting to its development.
As arguments for the complexity of a man’s life, I usually hear social obligations and difficulties in social adaptation. At the same time, from my point of view, these issues are largely in the hands of men, and they can be resolved, but physiological ones cannot be eliminated.
What I usually hear about the difficulties of men's lives are the common difficulties of all people (that is, women too). For example, the oppressed position in the pack and the desire to change it. Or suffering from the hardships of wartime. Or illnesses, some of which are unique to each gender, but in general, rather balance each other: men have prostate cancer, but women have breast cancer.
At the same time, if a man can overcome social difficulties or illnesses in the same way as a woman, then physiological difficulties are unique and insurmountable for women. Even an attempt to change their sex to male with modern technology will only add to their difficulties, not reduce them.
Therefore, I believe that women have a harder time living than men. And, of course, also "Thank you, Lord, that you did not create me a woman."
An old Jewish prayer says: "Thank you, Lord, that you did not create me a woman."
As a man, I believe that I really have something to be grateful for, since my life is both simpler and more comfortable.
Physiological reasons:
1. Every month (for some, less often) for 3 (or more) days, women experience painful sensations and hygienically inconvenient discharge. And this has been going on for 30-40 years.
2. Pregnancy. 9 months of discomfort, nausea, dangers, vulnerabilities. If there is more than one child, then it is repeated several times.
3. Painful and traumatic childbirth. Even if they do anesthesia, this is fraught with disability up to paralysis. Some, as they say, give birth easily - "it jumps out like a bullet." And others are "torn in half."
4. The risk of death from childbirth. With qualified medical support, this risk is now less, but still remains.
5. Postpartum recovery period. Even if there is no postpartum depression, and even if you are lucky enough not to “break” at all, the body still takes some time (sometimes a long time) to return to normal.
6. The “costs” of pregnancy for the body. As they say, teeth, skin, and so on deteriorate. The more births, the more noticeable the effect.
7. At the same time, there is a limit on the number of offspring. No matter how fertile a woman is, she will not be able to produce even twenty children. A man can have an unlimited number of children.
8. Even if we are talking about donating genetic material, for a man this is a process associated with pleasure, and for a woman it is painful and uncomfortable.
9. At the same time, difficulties in achieving orgasm or the complete impossibility (inability) to do so.
10. Less physical strength and less endurance limit the range of possible activities and achievements.
11. Smaller size and less physical strength make you more vulnerable and subject to violence and crimes related to violence (robbery, assault).
Some say that "but women live longer." If we mean that a man lives, for example, 79 years, and a woman 82 years, and these three years of difference are the deepest old age of a person, then this is exactly the kind of life we imagine when we say "but..."? Old people, as a rule, suffer from many diseases, think worse, and each will easily continue the most undesirable features of old age. Considering that this "live longer" falls on exactly this period of life, will we still say "but..." or add this as the twelfth point to the list of physiologically determined difficulties and complexities of a woman's path?
Social:
1. The period of bearing children weakens and makes you more dependent. Either on your husband, or on other relatives, or on society.
2. Interruptions in work activity due to childbirth make it difficult to pursue a career and professional growth.
3. Employers’ knowledge that bearing children excludes them from work activity makes it difficult to find a job.
4. Smaller size and less physical strength make it difficult to take a leadership position.
5. More dependence and vulnerability in personal relationships. A woman is usually so much weaker than a man that the fear of being physically suppressed is often present in any of her relationships – from the first meeting to its development.
As arguments for the complexity of a man’s life, I usually hear social obligations and difficulties in social adaptation. At the same time, from my point of view, these issues are largely in the hands of men, and they can be resolved, but physiological ones cannot be eliminated.
What I usually hear about the difficulties of men's lives are the common difficulties of all people (that is, women too). For example, the oppressed position in the pack and the desire to change it. Or suffering from the hardships of wartime. Or illnesses, some of which are unique to each gender, but in general, rather balance each other: men have prostate cancer, but women have breast cancer.
At the same time, if a man can overcome social difficulties or illnesses in the same way as a woman, then physiological difficulties are unique and insurmountable for women. Even an attempt to change their sex to male with modern technology will only add to their difficulties, not reduce them.
Therefore, I believe that women have a harder time living than men. And, of course, also "Thank you, Lord, that you did not create me a woman."