Do you think women are weak?

Question

Why? What makes her weak? She gives life, and does so much more than any man, and gets so little appreciation in return. Most men are very self centered and think it's so easy to care for children and do all of the housework. They think this because they never do it, and don't bother to watch their own children either. This is not what I am experiencing, but I've seen it. I'm willing to bet that if one man had just one baby, the population would soon die out because no other man would ever have a baby after hearing what his buddy went through.

Answer 1

women are expected to care for the kids and home 24 hours without complaint

most women will ignore their own health issues in favour of making sure all family members are healthy and taken care of

women are expected to bounce back from delivery asap with all the vigour of prepregnancy

women are less likely to complain of a pain or health issue...where as men make it a topic of conversation with whomever gets too close

women take care of hearth and home when men go off to battle and usually work as well

some men are stronger then some women...some women are stronger than some men

some men are smarter than some women and some women are smarter than some men

genders cannot be defined by some....

throughout history women have been beaten, raped, murdered, scorned, accused of witchery, adultery, and believed to be the cause of the fall from heaven....we are used as breeding machines....kept illiterate...treated as animals by those who think men are superior...seen as less than by the mere fact of the absense of a penis...

and yet we are still here...we have not gone the way of the dodo..we have not accepted our status as less than or inferior..we fight for ourselves, our children, our families with all the vigour of a tiger for her cubs...

we do not go quietly into the dark night...but scream and cry and vent at the injustice of it all...we love and laugh and weep for our broken hearts.. do we accept or merely tolerate ...do we lay down and surrender or jump when the chance is offered for something better? Do we choose illiteracy over education if given the chance...do we choose 15 babies over 3 or 4 if given the chance....do we beg for inequality or fight for its opposite if given the chance?

women are not weak...its men who are weak that feel they need to treat women as inferior to make themselves feel superior.

Answer 2

Of course not.

Men and women are not weak. We just have different strengths and weaknesses that complement each other as part of the heterosexual contract they call marriage. The woman has the strength that comes from giving and sustaining life; the man has the strength that comes from supporting, protecting and guiding his family.

Very different strengths but very complementary. And necessary. This is the heterosexual marital contract that has existed for a millennium.

He builds the house, she builds the home. Ideally, for the strongest families, the husband goes out and works. The wife stays home and works. Her work is just more domestic.

If she works out of the home, the children are brought up by strangers, conditioned in daycares to become strangers to their parents, and ... well you get my point. Chances are the costs of childcare versus paycheck will have her at home doing what needs to be done, raising a healthy family.

My mother never complained and still managed to keep a 3 story Victorian home spotless, take complete care of all domestic functions including us 5 kids, AND have dinner on the table at 6 on the dot every night. She ironed everything, loved her dryer once they were invented, ... made up our meals 3 times a day. At one point she had three boys in diapers.. before dryers were invented.

She is very old now but this work kept her strong and healthy and she and my dad had a good relationship even if there were the usual upsets. They were in it for life, and so it was. Now, we treat her like gold for all her work.

Never did my dad even do a thing other than the "manly" stuff like fix things or the garden. But he worked hard and kept us well. Yes that is the past and things were very different. We ate together and were a family, warts and all. As a young feminist he and I had some pretty hot arguments but now, as a wiser woman, I feel I owe him a few apologies for my harsh innocent observations.

I do not know why it is suddenly so difficult for a full time Mom to do it now? That is an honest question. Is it the high cost of living now? In my mind, if she is working all day, and he is working all day, once he is home, they share family duties and child raising. They should have it fairly worked out who does what, if need be.

Perhaps it is partly due to the fact that we are a more self centered society today. We think of our own needs first, often even more than those of our partners?

LOL you would probably find, if men were pushing the babies out, they would turn it into a competition.

"Oh man, the kid weighed NINETEEN pounds and I pushed him out in 24 minutes. Beat THAT if you can buddy!"

"Well, my brother had a 16 pound baby and pushed it out in 20 minutes and HE said it was a breeze."

Can't you just picture that?

Answer 3

I think women are strong and are just as guilty of belittling the role of motherhood as some men are. You know it's true. I have worked and been a stay-at-home mom, and I received more criticism from women than anyone else when I decided to stop working. "Why are wasting your potential staying at home with your kid?" I couldn't believe it. To even consider that my undivided attention towards my child would be "wasting" my potential. So it's not just the men, hon.

Seriously, we all do thankless jobs. How often do you thank your husband for all the work he does? Before or after you cash his check and nag about his socks on the floor?

And, if it is not happening to you, why do you care? If you've seen it happening to other women, then let them deal with it. It's not the man's fault he's allowed to act like a pig if the "strong" woman is willing to put up with it. After all, a woman's strength does not depend on how many babies she pushes out, does it? Just my opinion.

Answer 4

i think weak isn't the word for it. Do you thing having babies is weak. Do you thinking raising you're children to be good in a world where everything is so wrong. it is easy to be do the wrong thing like smoke and drink and break the long. But i believe it take a strong person to do what is wrong. As women was are weeker it is true. We where born less strong then men. But i t hink because we are less strong that is what what makes us amazing and because we live in these world even thou we are less and make a big difference in everybody life.

Answer 5

Men and women are different in many obvious and not-so-obvious ways, and both have their weaknesses, but I think it's important to remember that stereotypes are gross generalizations. One woman's weakness is not every woman's weakness, just as one man's weakness is not shared by every man. Some women are good mothers; others are not. Some are good teachers; others are not. Some are good administrators or scientists; others are not. Saying that all men are self-centered and the species would die out if it were the male's role to give birth are popular disparagements of men, but equally false.

Answer 6

Weak in what way(s)? Physically? Spiritually? Emotionally?

As for physically, there's no arguing the fact that women are weaker then men in most physical ways. In some others, however, they are stronger.

Emotionally? Weakness is sort of in the eye of the beholder. It depends upon what each culture/society values in emotional behavior.

Spiritually, however, as for the Christian point of view, we are all "equal" in the sight of God. There is no spiritual difference between male and female, we are all one in Christ.

As for having babies... I'll let that to others who are stronger than I am... and I'm a gal!

Answer 7

Well I agree with you that women are very strong in many ways.

If you are suggesting that I try to squeeze an 8 pound baby through my penis I would have to agree with you again. That would be a bit uncomfortable to say the least.

Given the proper equipment I would have another child in a heart beat.

I quit my job to be with our last child so my wife could keep her job. I don't regret it at all.

I'm sorry that some men fit the description that you are giving, but not all of them do.

Love and blessings Don

Answer 8

You are right Sis, strength wise they are weaker but they are strong in their hearts........telling you an interesting thing.......we were having maternity ward and observing a delivery......and suddenly we heard a sound and when we looked back one of our male batch fellow was laying on floor unconsious.........when he got back to consious we asked him what happend?? he was terrified and was repeating "Oh God thank you that i m not a female" ! he went for 'Nafals' to thank God for making him a male..... Just imagine, after that he realy got caring about his mom saying i never knew that women suffer that much while giving birth to a baby !
and then taking care of that baby and all is never easy...males would love to be called father, but it is a mother who grew up that kid and make him the right person......you know woman has more influence over the personality of the kid as compared to father..and thats why Mother is more honourd that father !

Answer 9

I agree with you 100%. It's correct that women are delicate and petite, but not weak. My mom has five kids, including me. They are all younger than me. My father died a couple a years ago from cancer, God rest his soul. My mom has been taking care of us very good, thank Allah. We are disciplined, loved and cared for, praise be to Allah. Women have gone through so much more then men. How could anyone call them weak?

Allah (swt) knows best.

Answer 10

Women are not weak by any means.
Those who suppress women are weak.
Also, we are in a time where society has tried to emasculate the male; where many of the tv shows and/or commercials are anti male.
Putting manhood down does not build up femininity.
Both men AND women are strong in their own right. Together, they make a formidable team.