Do you think men need to sacrifice in order for gender equality to be achieved?

Question

Or if you think equality has already been achieved in your country, what do you think men have had to sacrifice? Do you think these sacrifices have hurt you or your society?

Answer 1

It's not about sacrificing. It's about extending rights. Rights applied to men need to be extended to women. Theres is no sacrificing.

Some people here are saying that men need to sacrifice power. Individuals have power, not men. Only some men have power. You cannot group so stereotypically.
 

Answer 2

No, first of all, it's not going to happen. Men are not going to sacrifice for women anymore than they already have. I think gender equality has been achieved as much as it ever will be and we should be happy with it as it is. Second, why should men have to sacrifice? How do we convince them that it benefits them? What's in it for men? Nothing as far as I can see. Men & women are different and as much as I'm sure I will get "thumbs downed" for this answer, women are sometimes less reliable that men in the workplace typically because of children. Yes, I can say that if I want to because I am a woman and very well paid professional AND a mother. I was fortunate enough that I had extremely reliable child care (a relative) and rarely missed work because of my children. However, if I had not had childcare, I would have missed a lot of work & I would not have cared. I had staff that were not so lucky as me and they missed work all the time. I felt bad for them but it put me in a tough spot as I could see that if I had hired a man, I would not have had the same problems and I had to cut the women extra slack because they had kids......also I didn't care. Believe me.......my male supervisors also noted the difference.....but looked the other way and supported me as a supervisor....even though the women sometimes got unfair advantage over the men in the office because we ignored absentee problems from women with sick kids. It can go both ways sometimes and I think this is a point many women miss. Women do sometimes get benefits (although probably non-monetary) in the workplace that are not given to men. Anyway, my theory is........Family/children/etc are much more important than work. That's the way it should be and for the most part, the responsibilities of childcare/ caring for sick kids, missing work due to sick kids, seemed to primarily fall on the women even if they had a husband that could have missed work also. I do believe there is a glass ceiling. There were positions in the company that I used to work for that would never have been filled by a woman. So what.... I didn't care. A woman would not have been respected in the position and I knew it. I didn't want to be the person that everyone thought shouldn't be there. However, I was highly respected in the position that I held and that was good enough for me. I think my philosophy about this has changed now that I have kids. However, I never considered myself a feminist and never felt angry because my salary may have been a little less than a man doing the same job....not really sure....it's tough to confirm. However, I DO definitely think we owe a great debt to the feminist movement that came before us and paved the way for the opportunities we have today. I am not trying to minimize the feminist movement. I just think it can be taken too far. In some ways, I think the sacrifices men have made (not sure if that's really the correct way to put it), but by this I mean opening up the workforce to women has hurt society a bit. We have most of our children being raised in daycare. Most women now have to work....even if they'd rather be mothers. I think the inflation adjusted salaries for both men & women have dropped because the job market was flooded with women decades ago. Many years ago, families were supported by one wage earner and they were able to make enough $ to support their families. Now, most families have to have two wage earners to support their families. It is a trade off but I wonder how much we have really benefited. Would I have been happy not having a career if I had lived when it was not an option? I'm not really sure (maybe not), but I know I would have been happy to stay home and raise children & not have to worry about being required to be the wage earner. It's a very interesting question and I think that instead of jumping up & down always demanding equality for everyone, maybe we need to take a closer look at our differences and be more reasonable about our demands. Also, a point people seem to miss is that there truly are jobs that men can do better than women and there are jobs that women can do better than men. If I needed to be carried out of a burning building or protected from a burglar in my home, i would hope it was a man that showed up to help me. If I needed someone to take care of my baby, I would hope I could choose a woman for the job without being accused of discrimination. Let's just keep in mind that we are not all the same even if we would like to pretend that we are. That's why women give birth & men don't.

Answer 3

AMY 27. that was VERY well answered.

cudos to 'a girl as well.

luv u both.

we are differnt. thas the reality of the situation. people in our society hve gotten so caught up in their FALSE differnces , and canot achknowledge the things that are truly differnt along with the fact that all humnans at the core are the same.

Rio Made, men did not mess thing sup.. given the circumstances. we hve held the power do to evolutionary traits. yes men hve done alot of harm.. but that harm is where you are where you are right now (i'm reffering to war). but everything arround you was aslo created by them.

you are right baout a change though. curruption is passed ion through generations.. you hve to remember that the avearge male does not rule te world.. and probably never will. the men in politics hve had power through generations, and do not care about the thing that the poulous do. putting a woman in power may change that temporarily because its a NEWstart. but when it comes to rule men and woman arent that differnet.

Answer 4

At this point, equality is pretty much been achieved. Sure, there are still some idiots out there who are sexist and/or racist. But it's not a very realistic goal to get rid of 100% of it. Not really possible. It will just have to be phased out over time and constantly bringing it up only slows the process.

It's like the aftermath of a war. There will be people who were still alive during that war that will harbor hatred for the enemy and cling to that mind set, but on a whole society has moved on.

Answer 5

I think that our society has been hurt... no matter what anyone wants to believe men and women are not the same and I don't think that women should be trying to be like men... we were both made for different things.

Answer 6

even if men need to sacrifice..i do not think they should. women need to try harder...it will be difficult...cause after all..to some extent..it is still a man's world...but if the man were to sacrifice....then they would take credit for gender equality wouldn't they. women need to do things for themselves..and for other women...that way...equality would be through the hard work of women....and then equality would be enjoyed and appreciated even more than if men were to sacrifice themselves for the sake of gender equality.

Answer 7

What darkish Eyes suggested is really very revealing. The regulation applies to adult males and females. So, why is it even as the different time-honored applies both to adult males and females, then affirmative action needs to be carried out? adult males and females are subjected to the same exams for faculty the front. yet, females get a call merely for being a lady. Feminists love equality even as it really hazards adult males. i might want to list a dozen examples of the position criteria were replaced, regularly decreased, to income females. The argument is continuously that the classic hazards females so it ought to get replaced. So, sexual harrassment guidelines disproportionately impression adult males. depending on the coolest judgment of equality of outcome feminists, why might want to the guidelines observe both to adult males for this reason?

Answer 8

No. Women can already do everything and anything they want to. If men sacrafiaced anymore women would be sacraficing too much.

Do I think socioty would be better off if women didnt work, honestly, yes. too many people are worried about work and not their families. Women work rather than focusing on raising children, men work for accomplishment rather than simply providing.

Answer 9

To achieve One must first strive to attain a predetermined goal. If Your pursuit of a desired objective requires that someone else should step aside and let you advance without the benefit of endeavor, then surely you have done nothing more than usurp another's position, and are in no more a position to retain it, than if You had inherited same by means of fraudulent misrepresentation.

Answer 10

They would have to sacrifice their hold on fields that are difficult for women to break into. They can't keep expecting to rule the world. (Not many do, I'm sure, but there are enough.)

EDIT TO BRENTON R: Uh, I was talking about the workforce here.