Which sex do you think has it easier in our culture? Have you ever wished you were of the opposite sex?

I often think men don't "get" a lot of the difficultie of being female. Such as trying to reconcile the constant feeling of being unfairly judged by sexual behaviour or appearance with the sense of wanting to be considered attractive and sexually appealing (A lot of boyfriends have told me "But men are judged by appearances too" but nothing can persuade me its the same thing- a man has an advantage by being attractive, but he is at no particular disadvantage by being unattractive.) I also think that despite the advances of feminism, women are still required to reign their sexuality in more than men. A woman who freely does what she wants and is honest about what she wants and refuses to play games still risks being labelled a slut. A woman who wants nohing to do with men, or wants to wait for a man who respects her and refuses to flirt or wear provocative clothing, is seen as frigid and cold and unfeminine. A woman who tries to balance the two, flirting and laughing prettily but refusing to go the final full monty is called a tease. Its almost impossible to get it right. On the other hand a man can pretty much play his sexuality as he feels it- if he wants to have sex he can have sex, if he doesn't he doesn't, and doesn't have to worry too much about what people who hardly know him will think, or his reputation, or the whys and the wherefores. Sex is just sex with guys. With girls its always so much more complex. It always has to mean something or be about something.


Of course I'm not really in a position to judge, if I feel like guys don't understand the problems of being female, who's to say I don't understand the problems of being male. I think people make a lot of assumptions about both sexes which can be difficult to live with (putting pressure on women to have babies, assuming that all men have comittment issues etc), but I wouldn't like to strike out and say which are worse.


Interestingly, Greek myth seems to claim women have it easier (interestingly Greek society was patriachal in structure!):

Tiresias came upon a grove in which he discovered two snakes in the act of copulating- As a result, he changed sex (as you do) . Ten years later, he/ she went back and saw two snakes copulating again. She changed back to male (if being female was so great you wonder why she went back).

Zeus and Hera the King and Queen of Greek gods were arguing whether the man or the woman took the greatest pleasure in sex. Zeus thought it was the woman, and Hera thought it was the man. They resolved to settle the matter by asking Tiresias, who had conveniently experienced sex as both male and female. He replied that the pleasure of a woman was to the pleasure of a man as nine parts to one. Hera had a bit of a problem accepting this and decided to respond by making Tiresias blind, and Zeus was so pleased that he gave him/her the gift of second sight.

It's swings and roundabouts really. Men have some things easier, they generally hold better positions in the work place than women, but there is also the 'feminist backlash', where men get passed over deliberately so firms can have a greater diversity of staff, therefore making them look better.

Women have more emotional freedom than men, no one ever calls a woman a sissy for crying or asking for help! In Western society men are to an extent 'to be men'.

Recently, I feel there is a lot of pressure on women to 'have everything' ie a successful career, several children and a great marriage. It aint easy!

Our gender as males has made our lives much easier because women have more social problems due to employment opportunities, and failing to be taken as seriously in the workplace.

All things being equal I would say the female sex overall. If they so desired, and with a little common sense, women could easily coast through life by using their sex appeal to manipulate men. What could be easier than that...

I think that in culture, we have it pretty even. Yeah, I have wished I was a guy, because I think my life could be so much simpler....

Ya know, where this subject is concerned, I think, that even with all their wisdom into far reaches of the universe, known or not, that even God Almighty himself would renege upon any kind of attempt of trying to effectively answer this particular query?

" Um, Son, I gotta run out and do some tinkering over there on the Moon, Okay? OH! By the way, some nice people are gonna stop by, and ask ya a question or two, ask if you don't mind, BYE! **Poof** I'm outtie, sorry my Son! Hee hee hee......

Anyhoosby, Like the Big Guy there, I’d rather be outtie than discuss the difficulties upon determining any percentage regarding Man vs. Woman. Unto whom has it easier, concerning the particulars of gender? Well, to be honest, it's comes as a moot point really, as one would have to find betwen them at least one viable comparison, or possibily have somewhere, even if it's the tiniest of modules to try an attempt a fair, and alike and equal comparison to measure can be addressed.

In this case, the variables of male and female come so vastly remote and separated, that a true and calculated ability to track an effective end result couldn’t help but be skewed by an absence of either's commingled appreciation upon the others roles in society. Furthermore, with that, neither has any true sociological commonality there with-in it.

Neither side has any true rational thought's aside from jokes, or remarks of degradation concerning the opposite’s gender importance, nor do they even conceptualize any rational attempt to do such anywhere outside those known boundaries of having sex together and/or being in a marriage.

So I guess that as long as we find women trying to change those last two irritable things in their Man, and we then find those Men, ignoring the Women during all phases of that attempt, we shall remain separately together, and also there with-in ourselves an understanding of the other, or never will we ever come to any true and viable solution .

Yo, Jesus, how do you stand on the issue of women being allowed into the Apostle’s locker room after winning a few thousand souls....Wha?..Um, Huh? Oh DAAAAAAAD! Peace

Men have it easier when it comes to being stuck outdoors! My friend and I always wished we could just magically have a penis when we really needed to pee outdoors!

Yes always!Men have it soooooo much easier!!! There is just so much stuff that lads can do that people think women shouldnt!!! like football, cars, product design etc those may seem like random examples but they are the ones that i have to prove myself with all the time. people think that just because your a girl you no nothing about certain things!!! Though if i was a bloke i would miss shopping and the fact that its way faster getting served in a bar if your a girl!!!

Being male, I don't know how right I am - but I just feel the God should have designed a less problematic alternative to menstruation.

Both sexes have it easy, and both have it hard. How hard it is has more to do with the individual and his/her ability to overcome difficulties. I have sometimes wished that I was the opposite gender, but what would be more interesting, is if women could 'morph' into men, and men could 'morph' into women for a while, to really experience what it's like. We'll have to wait for the Star Trek scientists to work on the technology to allow That to happen.

No! I would have to multi task!

no offense but how in the fuck is this even a question? Since when has it ever been more difficult for women in any culture??????

I think this comes down to a gender identity problem.

when women grow dickz and men vaginaz then ill understand this question better

Men have it easier, reasons being is that
1. No menstral cycle
2. No comitment to child bearing.
3. Easier to find jobs with good pay
4. Women typically cater to needs of men
5. Women have a higher ratio of being sexually abused
6. Women also have to have more bodily check-ups(OBGYN)
7. Women are looked as less of a threat
8. Women are expected to go above and beyond with less pay.
9. Women are more sensitive to pain
10. Women are judged on looks and sexual appeal
11. Family providers- women
12. Men have erections big deal? Men have periods and menopause
13. Women are more supseptable to dieses
14. Women instictively would not know to do if thrown in the wilderness without a thing to help them vs men instictively know what to do.
15. Women are also judged and criticized for body hair or for not being well groomed. (messy)

I don't think either sex has it easy,but I would like to be a stay at home dad,rather than put up with BS from bossy people all day.The dream job I always wanted has never panned out so far it seems to fade in the wind for me.

In my opinion women have it much easier in the current lifestlye because some men are still like "oh we should help them they can't do it themselves" , and also in getting boyfriends/girlfriends women have it much easier as generally men are more nervous when asking someone out.

Both sexes have it hard in a variety of different ways. I would never wish to be a man, I love being a woman.

Men. Women have worked years and years on getting equal rights, and now are throwing it all away with bikini huts and strip clubs. These choices that only a select few women have made effect the rest of the gender tremendously, allowing men to believe all women will gladly 'do a little dance.'

Women are supposed to have it much easier,but the feminists refuse to accept any of the benefits of being feminine.

I think men have it better anyway since it so gear toward them anyway.

Women have it far easier, but what with their constant need to be a victim, they'll assume they have it harder, but I don't recall women ever being forced to fight, kill and die for their country at any time in history, nor do I recall a period of time when women were expected to put their lives at risk to save men who are in danger, they can opt out, if men do, they're cowards.

I could compile a list of the advantages women hold over men, but I'd just be repeating myself.

Funny how women use a perfectly natural process that their bodies are built for to attain some form of victim status, "Boo-hoo, we get pregnant and have periods and menopause (excuses I call them), so we have it tougher", pfft. that's akin to a man saying "We piss out of a penis, therefore we have it tougher".
Women were built to carry children, to use that as a means of claiming they're better or worse off, depending on the situation, is just weak, absolutely weak beyond belief.

I like walking around the house with a boner my wife makes me feel man some ! and no !

men have it easier by far,no periods and childbirth!!!that would suck to have pains every month and blood coming out of our bodies,women also get discriminated in society ad they are weak emotionally and physical as well,i can't be more happier being a man

men have it easier by far,we don't have periods and childbirth that's huge i mean i can't imagine how its like to have pains every month and blood coming out of your body,also women have to work 10 times more than men to have success in career,they are also weak (emotional and physical) so...i can't be more happier being a man

Each has it's own difficulty.

But being a guy is especially awesome. We don't have babies. :D

Of course we then have to pay child support...or worse. Get married.

I kid I kid.

But really I wouldn't ever want to change genders.

Also I don't think girls should want to change either.

Both genders are good and bad in their own way.

boys

every minute of my life

Oh and no i love being a girl I don't like the pressure of having to be a skinny blonde but I can't wait to have kids and i wouldn't give that up for anything under heaven.

Um honestly i am a 21 yr old woman and i think men have it easier/harder but for the wrong reasons and i think women don't/do for the wrong reasons.

So both equal.
Men have it easy in the whole family arena (let me explain) for some reason men have all the pressure of money money and more money. I mean who cares if they are a father raising decent children to send off as adults it's about what they can provide financially and if they can't do financially they need to be really hot. (To say our society is turned around is a gross understatement.)


That being said
Women have it rough because of sexual standards women have it way too easy because of sexual standards.

Basically if you look like a pornstar you have it easy and hard because 1 the (money, money guy has been so warped by the expectations put on him that he forgot that what is important is being a good parent raising good adults so he buys the pornstar(yay free money for being hot)

Problem is she's not just a pornstar she's a little girl who's dad was also the money money money guy. Or the dad who had no money and still didn't care enough.


So the pornstar got the money money guy/ her dad

The money money guy got another sign of status but ended up raising sucky adults

And now were back at the beginning.

Average people have it hard too because sadly average people think we want to be the money money guy or the pornstar.

I believe that Woman have it harder than Men, but i also believe that it is our own fault. I believe that we have it harder because not only are we responsible for running a household but we are required to do this, take care of children, husband and hold a job as well. We kept fighting for equal rights and in the long run we screwed our selves into having to do it all. No i have never wished to be a man. Im perfectly happy the way that i am:)

Great question. I think men have it easier just on the basis of no childbirth and no menstral cycle. However women might argue that childbirth at least, is the most incredible human experience of all. So perhaps it's even. I have occasionally wished I was female to understand what heterosexual intercourse and orgasm felt like for a woman. Alas I will never know.