Giving birth to babies involves so many rights--- the right to choice, the right of freedom, parental rights, abortion rights, etc.
The stone age, iron age, renaissance, history, prehistory, or any other period, the same story has been going on since ever: women are aimlessly fighting for "equal rights" while the rest of the world claim that everybody is 'free'; women too are, they're 'free' to move wherever they want to inside the cage.
That's a false dawn, just an illusion. We're in the 21st century; high time to stop roaming about the bush and face reality.
Okay, let's forget about gender for a while...
Imagine a situation where you work harder, are more qualified for a job, have the required physical ability, the mental capacity, the spiritual capability, perfect for the task. You wouldn't bear it someone else, who is in no respect "equal" to you, is granted equal rights.
It's the same situation here as well. Men and women were not created equal. They cannot be equal. Each gender has a specific role to perform, a specific reason for existence. Men are superior in some areas of life, while women take the reins in others. Not being equal does not mean being inferior or superior. It does not mean losing authority or being disregarded. It's preserving your individuality, your uniqueness. Men and women are different. How can they be equal when they are different?
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Inability to influence others... Yes.
Well, I was not talking about teenage girls influencing teenage guys. Adults have egos, their world is different. It's been proven, a built man does not favour the idea of having a woman bossing around, especially at work. They are resistant to change, company policies cannot be easily implemented. Progress fails, lower profits, lower GDP, lower economic growth, lower investment, lower standard of living, etc.