Mention your current gender and answer. I am a female and I seriously wish I was born as a male. (no, I don't want to change my gender now). I think guys have it easy in life in almost every aspect, they form longer lasting friendships, they can f.ck without getting emotions in their way, they can travel without being concerned about safety, they don't have to worry about periods and childbirth, they don't have to spend much time on their grooming, they are physically stronger, they achieve higher professional success, they are emotionally more stable, and so much more. Please tell me if you think otherwise. Of course, I am talking about the median population and not outlier men/women. P.S: This is not a sexist post. I am curious to hear others' opinions and question my own.
I wish I can experience child birth. Periods, not so much.
Why? You are almost disabled for a few months, it reduces your age by a few years, you are dependent on someone else physically and emotionally, you feel nauseated, you are constantly worried about eating the right food and doing the right things, you go through a lot of pain during labor, you suffer a professional hit, and yet you have people questioning you if you deserve that higher role at work or if you are a good mom.
It’s a once (or twice) in a lifetime experience. I guess I’m always the curious kind that like to experience things. Yes, you do suffer a professional hit, but it’s not the end of the world. Your self doubt about being a good parent is not just for mother. Fathers get this as well.
Both sexes have their advantages and disadvantages. You listed a bunch of advantages for being a man, let me list some disadvantages. We have to sign up for the draft at 18. We are more likely to be victims of crime. We get punished more than women for the same crime. Most homeless people are men. Men also lose custody at a much higher rate than women. Since the last few years, women have outpaced men when it comes to degrees, women get more resources(especially in tech) to compete against men. Now I’m not complaining about women or men. Both sexes have their advantages and disadvantages. Just how the cards are dealt.
Why do you think most homeless people are men? And not to sound rude, but don't you think women genuinely should get the child custody, unless she is a drug addict or incapable of taking care of the child? Yes, women are growing professionally but it has been a long struggle for them. We still have to prove why we deserve that next level, why we can be good at cars, why we can be a good manager, why we can excel at sports, why I chose to work/not work, why I am genuinely angry and not pmsing, and so much more. Guys don't have to prove anything. They can walk life at their own pace and have their own priorities, I believe.
Women live longer.
I heard someone made a memo at Google stating that men and women are biologically different, and he was fired
Wow. It's difficult to state an opinion or have a healthy conversation nowadays without being tagged as racist, sexist, etc. You notice how I added the p.s remark in my post, I wouldn't have done that a few years ago.
What does that have to do with work? 🤔
Grass is always greener OP.
Please elaborate
OP you clearly think the grass is greener on the male side. Whether it is or is not isnt the problem. It seems like you have some resentment built up inside of you, and living with that resentment will hold you back from experiencing life. Obviously we all need to vent sometimes, but I recommend not doing it on blind where you're likely just going to get more pissed off. I totally think women have it worse than men in first world country tech industry. But I don't think the solution is for women to be "manlier" or for women to complain about it. I think women should embrace the differences that make them unique.
Males are also more likely to be victims of violent crimes. More likely to be incarcerated. More likely to die in wars and more likely to commit suicide. In case you were wondering...
No. Never. But I’m not mad at the men who want to be women. It’s lit.
I wake up every morning, stare at my erect penis and thank the Creator I am male. If I was a woman I’d probably check my vajayay every morning and do the same. Actually if I had DD boobs I’d probably never leave the house!
You can probably achieve the DD boobs as a man if you stop exercising and adopt a 4000 calorie a day diet. Never leaving the house could then become a reality for you for a different reason though...
Lmao that’s funny I do think if I had a penis it would probably be fun to play with and I’m not gonna lie sometimes I wonder what sex is like for you guys lol. But I love being a woman!
I'm a man and happy to be a man for some things and wish I was a women for others. For example, woman have it easier in tech nowadays. Every company want to hire you for being "diverse". Women also don't have to always impose themselves and be dominant in order to get something in the social hierarchy. They being said I'm happy I don't have to worry about my biological clock and knowing that I need to have kids by 40 at the latest. Being a woman I think also you get more sympathy for a lot of things. Being a man is wonderful but as other have said, when you fail, absolutely noone will help you and will be left alone to decay in the street because you are a man and you are supposed to take care of yourself
Women don’t have it easier in tech at all. They leave at a much higher rate and have to deal with a million things men don’t
You sound like you live in a different world. Women never have it easier in tech lol. Most of women engineers I know have experienced sexual harassment at least once and left their jobs just because of this. Wake up man.
I am a male and I think males have higher highs and lower lows than women, in terms of life experience..
Please explain. I think this is true for women, not men.
I guess it depends what "high" and "low" means to us... But let's focus on what I mean when i say lows. Men typically receive less sympathy than women. Like during war, women and children may get spared but not the men. Nobody says "spare the men", its "spare the women and children". Men get murdered at a much higher rate than women. More men are homeless than women. More men are incarcerated than women. Of course much of it is self inflicted. So i just mean that men are given the opportunity to a wider range of life experiences than women.