When my mother was a child, women were not allowed to vote. When I was a child, girls were not allowed to be in a soap box derby. When I was a teen, there wasn’t even a girls phys ed program in my school. As if only boys were interested in developing healthy bodies.
We’ve still got a way to go. We need equal pay for equal work, yet. Keep your fingers crossed.
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I love being a woman. I think society has come a long way. Still room for improvement but the future seems bright.
There’s nothing we really are exactly equal in except our ability to feel pain, the want for good for yourself, and to be able to be conscious.
But that’s enough reason for me that we should be overall equal when you balance everything against each other. Will it ever happen. I don’t think there will be ever total equality in gender or race or whatever but we can try!
I don’t know if this topic will survive, but it’s nice to see women having their rights valued.
I met many women who are hard workers during my life and I learned a lot with them.
As every human being, I have a masculine and feminine side and I believe finding a balance of both sides is important for me.
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I think fear and ignorance.are the undercurrent behind prejudice. That will be cured by education, familiarity and maturity.
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I was gonna post something similar to that too chordy but I didn’t know how to word it. You said it well 
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I do think a lot changed…
The generation of women of my greatgrandmother had no rights. They couldnt vote. My grandmas aunt was a genius, but had to stop education after primary school. Her boyfriend was chased away because she was the oldest girl. She had to run her parents household.
My grandma could do highschool and choose her husband. She couldnt study medicine though and was fired from her job when married. My grandpa thought he was the captain of the ship at home, the boss. She didnt have the legal rights of an independent adult when she married.
My mum could vote and was legally indeoendent. She could study, but choose not to. She became a stay at home mum.
I had all the rights to vote, to choose a partner, to be equal, to work or stay at home as i pleased. I wasnt judged for being a single mum.
There are also still issues though…
I literally cant count how many men sexually assaulted or harassed me from a very young age. When i date, i am expected to have sex in one or a few dates. Thats called sexual liberation and freedom. But is it really? It doesnt feel free to me.
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guys get a bad deal, more guys in prison and more male suicides, guys are more likely to do drugs/alcohol as well, men are more likely to suffer from violent crime,
just saying lol
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A lot of men think they have no choice about going to war and that gives them an attitude.
Not exactly perfect 
for women either but yeah life is tough no matter what your gender/sex.
women get off lightly in my opinion, but i’m not a chauvinist or a feminist lol probably more of a realist haha idk if thats thing lol
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I think the grass is always greener on the other side.
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I know cuz I don’t know your’e man or woman.
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I’ve had a difficult life in A lot of ways but I don’t contribute it to being a man. I mean there’s a lot of things I like about being a man. Masculinity is a nice feeling, plus I love being a witness of femininity and like @DelusionalSoldier said there’s something to be said about the yin…and the yang. The balance. The divine feminine energy.
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rumor has it that my grandmother was the only cheerleader at St. Joe’s.
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we dont have cheerleaders over here @Daze or proms 
i wish we did lol
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I dont think you know what you are talking about, as i dont know what it is like to be a man.
I have always wanted to be a man though to the point of contemplating gender change. My brothers had way more freedom and way less sexual, physical and emotional abuse all throughout life (none, really). And i live in a progressive first world country.
Since a few years i do like being feminine, but only because of motherhood. Ah, and being capable of wearing dresses without being frowned upon. 
Tbh, i do think both sexes have advantages and disadvantages. But still, “in my next life”, id like to be born as a man.
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My mother was so aware of gender discrimination that she would only wish for boys. My sister and I are girls, much to our surprise.
Really? And: to your surprise?
I do think things are getting better for women. And i do think some things are worse for guys. My son is for example a shy, gentle, sensitive boy…I hope that will be accepted as he grows up.
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