Lishy1 wrote...
That said, it's an interesting subject today because the superior strength of men has quickly became obsolete with the introduction of technology to perform our labor, and guns for warfare. Technically, it is women who should be out in Afghanistan because their pain tolerance makes them more adept for war, and men who should be caring for families because they are better fit to care for a house.
In short, women are becoming the more dominant sex physically as technology evolves and the need for physical combat and labor decreases.
[font=verdana][color=green]Please, don't kid yourself.
If you seriously think that men shouldn't be out fighting wars, but instead it should be women due to technology, then you seriously don't understand the concept of what exactly war is. I do hope you realise that the soldiers have to carry a lot of equipment when they are actually on duty; they don't have technology to help them with it. Therefore, it goes straight back to the strength argument; a male solider will be stronger than a female soldier, due to the fact that they
both have trained in combat and the fact that biology gives the male an advantage.
Also, pain tolerance doesn't really matter much in war. If you're hit by a bullet, you're pretty much going to be a nuisance on the battlefield; in fact, you'd put your fellow soldiers in more danger, as they'd have to constantly watch your actions. So, pain tolerance doesn't mean a thing. Before you ask, I take some offence at the comment that technology has had a negative effect on males strength; a family member is in the armed forces, so it's kinda like your playing down the actual use of men in wars and in fact playing up the guns.
Lastly, physical strength doesn't revolve around labour and combat. You're forgetting perhaps the most prevalent example of strength; sports. No offence...but looking at the record books clearly highlights male superiority. So, I fail to see how the female gender is becoming the more dominant gender physically. As I said before; you cannot deny biology! It CANNOT be ignored due to technology or anything else. Don't even insinuate that. It won't cut ice in any research laboratory.