In which areas of life, if any, do women outperform men?
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I'd like to get to a point when comparing men and women in this way becomes as unacceptable as saying that you are better or worse at something because of your race.
Parents, teachers and contemparies emphasise certain skills when bringing up girls, and different ones when bringing up boys. I don't think we should see qualities as being exclusively male or female, but that each individual is a blend of different skills and attributes. This male-female polarised view of life is impractical and outdated. And I'm also not sure it was ever entirely true. Working class women always worked while bringing up the kids and minding the house. The idea of a stay at home mum was a pretty middle class one.
I was brought up with many examples of strong, hardworking, intelligent women around me and I learnt to respect the contribution they made to my family, the wider community and to their work. I know families where the woman had to be both provider and carer because of divorce or death - quite common after the last war. But I also know of a family where the father took on the mother's role after his wife died. Despite everyone saying he wouldn't manage he did and was a brilliant dad to two daughters and now a brilliant grandad.
Obviously there are some physical differences, but strength comes in many forms. My wife might not be able to lift as much as me, but I absolutely know that I would not have been able to cope with child birth like she did.
The stresses of modern society, such as the cost of providing a home, mean that more than ever men and women need to work in partnership. And there can be positive side-effects to this: I've had much more opportunity to spend time with my children and watch them grow - unlike my father, to his regret - because my wife works.
I've seen many positive things change about the workplace because of the increase in women in work, and it's hard to imagine going back to how things were ten or fifteen years ago. Women have so much to offer in a business environment, and we lose so many opportunities because we don't take full advantage of their skills, insights and different working styles. I often wonder how long we can go on pretending that 50% of the population should be paid less or given less opportunities than the other 50% based simply on their genitalia.
But I think that things are changing and I hope that by the time my son and daughter are of working age, they will enjoy equal opportunities based on their skills, drive and goals rather than on their sex.
Perhaps it sounds a touch flippant but an area where women always outperform men is motherhood. Although this is an area men can, by definition, never enter, in an age of increased pressure in the workplace, skewed work/life balances and high divorce rates we shouldn’t undervalue the contribution to society being a good mother brings. Regardless of what kind of family they come from, healthy, happy, loved children can only go on to ensure Britain is a better place.
Between July 2003 and June 2004 the most borrowed authors from libraries in the UK were Danielle Steel (contemporary adult fiction), Jacqueline Wilson (contemporary children’s) and JRR Tolkien (classic). Two-one to authors of the fairer sex!
An area of life where women outperform men, is death, or moreover, avoiding it
In the United Kingdom in 2004 women were continuing to live longer than men.
Boys and girls born in 2004 could expect on average to live to 77 and 81 years of age respectively. This contrasts with the turn of the last century when boys born in 1901 could expect to live to 45, and girls to 49. The increase in life expectancy at birth has increased between 1970 and 2004 by eight years for males and six years for females.
http://www.statistics.gov.uk/cci/nugget..
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Women consistently make up the bulk of the numbers in the UK veterinary profession. According to the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons the number of female candidates receiving vet degrees was 411 compared to 155 male candidates in 2005. Similarly in 577 female candidates were admitted to UK universities for veterinary science in 2005/06 compared to 162 males.
definately parenthood. I think most women are more patient with their children and have more time for them - to listen and play and talk.
Having babies!
Multi tasking, without doubt!!
I think women are much better at giving birth to children. I am pretty sure I don't know any man that can do that.
anthropologically women are built to outperform men in anything physical. women are structured for more endurance work -- men are wimps
I dont think women outperform men in any area's men and women can do exactly the same things at exactly the same level, I just think that from an early age we are fed the notion that women are better with children and men are better with cars etc, if we all stopped with the competition men and women would thrive together not seperatly, obviously they cant carry children but i know alot of single dads that are doing the job of mum better than most women,
women in their 20s to 30s, but then men take over after 30s because women think about having a family once they reach 30.
Well, women can give birth and produce milk more often than men, but that's about it.
around the toilet rim , the washing , ironing , hoovering ,shorthand ,dog walking etc etc
I don't know who you are, but here is an interesting one: In the super-macho high-testosterone world of extreme elevation mountaineering, women are actually better equipped to survive than men! Their bodies are better insulated, they have better balance, and they generally acclimate faster and require less oxygen overall!! I'm not a woman but I have followed the careers of several women who were really astonishing climbers.
Roles involving multitasking.
Please..Please.
Frankly I feel in each and every field women do outperform men. I feel so despite am a man and I have got lots of experiences where women have outperform men.
Provided all other things remain same, a woman is superior anyday than a man.
giving birth because they just can not do it
ironing
Well apart from the obvious ,bringing up children,its been proved time and again that they are better at driving,all the insurance companies verify this.
Women outperform men in college classes and tend to graduate earlier.
We out-perform men in every area of life. We're just too smart to let them realise it.
Not very well known is that not only in veterinary medicine but medicine, women outnumber men: women nowadays make up 55% or more of medical undergraduate admissions.
breast feeding.
Parenting and teaching.
I think it is not possible to generalize this issue for a number of reasons. Here are a few that I think are relevant:
1. Despite our sex, we have different abilities and inclinations, and are further complicated by the lives we lead, opportunities we have, and the time we are born in. My mother is the best storyteller I know, but she was born into a repressive society that forced her to become a houseslave. My father loves art but he is an engineer. Naturally, their performances would need to be contrasted with how they would act had they been given the chance to actually choose what they wanted.
2. Traditional roles are still too strong even in the most progressive societies no matter what people say. Our view of success is very relative.
3. Economic and social constraints also adversely affect what people can achieve in any given time frame.
I believe we can only take specific individuals at a specific point in time at a specific location to make this kind of statement.
Women have men beat hands down when it comes to empathy, sympathy and communication.
Women seem to be more open and versatile with their feelings, whereas men are very blunt, and would like to fix the problem and move on, with as little emotion as possible.
Housework, looking sexy, being MP's having feelings. Getting on with work.
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and I think that in youth work and volunteering you deffinitly get more women than men - I suppose we are more empathetic!
After the Beijing Conference it became obvious how easily women match up to men in all areas of life.When put side by side, women most of the time will outperform men.Unfortunately, getting higher positions and the big Salaries has eluded women The area of life where woman outperform men the most is management. Management in general is a woman's thing, If everything has been managed well you will find a woman being at the helm of affairs or having a hand in it. Women are more careful, caring patient and meticulous in managing affairs. The strongest point for the woman is home management.
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